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I lost about that much worth of work not so long ago and at first I was gutted but after I thought about it, I too decided it was not such a bad thing, a couple of days of the week I got to have a lie in instead of out to work at 5 it was 6.30, the hassle of the customer was non-stop although the work was spot-on they always, always wanted that little bit extra, without paying of course, on top of that the company I was subbing the work from constantly changed the spec to suit themselves and as for paying out, well lets say I spent as much time chasing payment as I did actually cleaning the windows, add to only the manager could sign for the work to say it had been completed so I was constantly chasing paperwork as well, which was a real pain in the a**e, in the end I decided maybe it wasn't such a blow to lose it afterall!
Perhaps we are a tad strange Rich but I do get where your coming from