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The Pub / Re: A random thread for small things that don't really warrant a thread of their own
« Last post by TimC on Today at 10:52:02 am »These need to be listed alongside what your rent, then essential bills + food were.
I worked out I'm paid almost nothing more than I was per hour accounting for inflation 15 years ago. I'm going to be asking my boss on Tuesday for a payrise, which will be refused, but I'm asking anyway cos they are Taking The Piss. I have 15 years experience and a postgrad qual so they need to pay me better for the difficult job I do.
For several months in 1977 my Mess bill (accommodation, food and alcohol) exceeded my pay. There was an element of over-indulgence involved, but the pay was rubbish. At that time, a married Flight Lieutenant (Captain in Army talk) with two kids living in married quarters qualified for Housing Benefit. It was that statistic that brought about the relatively huge pay rise in 1980.