# First paycheck! Hooray! Got to keep a whole 28% of it... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 17, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203 "2016-09-17T21:58:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/141 "2016-09-25T00:51:40Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > He made a mistake in attributing it to the government. If that was a lie, then your own “mistake” was a lie. If making a mistake means you’ve told a lie, then almost every post you’ve made on the board has been a lie. I know, I called you a scientist once, and even said you were doing a good job. mea Culpa. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/142 "2016-09-25T02:39:41Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > You guys are a strange bunch. So concentrated on whose fault it is that you fail to even comment on the fact that I’m missing a lot of money. If I were hit by a car, you’d all stand over my crumpled body, half arguing over whether the pickup truck can rightly be called a car, the other half telling me it probably had the right of way. At least one of you’d suggest I was never actually hit at all and probably just read something bad about diesel emissions. :rolleyes: The question of how to fix it was solved early on (hint: contact your employer, which you did. The only outstanding question is whether you’ll admit you done fucked up (hint: say, “oops, not the government’s fault, my bad,” which you didn’t). The car thing is stupid. You’re not in any danger here; a paycheck was screwed up. If you wanted to, you could almost certainly push to get the money now instead of in the next paycheck cycle, although you may not want to be so assertive this early at a new job. If you were in serious trouble, responses would be different–although if knowing whom to blame was important, people would still correct your errors. If you’re lying on the ground saying, “A cop car just hit me, call the ACLU!” and we all saw that it was a pizza delivery car, we might explain why calling the ACLU was inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/143 "2016-09-25T03:57:00Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > You guys are a strange bunch. So concentrated on whose fault it is that you fail to even comment on the fact that I’m missing a lot of money. If I were hit by a car, you’d all stand over my crumpled body, half arguing over whether the pickup truck can rightly be called a car, the other half telling me it probably had the right of way. At least one of you’d suggest I was never actually hit at all and probably just read something bad about diesel emissions. Some of us would nash our teeth and pull out our hair over the loss of a fine tax paying citizen. Yet another deadbeat sucking up SSI money … ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/144 "2016-09-25T04:54:28Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I know, I called you a scientist once, and even said you were doing a good job. mea Culpa. I am a scientist, and I am doing a good job. So those posts would be exceptions.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/145 "2016-09-25T04:55:42Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Well, that’s one explanation. You really are quite astonishingly stupid. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/146 "2016-09-25T12:31:32Z")
Why is it your default position to believe him? He’s obviously wrong; the government didn’t steal/keep his money. What else is he telling tales about? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/147 "2016-09-25T12:51:55Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Why is it your default position to believe him? He’s obviously wrong; the government didn’t steal/keep his money. What else is he telling tales about? What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/148 "2016-09-25T13:12:59Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Why is it your default position to believe him? He’s obviously wrong; the government didn’t steal/keep his money. What else is he telling tales about? Well yes, that’s a good point. However, everything you say is obnoxiously wrong and stupid. So we’ve got his obviously incorrect claim against your obviously stupid doubt. Immovable object, irresistible force, etc. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/149 "2016-09-25T13:15:52Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I know, I called you a scientist once, and even said you were doing a good job. mea Culpa. Show some respect; he’s your father, for christs sakes. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/150 "2016-09-25T14:57:28Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Show some respect; he’s your father, for christs sakes. [“On rethinking, I felt a semicolon was better than a comma.”] Not sure why you left the other comma in place and you forgot the possessive apostrophe. I’ll go ahead and guess you’re being snarky by not capitalizing the proper noun, but I will point out it makes you look like a major Bundy supporter and that whole sovereign citizen cult. Now get back to work and pay my fair share of the tax load … ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/151 "2016-09-25T19:52:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Maybe **Chessic’s** old buddy [Jamal](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572402) is in payroll. The perspective this link provided was very helpful; thank you for that. ---
**Author:** ![Psychopants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Psychopants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psychopants)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/152 "2016-09-25T23:23:42Z")
One thing toiler regarding insurance premiums…they are typically collected a month in advance. If one starts work early in the month, they could be paying two months of premiums immediately. One month catch up, and the subsequent month in advance. Just a thought. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/153 "2016-09-26T00:47:51Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Show some respect; he’s your father, for christs sakes. Now I feel like Luke Skywalker…😃 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/154 "2016-09-26T10:47:56Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > [“On rethinking, I felt a semicolon was better than a comma.”] > > Not sure why you left the other comma in place and you forgot the possessive apostrophe. I’ll go ahead and guess you’re being snarky by not capitalizing the proper noun, but I will point out it makes you look like a major Bundy supporter and that whole sovereign citizen cult. Now get back to work and pay my fair share of the tax load … I use “christs sakes” as a standalone phrase. As an atheist, blah, blah, blah. The comma helps separate “father” and “christ”, which I think helps avoid confusion. > [@DrDeth](#): > > Now I feel like Luke Skywalker…😃 Kind of the vibe I was going for. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/155 "2016-09-26T12:53:23Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I use “christs sakes” as a standalone phrase. As an atheist, blah, blah, blah. The comma helps separate “father” and “christ”, which I think helps avoid confusion. [sigh] … [Stan da’Lone](https://www.facebook.com/stan.dalone.397) … capital letters please … ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/156 "2016-09-26T13:04:27Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > The perspective this link provided was very helpful; thank you for that. I have been thinking about suggesting that **Chessic** charge into his payroll office and demand money (or better yet just steal the money) and tell them that he’s allowed to do so because he is their “better.” However, that scenario leaves out his racism that was so well on display in the Metro incident, so I’m not sure my suggestion is worth it. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/157 "2016-09-26T13:09:14Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > I have been thinking about suggesting that **Chessic** charge into his payroll office and demand money (or better yet just steal the money) and tell them that he’s allowed to do so because he is their “better.” > > However, that scenario leaves out his racism that was so well on display in the Metro incident, so I’m not sure my suggestion is worth it. Well, he could borrow from another thread he started and just say they are bitches he wouldn’t mind seeing assaulted. That one is a real charm offensive. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/158 "2016-09-26T16:23:41Z")
> [@A traffic Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-traffic-rant/101652/5): > > seems like you just figured you’d get it back with your tax return. Tax **refund**. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203.md?page=7)