THE Worst Paycheck EVER!!

Stang_Crazy · 12-14-2002, 04:03 PM

I got laid off last Tuesday (landscaping and Pittsburgh winters don't mix) and so my boss just mailed my last paycheck to me. It came in the mail today and I just about pee'd myself...I only had 4 hours on the paycheck PLUS they took out the usual money for my health plan. So what was left??

$1.54!!!

Yep, that's all that was left after all the deductions, HAHA. Why did my moronic boss even bother to mail it? I mean that $1.54 will cover the cost of gas to go to the bank and back

I didn't even get a christmas bonus this year (I got a nice FAT one last year)...WTF!!

So can anyone beat my $1.54 paycheck??

thdrcat · 12-14-2002, 04:11 PM

im afraid so. when the carmike cinema closed here in town, i got mailed a 28 cent paycheck.

big companies are notorious for doing stupid **** like that cause its a computer that actully decided to mail it. If your boss mailed it by hand, i say yours is better. talk about an idiot in charge....

Maroon 5.0 LX · 12-14-2002, 04:15 PM

Sorry to hear you lost your job, BUT.....

Your boss is required to pay your wages in full, even if it was 1¢, else he'd be in deep trouble with the government for not paying you.

Stang_Crazy · 12-14-2002, 04:22 PM

I didn't lose my job...I just get laid off until spring (early march). Everyone gets laid off for the winter...and then we start back in the spring. It's nice to have a 2 month break, expecially when it's 20 degrees and all crappy outside.

HotRoddin · 12-14-2002, 04:23 PM

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Originally posted by Stang_Crazy
PLUS they took out the usual money for my health plan. So what was left??

$1.54!!!

You know I'd look into that and if it were even 50 cents in error I'd go face to face make him give it to me or take him to the labor board ! For me it would be principle .... well that and the fact i'm a vindictive pric

HotRoddin · 12-14-2002, 04:25 PM

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Originally posted by Stang_Crazy
Everyone gets laid off for the winter...and then we start back in the spring. It's nice to have a 2 month break

Well you didn't say that in your first post !!! Quick, disreguard my last post

Stang_Crazy · 12-14-2002, 04:26 PM

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Originally posted by thdrcat
If your boss mailed it by hand, i say yours is better. talk about an idiot in charge....

Yes and Yes. Yes it was mailed by hand and yes he is an idiot. I mean, I could run the company with NO PROBLEM at all. We have 12-15 guys working so it's not a really big company but we work in a REALLY wealthy neighborhood so there is alot of money that comes in.

Actually, we work out where Bill Cohwer lives...saw him one day getting gas when we stopped to get drinks...He was driving a E-class Benz. But that's another story!

Maroon 5.0 LX · 12-14-2002, 06:11 PM

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Originally posted by Stang_Crazy
I didn't lose my job...I just get laid off until spring (early march). Everyone gets laid off for the winter...and then we start back in the spring. It's nice to have a 2 month break, expecially when it's 20 degrees and all crappy outside.

Well, excuse the Hell oughta me for misinterpeting your statement in your post. You said nothing about returning to the same job, and the statement about your "moronic boss" seems to mean other than returning to the same job.

Hopefully your "moronic boss" does not read your post, he'd love you for it.....

1969Mach1 · 12-14-2002, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by Maroon 5.0 LX
Well, excuse the Hell oughta me for misinterpeting your statement in your post. You said nothing about returning to the same job, and the statement about your "moronic boss" seems to mean other than returning to the same job.

Hopefully your "moronic boss" does not read your post, he'd love you for it.....

lol Calm down, no need to get overly excited. lol

I don't think I can beat that pay cheque (Canadian Spelling) either...

It almost cost him more to mail it with the cost of the envelope, the stamp, the cheque and his time. =) lol

§am.

Stang_Crazy · 12-14-2002, 11:22 PM

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Originally posted by Maroon 5.0 LX

Hopefully your "moronic boss" does not read your post, he'd love you for it.....

