THANK GOD FOR...DIRECT DEPOSIT!

Yesterday at the job, after returning from a quickie lunch, our supervisors looked soooooo grim with an internal e-mail in their hands.

It seems that the payroll, which is usually scheduled to be passed out Thursday afternoons, would not arrive. Due to the severe winter storm which is creating havoc through much of the midwest and central states, Federal Express was not able to deliver on time. We were informed that the payroll package, which is sent from corporate HQ in Houston, was stuck in Memphis, Tennessee as the FAA had grounded all flights into and out of Memphis due to icing conditions.

There's several hundred people that are praying that the FedEx plane get to where it needs to be eventually, and that they can get paid today. Thankfully, my pay is direct deposited, so it was safe (haha) early Thursday morning. Nearly all gone now...but it was there!

UPDATE (12/25 14:19ET): Thankfully for those unfortunate souls who are paid by traditional check, Mother Nature and FedEx came through. The payroll made it early Friday, before lunch at that! So people were hurrying to get those checks cashed in time to do last minute holiday shopping...after all, Wal-Mart closed at 6 PM!

When the delay was originally announced Thursday, management made sure that forms were made available for employees to apply for direct deposit, noting that with the height of the winter weather season approaching, there were no guarantees that this would not occur again.