"suggested that at times she struggled with the monotony of some of her tasks" - essentially it sounds like she had a boring job and probably very low paid ... I wonder how many of us here would not have done the same thing in that situation?
"suggested that at times she struggled with the monotony of some of her tasks" - essentially it sounds like she had a boring job and probably very low paid ... I wonder how many of us here would not have done the same thing in that situation?