'My next paycheck was $3500 more': Administration's attempt to dock teacher's hours makes them realize they're not being properly paid

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Jun 3, 2023 9:00 AM EDT

Sometimes, in the effort to save $1, you lose $10—like when you buy an older bicycle, but it turns out, with all the work needing to be done to it, you should have just bought a newer one instead.

Life's like that sometimes, and if you're trying to dig up ways that employees are screwing you to save money, you'd better be darned sure you're not actually screwing them, or else that might cost you—big time.

When the administration tried to tell this teacher that she was having her hours docked for clocking them in before the end of the day, she was furious. Those hours had been for her scheduled prep and were hours that she had well and truly worked. Throughout the course of dealing with it, it came to light that her specific qualifications made her eligible for higher pay.

Read on for this brilliant Reddit story. After, see this college professor who faced off with an absentee student who insisted she was showing up for class.