Tick, tick, tick, tick
Since Thursday I’ve been working for hourly pay for the first time since May 1986.
For those 23 years, I’ve been paid the same amount no matter how many hours I did or didn’t work. Granted, I’ve never worked less than the 40 my pay was calculated for, but that’s a different issue.
Now that I’m paid by the hour and have to track it myself, I am obsessed with time.
The other day I went to the lunch room in the building. I looked a the clock when I got back and said “this lunch cost me $12.50 before I even paid for the over priced sandwich.”
To be fair, I used to do it when I worked at McDonalds back in the 80’s. But, when you’re paid $4 and hour, lunch doesn’t cost you a whole lot more than the sandwich. Now, it does.
I’m sure I’ll get used to it eventually.