Lotto winner Nicky Cusack has gone back to work stacking shelves at British supermarket chain Asda after scooping a £2.5 million jackpot.
While many would be overjoyed to turn their backs on their workplace after scooping such a huge windfall, Nicky couldn’t wait to go back to her old job after taking a short break.
She was battling breast cancer when she hit the jackpot in 2009 and said the thought of returning to work kept her going during that difficult time.
After finishing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, she went straight back to work at her local Asda Walmart in Swindon, where she earns just £6.30 an hour – just above the minimum wage in the UK.
“I didn’t know if I would see the next day or not,” she said. “I wanted to stay normal. It is just about being who you want to be.
“Not many firms would have kept a job open like Asda did. It is not until you have gone back and you’re working that you actually find out who your real friends are.
“Some people say, ‘Why is she back? There is no need for her to work’. No there isn’t, but it is the company and your friends – that is what makes a working environment. Every job gets to you after a while but I enjoy it.
“That’s sad maybe, but I just get on and do it. I am quite happy going to work and coming home.”
Nicky has donated some of her winnings to charity, but her biggest expense so far has been a £250,000 four-bedroom home in Swindon three months after her win.
“I haven’t wasted it,” added the 46-year-old. “I invested it, I bought a mobile home in Weymouth and spent money on this house.”
Nicky still buys a lottery ticket every week from the Asda store where she has worked for ten years.
“I still play,” she said. “If you don’t play you’re not in it to win it. I am not short from being a millionaire now, but you spend money to make your life more comfortable.”
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