So. You get back from a great holiday. Winter is well and truly here, cold and wet. And did I mention cold. You take the dog out in the morning in the dark, you take him for a walk when you get in from work – yup, in the dark. Things you enjoy like walking and horse riding are severely limited due to lack of daylight. And the cold.
You go back to work to find that it is in fact as bad as when you left it – maybe worse as you have a pile of stuff to catch up on, as well as trying to manage to do the equivalent of two jobs. You realise that you didn’t just take work home with you and spend several nights in the week before the holiday working at home because you had to clear lots before you went away – but in fact that will have to become the norm if you are to keep on top of your everything. A discussion with your boss results in the unhelpful surmise that that’s the way it is because we’re short staffed and we have got a lot on (hmm, really). Your suggestion of actually reducing the amount of work does not go down well.
Can it get worse? Well, yes. You look at your wage slip and realise it’s substantially down on last months. You think it must be an error as you have been in the same job with the same salary for 2 years. You ring your finance department – who blame the Inland Revenue as they have changed your tax code. You ring the Inland Revenue – who blame your finance department for not giving them information sooner (maybe about 2 years ago then??) – but it doesn’t matter anyway because they have indeed changed your tax code which means you are now going to get the same gross wage but substantially less going into your grubby mitts – or bank account– because it’s been decided you have to pay more tax, and there is no point in arguing with the Inland Revenue because it is like arguing with a brick wall.
What do you do?
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4 comments:
Sounds like working at my place: too much work, too few employees! That's the worse thing about coming back from a nice holiday. Reality is a bum.
I'm trying to think of good points about the cold, dark days...um, the trees look good at the moment, it's a great excuse to stay in bed for longer...you might need to add a few here!
RT
Coming back from holiday is horrible isnt it - I do sympathise.
You could always stick your head down the toilet until Spring.
I hate holiday blues.
RT - inspired by your efforts to think of good things about cold, dark days!
FP - thanks for sympathy, think am getting over it now!
Miss U, if the water down the toilet was warm I'd be likely to give that a try! Hibernation has always sounded like a good thing
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