OK - this just feels weird...

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

I went to bed at 7:30 last night - and I'm just now getting up at 2:15AM (had the alarm set for 2:30, but had to pee and just decided to stay up).

I'm often just going to bed now, and here I am getting up!...hehehe.

Anyway - y'all have a great friday and wish me luck :)

[LA_MERC_Andyconda]

Hey Jayson, I woke up at 2 this morning to go duck hunting. Had to leave early to utilize high tide to get to the honey hole. paid off we had a great opening day. I'm grilling duck breasts wrapped in bacon tomorrow on the grill. Got the meat marinading right now, yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

Well Max, how did it all go? You survive?!

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

Well, I JUST walked back in the door - I clocked in at 3:15AM and I clocked out at 12:15AM. I took just 2 30 minute breaks one at 10 and one at 5. I was the only one out of 3 doing it that made it all day on the "Iron Man" shift - I thought my manager was going to tie w/ me, but I found him in the managers office asleep in a sleeping bag at 10:30 (slacker)...we also had one other supervisor type person like me that was supposed to do it, but he clocked out from 8AM until 1PM this afternoon - so I won the Iron Man award (don't know what they are going to give me, prolly a gift card, which is fine, I'll just use it for soda's and snacks at work...:) )

WHEW! Our store kicked some Best Buy booty today though - we were number ONE in our district with $685,775 total revenue for the day...$286,000 was in my 3 departments alone (PC/Home Office, Digital Imaging, and Wireless/PDA/MP3) out store was 275% to our buget for today...and we had really grown our business from last year when we did $422,000 on Black Friday.

For the ACS folks I had the <insert sarcasm here> pleasure of selling Craig Hearon a computer, which was of course fun, and I couldn't get any attachments out of the tightwad...but anyway - I had a blast and the day went by SOOO FREAKING FAST!!!

OK - just drank a beer, and I'm going to bed soon - see y'all in the AM :)

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

OK - Holy crap, I just figured this junk up...
I was at work 21 hours today, minus my 2 30 min breaks, so that's 20 hours. That means just today I earned $295. When I clocked out tonight, I checked my time, and I was at 39.75hrs so far this week (because I got paid for 8 hours holiday even though we were closed Thursday). That means all day tomorrow from 3:30P-12A will be pure overtime at time and a half, for 8 hours (30 minute lunch subracted), so that will be $177 just for tomorrow...

I'll probably get taxed like HELL on the next paycheck, 'cause I had 40 hours even last week, and we get paid every 2 weeks, so that means the next paycheck will be gross $1357 up from $1180 gross normally...Is that going to push me into another tax bracket (to anyone that knows??? I'm claiming 1 on my W-4's) DOH!

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

I can't believe I'm still up...I'm tired, but not sleepy...also wound up at the same time - kinda too tired to be sleepy :(

15min to the 24hr mark - good think I don't have to be in until 3:30p tomorrow.
DOH!

[LA_MERC_Dirge]

Don't worry about the next tax bracket and all that jazz. you're withholdings usually inch up as your gross on your paycheck goes up. It's not drastic, but it's a little. And besides, you're going to stay in the 25% bracket unless your taxable goes over $71,950.

[LA_MERC_Andyconda]

The government sure do take a bite don't she.

[LA_MERC_Diesel]

Yep as Dirge said you will just pay more since your gross is more.

care to guess how much came out of my check when I had 163 hours of OT on one check, due to an accounting error from the previous check. :eek:

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

did you know you actually are supposed to work no more than 108 in one week. A company can get into a ton of trouble if you break that law.

Moral: Taxes just s**k. Gov't h4x.

[LA_MERC_Dirge]

I would say about 8-9K?

And 108 must be a real pain in the arse, because I can tell you, 3 months of 72-84/week is quite a wear. Especially when it's dark on both ends of the day! hax bah pffft

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

i used to manage a railroad yard in Denver, CO that was open 24/7/365. The big D received 20" in under 24 hrs and I was stuck working until people could get there. Ended up being a 36 hr running shift. I already worked my 4-12's as a manager. Total of 84 hrs in 5.5 days with 25 hrs over the next 1.5 days getting the rail online again. I logged 109 total and received hella taxes, and a phone call from a very disgruntled president of a company. He actually yelled at me for working to much. Something about 285,000 pound machines and lack of good sleep. d4ng3r!!

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

LOL!

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

It is good to see you survived the hustle and bustle there MadMax.

[SweetGirL]

']i used to manage a railroad yard...Something about 285,000 pound machines and lack of good sleep. d4ng3r!!


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