Why moan about the cost of living then?
My missus was a Theatre Sister which I believe is a band 6 and the pay is pretty good as I recall.
I see you use the past tense 'was'. You've heard of inflation right?
But yeah, in the scheme of things the pay isn't awful, which is why I made the point a few days ago that if my family and I feeling the pinch and not making any headway in our quality of life, then how on Earth are those less fortunate than us managing?
See the important thing that you don't seem to understand is that, although of course I'm concerned for my own situation,
I'm not only thinking of myself.