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'Compare life insurance?'I couldn't believe it, the same again!

'But you asked me to do that yesterday' I moaned.

'Its what we pay you for, we need the stats, we need to know what other companies are doing. We need to know whether their quotes are free .We need to know if we are getting the business. So now you know why, will you please get on and compare life insurance companies for me please, look if you get through these I'll give you a bonus ok'

'Ok' a little incentive was all I needed.

Right, yellow pages first ,area 1 here we go. Let me see ifI'm going to compare life insurance all I need do is look under life insurance. Simple, no its nt its boring and endlessly time consuming. The next best way is to use the net . here goes.

Compare Life Insurance . Cor blimey loads came up. I started finding out what they had to offer and relentlessly worked through them all over the month till I had hundreds to compare life insurance with our own package.

A laborious task but I felt I'd done a good job . I put it all into our database for the stats to be analysed.

It was clear our product was in the top ten out of hundreds and thousands. That was a good result. So I expected a grand bonus.

What could I do with a bonus. Well I could pay off the telephone bill and get my own computer back online. I could buy some new boots for winter or that new coat I saw. I could take me and my friend out for the evening. I was looking forward to a treat .

I needed a treat after the month I had had, apart from my boring job I had troubles at home Jason and I were on the verge of splitting, Id lost my adorable dog from a car accident. My mother was ill and I had to spend a lot of time visiting her it seems to be one thing after another.

So roll on pay day,bring it on lord, let me have some light ,a treat! My payslip eventually arrived and I opened it. Oh my god,oh no, its got my p45 in as well. Sure I had the promised bonus, plus holiday pay, plus a general letter that due to the recession ,the company had gone bust. No insurance against that then!