Andrew Vine: More reasons to mistrust season of bogus bonhomie THE aisles of the supermarket were virtually deserted. A midweek morning, and the staff outnumbered customers by about three to one. At the checkout, the young woman smiled as I commented on how quiet it was and replied: “It’s always the same at this time of the month. Everybody’s waiting for pay day.” It never used to be like that, she explained. Fridays and Saturdays would always be busiest, but the store still buzzed during the week. Over the past year or two, though, it had grown steadily and noticeably quieter as each month wore on and the days were ticked off by shoppers waiting for their salary to be paid in. Today being the last day of the month, and wages having dropped into bank accounts, there are bound to be countless sighs of relief in households across Yorkshire that the funds have arrived to allow life to continue as normal. Midweek trade will pick up at the supermarket, at least until the middle of next month, when money starts to run low and families manage as best they can until the next payday. Except some won’t manage. An unexpected bill will drop through the letterbox, or the car [...] leedsinnews/andrew-vine-more-reasons-to-mistrust-season-of-bogus-bonhomie/
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