Last Year on the Green · October: The Payslip
The idea: read every line between what you earn and what you get, and price a yes in the time it costs, before you say it.
Read it
Who is in this book
- Devon Every yes costs the next-best thing you could have done with that time or money from LedgerQuest
- Yusuf Gross pay is what you earn; net pay is what you get; read every line in between from LedgerQuest
- Danya a child of the Green Asks "how do we know?"
- Marcus A budget is a plan for what the money is for, before it arrives from LedgerQuest
- Tara a child of the Green Listens longest, speaks last
Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.
The Honest Page
Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?
True
- Thirty hours at £8.50 is £255; £255 take away £15 is £240. Saving half of £255 a month reaches £390 in a little over three months.
- Gross pay is what you earn before anything is taken off; net pay is what you actually receive after deductions. Source
- Economists call the value of the next-best thing you give up when you choose something its opportunity cost. Source
Stretched
- In the case, every line on the payslip is explained in one afternoon. What we simplified: Real payslips can have codes and deductions, such as tax or pension contributions, that take longer to understand, and the rules differ by country and by age. If a line makes no sense, ask the employer to explain it.
Made up
- The bakery on Mill Lane, Mr Brightwater, the wage, the apron, the rent deposit and every figure in the case are made up.
Tara’s sentence
The case stops where Tara speaks. Write the sentence you would have said. It stays on this device.
Kept.
Your sentence lives on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Ring the hammer for someone
Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.