Oh my boss already knows how I feel about him. We've had our share of blowout arguments....But I'm too "valuable" to the company for him to fire me (or so I'm told

) . So we basically stay out of each other's way and just do our seperate thing.

joe4speed · 12-15-2002, 12:58 AM

That's bad but not the worst... waiters and waitresses only make 2.13 an hour, so based on the tips they make, the actually get paychecks that say "VOID" all over them from time to time!

tireburner163 · 12-15-2002, 02:04 AM

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Originally posted by joe4speed
That's bad but not the worst... waiters and waitresses only make 2.13 an hour, so based on the tips they make, the actually get paychecks that say "VOID" all over them from time to time!

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You mean you report tips down there

lol, when I worked at Applebes, this guy Sed would make like 125 in tips.......report like 50 or 60. lol

MidNiteBlu 5.0 · 12-15-2002, 02:16 AM

We dont have to report tips at Pat and Oscars were i work. But then again we arent a required tipping restaurant so the average a night for me is usually about 25-30. But some people kick *** at bussing and make like 100 bucks unreported!

joe4speed · 12-15-2002, 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by tireburner163
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You mean you report tips down there

lol, when I worked at Applebes, this guy Sed would make like 125 in tips.......report like 50 or 60. lol

Well by law you have to report 8%.
I never report more than 30.00 even if I make 300 that night.

The only good thing is, the more you report, the more you get back at the end of the year.

Skyman · 12-15-2002, 04:38 PM

Yeah I can, but mine was in a good way WHen I worked for MCI, my 2 weeks pay was abourt $1560. I quit in early december 2000. I lost my previous 2weeks pay and was awaiting a new check, so I gave them my new address as I was moving. So not only did I get my final weeks pay at my new address. I got it at my old address, and I found my old check, and I got the new one, but they did put a stop payment on it. All in all, I got two free checks out of it. I guess we all know about MCI's great accounting by now, but I profited off it, haha, it was nice.

Skyler

The Deuce · 12-15-2002, 07:05 PM

I am officially not hearing this conversation. By federal law, all wages and tips are required to be reported to the IRS. Just take a look at box 1 of your W-2.

joe4speed · 12-16-2002, 12:34 AM

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Originally posted by The Deuce
I am officially not hearing this conversation. By federal law, all wages and tips are required to be reported to the IRS. Just take a look at box 1 of your W-2.

Not all... only a percentage of tips.

bigred90gt · 12-16-2002, 12:40 AM

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Not all... only a percentage of tips.

Actually, that's 8% of your total sales in the restaurant/bar business.
Caymon

joe4speed · 12-16-2002, 05:10 AM

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Originally posted by bigred90gt
Actually, that's 8% of your total sales in the restaurant/bar business.
Caymon

yes that's true, I should have reworded that! Thanks!

0h n0 5.0 · 12-16-2002, 01:25 PM

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Originally posted by joe4speed
That's bad but not the worst... waiters and waitresses only make 2.13 an hour, so based on the tips they make, the actually get paychecks that say "VOID" all over them from time to time!

man, thats rough. tip yer waiters an waitresses people.. but all business is cyclonic because boom an bust is in cycles. like right now, retail is a madhouse.. workin at target, we did a lil over $392,000 on saturday alone.. thas more than 3x our sales between between june an august combined. we closed the doors las night at 10pm...an didn't leave untill 2:15am..

12-14-2002, 04:03 PM	#1
Stang_Crazy It's never clean enough! Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: Shaler, PA Posts: 1,542	THE Worst Paycheck EVER!! I got laid off last Tuesday (landscaping and Pittsburgh winters don't mix) and so my boss just mailed my last paycheck to me. It came in the mail today and I just about pee'd myself...I only had 4 hours on the paycheck PLUS they took out the usual money for my health plan. So what was left?? $1.54!!! Yep, that's all that was left after all the deductions, HAHA. Why did my moronic boss even bother to mail it? I mean that $1.54 will cover the cost of gas to go to the bank and back I didn't even get a christmas bonus this year (I got a nice FAT one last year)...WTF!! So can anyone beat my $1.54 paycheck?? __________________ ~Dan 2001 SVT Lightning 89' GT : Taking up garage space and waiting for a buyer... Rice Hater's Club - Member #11

