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« I remember it was at Christmas I think I felt for the first time I was, that I did such, such a bad job. That it didn’t suit me. I brought [some things] to the children—there were the guys’ girlfriends, there were the parents—and they made me bring them glasses and stuff, okay. And then what I used to watch in the movies, in the CINEMA, I did myself. I did myself, you know! And it seemed crazy to me! It was very, you know, very, very difficult. It was too difficult for me to take care of them like I was, like I am the slave and you are the aristocrats, let’s say. »
« Mr. Stefanos’s wife died, and now he can’t do the work by himself. I do everything. All the work. I cook, I go out and buy what is necessary. I do the laundry, the ironing. Okay, it is not so difficult. If I were in Bulgaria, I would do the same at home without getting any money. Yes. In Bulgaria I can’t get money for this job. There isn’t anybody around to pay you. People don’t have so much money. In Bulgaria you do everything by yourself! You cook, you clean, you iron, you take care of the children, you do your eight-hour shift! Everything! I know there is no other job for me here, since I don’t know the language. I don’t know anything. I only know that many people came here and they work here. That’s it! I don’t know exactly, but that’s it and nothing else! »
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