Back over at the grill, Alex admits he does not know his MP, or who is standing in the upcoming election in Sheffield South East.
He feels politicians “are not relatable” and can’t be trusted to tell the truth.
But he knows he does want change in the education system from when he was at school 20 years ago, following his costly mistakes as a teenager.
“I’d like money skills to be taught in school,” he says, after his credit mess kept him up at night.
Since then, he has gone to college to learn accounting.
The lunch rush starts to build and it is clear people would rather get their sandwiches than talk politics.
I hand my empty plate back to Alex, who is now lining up orders.
“I wouldn’t mind five years of super hard times but I wouldn’t trust them that it’d only be a few years,” he says.
“Whoever gets in will put the country into huge debts again, and then they’d just get voted out.”
Full list of candidates standing in Sheffield South East:
Caroline Kampila – Conservative
Clive Betts – Labour
Hannah Nicklin – Green
Jack Carrington – Independent
Matthew Leese – Social Democratic Party
Muzafar Rahman – Workers Party
Sophie Thornton – Liberal Democrat
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