When working pays you a penny and costs you a dime

When working pays you a penny and costs you a dime

 

Let’s cut to the chase. I don’t want to have to continuously bring money to work. Many jobs today require us to have money before we even make it – and I just wanted to check to see if anyone else has a problem with it because there seems to be an endless piggy bank supply of loose change at everyone else’s house.

 

In one week, a worker might have to bring

 

$5 for the lottery (oh yes, the irony)

$5 for ‘Luanne’s’ parting gift

$10 for ‘Catherine’s’ baby shower

$5 for ‘Alice’s’ birthday cake

$10 for Tim Horton dashes

And…

$2 for jeans day

 

PARDON? Jeans Day? Now I wouldn’t want to divert and make this a dress code issue – but is it okay for a workplace to force me to pay to wear something that I already spent money on (and hopefully have not purchased from one of their subsidiaries) ?

I don’t care if it goes to charity – because the company gets the tax receipt … they get to claim the total amount of contributions for a nice kickback and you get…(drum roll please) that’s right…wait for it…

 

NOTHING!

 

And I don’t appreciate you people who don’t miss an opportunity to scan my attire every Friday to then ask “Did you pay your $2?” –

Who are you-the Financial Fashion police? Get a promotion already and leave me alone.

 

Now back to my weekly work costs. It costs me approximately

$8 in gas to drive back and forth to work each day which equals $40/week based on 1.00/litre. Right now gas prices in the GTA are between 1.26 – 1.36/litre. Go figure.

So lets just round that off to $50 which is already a significant portion of my weekly net pay. Then $37, for extra non tax deductible contributions. So far I’m almost at $90 –and I haven’t gotten paid yet. What’s left for lunch? What’s left for tithes and offerings? What’s left for ME???  I remember the good old days when going to work required gas …and maybe some change for a hot dog. Now I have to make sure there’s extra money on the VISA, money in the bank and change in my desk drawer.

 

In exchange for this I should be able to wear the same outfit to work everyday – because now I don’t have any fancy money for the fancy pants you want me to wear on my legs that get stuck under a desk for eight hours everyday. Noone sees the darn pants. Noone cares.  LOL – this is for you Heather…

 

Denise