When we needed her money - she'd have been upset and we'd have gone short. Now the boot is very much on the other foot. She often says "I only want to do one days' work next week". They reply "Well your money will be down then", and she says "I don't give a toss, it's only a bit of pin money and...
My wife, since retiring from the NHS for health reasons, (it ground her down eventually) has been working as a care worker for a private agency. She's on a zero-hours contract - and she loves it as it means she can work when she wants to. They're not for everybody but they DO have a use. She'd...