Money is the root of all evil today.

Hey gang. Not a whole lot to report as I spent most of my weekend watching seasons 2 and 3 of Arrested Development. Hence the pic of the yum-tastic Jason Bateman. He's grown up well eh?

Just a quick story for you:

Recently I went on vacation to Arkansas. I took two of my remaining 6 days of time off. When I return, it took a while before I looked at my paystubs. First, because it's like pulling teeth to get someone to open the drawer to get to them. Second, because I have direct deposit I don't need to access them in order to have money.

I noticed I didn't get paid for either of my two days off. I left a note about one of the days figuring I'd just use the other to have one final full week of vacation. One of the ubers decided to add my prior unpaid vac. day to my last week of vacation. Fine, not a problem. Or atleast, there shouldn't have been a problem.

For reasons that probably involve the sacrifice of small animals and the laying of hands upon the shrine of the CEO, the company doesn't just pay you the extra vacation hours on your next check. Instead, it gets logged onto your next check and they do a paid out/cash advance at the store. Why? Fuck if I know.

I got my paycheck for my final week of vacation and notice that somehow, even with 48 hours of time listed, I made less than the check from the week prior when I had just over 40 hours. Hmmmmm. Looks like a screw up to me. I scan over the usual listings of amounts taken out for taxes, etc. when I notice a paid out of $85.

Strange, I never got handed this elusive $85. I asked the supreme uber about it today when I got to work. Seems someone did the paid out while I was on vacation. Obviously the most logical time to do it. Then no one bothered to tell me about it. There was an unsealed envelope in the locked change drawer up front with my name written in small letters on it. The envelope had been shoved to the back of the drawer. I'm wondering if anyone would have ever told me about it had I not discovered the discrepency.

I'm surprised anything functions in this place.

WATCH IT:

Arrested Development--all three seasons--everyone is brilliant, but my faves have to be Jason Bateman, Michael Cera and Jessica Walter. NO TOUCHING!!

LISTEN TO IT:

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club--Berlin--I think this is the best song on the new album. Great to have on while driving.

READ IT:

Too tired. Read something later. Sleep now.

OH--the quote "You watched it. You can't unwatch it." is from Futurama. The "contest" doesn't seem to be going well, so from now on I'm just going to tell you who said what.