My first salary

They would neatly type your details on a slip of paper and your salary details and deductions and put it in an envelope. Since I had just started working, there were not many deductions save for tax unlike my more experienced colleagues whose payment advice slips looked like movie credits.

This movie credits pay slip situation irked them and when month-end happened along there were long and sad faces in the workplace. This always used to baffle me until it was explained to me by a colleague.