Life Expenses in the UK

[Gandalf]

I don't think anyone in there right mind wants to be stuck in poverty.
Miles your a professional mate so I think you judge people by your standards remember not everyone is academicly smart.
My take on life sometimes you need some luck and good contacts to get on nothing in life is a give me.!

I have been a 'professional' for a short section of my working life. I didn't need academia to do a anything in the UK and still walked into above minimum wage work at 18 with no experience, so what is wrong with Amy? Why can she not do it at 32? I would like to know more about the life choices Amy has made, I suspect her IQ might be significant.