12-14-2002, 04:15 PM	#3
Maroon 5.0 LX Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 471	Sorry to hear you lost your job, BUT..... Your boss is required to pay your wages in full, even if it was 1¢, else he'd be in deep trouble with the government for not paying you. __________________ '89 LX 5.0 - 5 speed. Original Owner '94 E-150 4.9 Hi-Top Conversion Van '06 Mustang V-6, 5 speed

12-14-2002, 04:22 PM	#4
Stang_Crazy It's never clean enough! Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: Shaler, PA Posts: 1,542	I didn't lose my job...I just get laid off until spring (early march). Everyone gets laid off for the winter...and then we start back in the spring. It's nice to have a 2 month break, expecially when it's 20 degrees and all crappy outside. __________________ ~Dan 2001 SVT Lightning 89' GT : Taking up garage space and waiting for a buyer... Rice Hater's Club - Member #11

12-15-2002, 12:58 AM	#11
joe4speed He said Member...heh, heh Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Jupiter, Florida U.S.A. Posts: 3,718	That's bad but not the worst... waiters and waitresses only make 2.13 an hour, so based on the tips they make, the actually get paychecks that say "VOID" all over them from time to time! __________________ *Joe!* 1988 GT, 13.58@101mph Check out my listing! Click here! Or my website:www.joe4speed.com

12-15-2002, 02:16 AM	#13
MidNiteBlu 5.0 I got something to say Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,557	We dont have to report tips at Pat and Oscars were i work. But then again we arent a required tipping restaurant so the average a night for me is usually about 25-30. But some people kick *** at bussing and make like 100 bucks unreported! __________________ 91 LX Hatch 5.0 - made for the twisties 89 LX Hatchback 5.0 5spd. stolen/stripped 4/7/05 http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?3494 1987 Toyota Pickup Ricer Haters Club Member #33 Want a custom gauge cluster for your Vintage Mustang? www.jmeenterprises.com

12-14-2002, 04:11 PM	#2
thdrcat Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 100	im afraid so. when the carmike cinema closed here in town, i got mailed a 28 cent paycheck. big companies are notorious for doing stupid **** like that cause its a computer that actully decided to mail it. If your boss mailed it by hand, i say yours is better. talk about an idiot in charge....

12-15-2002, 04:38 PM	#15
Skyman I need 110mph Trap Speed! Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: So, CA Posts: 4,315	Yeah I can, but mine was in a good way WHen I worked for MCI, my 2 weeks pay was abourt $1560. I quit in early december 2000. I lost my previous 2weeks pay and was awaiting a new check, so I gave them my new address as I was moving. So not only did I get my final weeks pay at my new address. I got it at my old address, and I found my old check, and I got the new one, but they did put a stop payment on it. All in all, I got two free checks out of it. I guess we all know about MCI's great accounting by now, but I profited off it, haha, it was nice. Skyler __________________ 2001 BMW M3 6spd 12.79@108 RIP ---- 1993 Notch w/ 98 4V 4.6 Fasttt... -1989 Saleen Mustang #406- 12.32@109 -1999 Black Cobra Coupe- JBA Shorties, Bassani Cat-X, Magnaflow 3", Pulleys, 85mm Pro-M, Ported Intake, Soild Rear w/ 4.30s, Tubular Front End, X2C arms, 13lb batt, few others.

12-15-2002, 07:05 PM	#16
The Deuce Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,325	I am officially not hearing this conversation. By federal law, all wages and tips are required to be reported to the IRS. Just take a look at box 1 of your W-2. __________________ 1997 Mustang GT "The Freak" - 13.80 @ 101.70, 2.07 60' 1995 Honda VFR750 - not much @ really fast (actual data pending.) 1964.5 Mustang 289 Rice Haters Club Member #13

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