There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option $1,2,3$, or $4$ ) the following sentence would best fit.
$\text{Sentence}$: This reality is putting stress on employees who have to pay for transport, desk lunches, more childcare, clothing and that after-work socialisation - costs they haven't incurred for nearly two years.
$\text{Paragraph}$: $\_\_\_\_(1) \_\_\_\_$. Prices are rising at their fastest rate in $40$ years, consequently, return-to-office-related costs have shot up - think petrol and food, for instance. $\_\_\_\_(2)\_\_\_\_$. Yet wages haven't kept up with inflation - even despite the salary growth many workers have enjoyed during a favourable pandemic labour market. $\_\_\_\_(3)\_\_\_\_$. This is especially jarring for workers who were able to save during remote work, when these expenditures weren't a factor. $\_\_\_\_(4)\_\_\_\_$. In April $2022$, Umus, a London university lecturer, told BBC Worklife that they were spending nearly a quarter of what they made every day on return-to-work costs.
- Option $1$
- Option $2$
- Option $3$
- Option $4$