Chandy is from Sri Lanka and has been living in Germany for 13 years. For the last 12 years he was been working as a waiter in a luxury hotel. He has a wife and two children. He is highly appreciated in his job, has a head waiter position and has recently been offered the possibility to have a second job in a nearby town in an elegant cafe that belongs to the same chain of luxury hotels. He has accepted in orderr to earn a bit more even though it means travelling 30mns by train during his "break " time from the hotel, or working an extra shift at the end of the day and spending less time at home.
He married his wife in Sri Lanka a few years ago and she came back with him to Europe. She does not speak any German and spends most of her day at home with the children. She has to rely on him for most practical matters such as arranging appointments with doctors or answering letters and paying bills. If someone calls at home she often asks them if her husband can call them back later. Chandy calls home regularly during his breaks or when leaving the hotel for his job in the other town, to see if everything is Ok and if there are any calls he must make or matters to attend. His wife tries to shop as much as possible in tamil shops that she knows and she also has a few tamil friends she can also rely on.
The mobile phone is absolutely essential for him to be in contact with his wife because she really does rely on him for most things. She knows his schedule so she never calls him while he is working unless it is truly urgent and in general he preferes to call her.