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sobriqueI've just got my pay slip.
Never seems enough does it?
What I want to know though, is which sadistic bastard came up with the idea of cumulative 'year to date' figures on pay slips?
OK. The whole list your gross, then deductions, then what you _actually_ got is bad enough. I know technically, Tax, national insurance and pension contributions aren't _lost_ money, but they seem like it.
You get the 'this is how much you could have won' but actually, we'll be keeping 30% of that.
But no, the _really_ depressing part is the cumulative totals.
The cumulative 'deductions' - this is how much money you never had. That saddens me. I think of all those sad lonely pints of beer I never met, and never will.
And the cumulative 'pay year to date' It's a healthy number. Even given that it's only May. But I can't help looking at it and thinking: "I know as a student, I lived on about 3-4 thousand a year. And here is says, that over the last x months, I've had a notable amount more than that. Where the hell did it all go?"
And I sort of know. It's gone to various big black holes, not least of which is the car. But LARPs events, 'toys', books, beer are not insignificant fractions.
Then I think "ah, what the hell. I've enjoy my life, and being who I am. And it's nearly friday, so I can start putting a dent in my balance again."
Never seems enough does it?
What I want to know though, is which sadistic bastard came up with the idea of cumulative 'year to date' figures on pay slips?
OK. The whole list your gross, then deductions, then what you _actually_ got is bad enough. I know technically, Tax, national insurance and pension contributions aren't _lost_ money, but they seem like it.
You get the 'this is how much you could have won' but actually, we'll be keeping 30% of that.
But no, the _really_ depressing part is the cumulative totals.
The cumulative 'deductions' - this is how much money you never had. That saddens me. I think of all those sad lonely pints of beer I never met, and never will.
And the cumulative 'pay year to date' It's a healthy number. Even given that it's only May. But I can't help looking at it and thinking: "I know as a student, I lived on about 3-4 thousand a year. And here is says, that over the last x months, I've had a notable amount more than that. Where the hell did it all go?"
And I sort of know. It's gone to various big black holes, not least of which is the car. But LARPs events, 'toys', books, beer are not insignificant fractions.
Then I think "ah, what the hell. I've enjoy my life, and being who I am. And it's nearly friday, so I can start putting a dent in my balance again."
