Oh shit.

My account will be credited in about two and a half hours. I'm expecting at least 300 quid and I only need to give 160 to my old man, so anything above that is all mine to spend on random crap. eBay here I come.

Hope you get your new cheque in time.

UPDATE!

So, we called payroll, and of course they were closed (4:45 PM on Thursday - wtf?)...I just hope some stranger doesn't cash it, the banker not paying attention, before tomorrow...it would be very very bad.

But I got a form to sign up for direct deposit, so this isn't a complete loss.

I can get a loan or something anyway....the I only need a couple hundred more to make rent, and my next paycheck more than covers that (barely), so I'm pretty set to pay it back...it would help me later in life to have some credit anyway.

But my day of work after school: call payroll, sit in the back with my manager and eat peanuts.

Seriously.