May 1998 With some nervousness, I make my way to the city festival hall on Antwerp's Meir. A place I go to more often. Today not to party or tap beer, but to apply for a job. The neighbourhood surveillance department of the city of Antwerp is looking for two new neighbourhood surveillance officers. A job I can see myself doing. I know a few of them, and every time they tell me about it, I think of it as a really cool, social and fascinating job, really something for me. It would give me the opportunity to do something for my city in a positive way. A commitment that could counter the negativity after yet another black Sunday for me. (This is how people named the elections here, due to a lot of success for a far-right racist party) So I prepared myself thoroughly. Not only studied additional information about the job. But also who in the current city administration is a deputy councillor for which authority. Someone told me that they are sure to ask questions about ...