[American_Centurion]

Employees asking for advances to get to work the next week are not living within their means.

And your business by your own definition shouldn't be extremely profitable in a county where the average household income is only $24,000 populated by people who can't afford gas and you need the disposable portion to make your living, seems to me you may not have made the best decision on employees or location.

[Ches]

"Employees asking for advances to get to work the next week are not living within their means."

Personally, I've done rather well here. Thank you very much. As for as my employees, I guess I'm just an old softie when I see an ambitious young man with a family, anxious to learn a trade and aquire skills to advance himself and responsible enough to take care of family, not to mention honest enough to advise me of his financial situation; I choose to extend a hand rather than pull the carpet out from under him. It sounds to me like you think everyone deserves a kick in the ass. I don't.