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William Schaeffer
Monday, September 12, 2016
Pay Day Blues
Few people know that the paycheck system started with the industrial era in the 1800's Originally, the factory owners would collect the timesheets on Friday, tabulate them over the weekend, and pay the workers on Monday. This lead to many workers getting drunk on Monday night and not showing up for work on Tuesday OR even on Wednesday. Eventually, factory owners learned to HOLD the pay till Friday and let the workers get drunk on their own time. It was good for production.
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