I would like to suggest that the place not be the bathroom next time.

Hahaha! I have those same coworkers. Uhg.

OK, what else should I get at Giant? Non-icky bread and? I feel like I should get something to cook that I'd only do on weekends because of long cook times, but I'm not in the mood to roast a chicken.

Payroll question:

At work they finally switched to direct deposit. Which is yay! Except for one detail. The company that does the direct deposit requires them to deposit money (to cover payroll) five business days before the direct deposit actually happens.

So recently my boss talked to our accountant. Apparently sending money off for payroll five days before the first of the month screws up their accounting, as it gets counted for the wrong period or something. So now my boss decided to make the deposit on the first of the month, which means I get my direct deposit done on the fifth. So my payroll schedule has been pushed back five days.

That's not a huge deal, except I pay rent on the first, so I can no longer rely on my "paycheck" covering that month's rent, so I'll have to pay the rent with the previous month's paycheck. So basically I'm out one month's rent until the time when I no longer work here when things will all even out.

I'm not sure if I should raise the issue or not. So I guess I'm wondering - is this sort of issue common? Is getting a paycheck five days after the end of the pay period fall within the range of normal business practices? (I'm guessing it does.) When these sort of payroll changes happen, is it common for the business to compensate their employees in some way for the change?

I would like to suggest that the place not be the bathroom next time.

Yeah.

I wonder if this is worse for men. When I'm introduced to a fellow employee, I don't want even the possibility that we might see each other's penises.

My car had nice layers: ice-snow-ice. So clearing it was super-easy, once I smashed the surface layer it would slide off in tectonic plates. Whee!

But then I tried to dig through the 4 feet of snow-slush-ick between my rear tires and the path the plow cleared. Good lord. I tried breaking the frozen gook into chunks by slamming my shovel down though it, and the shovel would go maybe half an inch into it. Ugh. I'll give it another try later, I guess. I feel silly not being able to get through a few measly feet of snow but... it's not snow. It's some kind of icy kevlar.

And before going to LA I used up the last of my laundry detergent. Sigh. I could walk to the store and buy some, but now I'm all sweaty and it doesn't seem worth it.

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My car had nice layers: ice-snow-ice. So clearing it was super-easy, once I smashed the surface layer it would slide off in tectonic plates. Whee!

Yeah, I love it when that happens.

Relatedly, I recently had about an inch of ice and dense snow on my car. I cleared off the windows but left the rest of the car covered. So as the engine heat started melting the ice on the hood and while I was driving about 45 mph, the entire sheet of ice on the hood suddenly flipped up and smashed against my windshield with a noise so loud I was surprised the windshield didn't shatter. The ice shelf did shatter, and pieces (some bigger than one foot square) went flying all over the place. Some hit cars driving next to me.

I don't think I'll do that again....

It's vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and caramel

YUM!!!! I love waffle cone!

Since I haven't actually looked at my paystub in mumbledymumbledy months I may be wrong, but I get paid a week after the pay period ends. So when I get paid this friday (2/16), it'll be for the 1/29 -2/9 period. But then, I get paid every two weeks, regardless of where we are in the month. That only addresses your second to last question, though.

I hate it when the cars driving in front of me haven't been fully cleared off. Not fun driving 65 on 95 when a sheet of icy snow comes flying at you!

So I guess I'm wondering - is this sort of issue common? Is getting a paycheck five days after the end of the pay period fall within the range of normal business practices? (I'm guessing it does.) When these sort of payroll changes happen, is it common for the business to compensate their employees in some way for the change?

Our paycheck schedule has changed slightly a couple of times, probably for similar reasons, but now it's set so we always get paid on the 5th & 20th. And sadly, no, I can't imagine getting compensated for that. Do you absolutely *have* to pay rent on the 1st? I'd try to work the landlord instead if you're on good terms.