I know someone like this woman and it has nothing to do with money.....it's a pyschological issue with a basic insecurity problem. For these people there is never enough money saved.
I own a house for the sole reason of not having neighbors on the other side of the wall. I spent 25 years listening to other people's noises (in a variety of cities and apartments) and will do whatever it takes to never go back to that.
"But my worry is that in a recession people will actually work longer hours. There will be a culture of "presenteeism" - people will go to work even if they are ill because they want to show commitment, and make sure they are not the next to be made redundant."
This is 100% the case where I work. Even though there is usually not 8 hours of work to do each day, everyone stays 12 hours or more each day purely for appearance.........
Since when is a commercial featuring the leaders of an oil company racist? In that part of the world, that is how they dress. If you had the same commercial in the USA featuring an oil company executive wearing a suit pounding on the car, nobody would call it racist.
I'm personally sick of the entire world pulling the race card every time they don't like something.
This is 100% the case where I work. Even though there is usually not 8 hours of work to do each day, everyone stays 12 hours or more each day purely for appearance.........
That's what the young people of America need today, a good laxative.... then maybe they wouldn't be so damn cranky all the time.
I'm personally sick of the entire world pulling the race card every time they don't like something.