u/Special-Nebula299

Cafe Nero started in the 90s and Starbucks came in 1998 and it took almost a decade before they appeared in most towns and cities.

Now every town has at least one of each (if not more) plus a few more independents coffee shops thrown in.

I remember in the 90s and 00s it was very rare to see people out and about with coffee. Now every other man and woman walks round with a coffee cup.

Why did it take so long to catch on in the UK? In most of Europe its been the norm to have quality coffee for a century.

This includes developmental, learning impaired, and physical disabilities.

I feel I've barely read a single novel where a main character is disabled.

I've noticed many artists I like dropping prices of late. I had a two hour tattoo for £100. That's easily pre covid rates.

Is this due to too many artists or just lower demand among the young for tattoos?

I'm a support worker working with disabled adults and its the first job I've loved for over a decade.

Before this i was miserable and working as a teacher for 8 years.

Its amazing to finally feel happy but its awkward that a meaningful job that helps people only earns about 24k a year.

Anyone else been through this? Do you stay and be poor but happy or do you quit and chase the money?