[Rick Lee]

A friend worked at a place (major national name) that had a time clock for salaried employees to punch in. They were very strict with punch-in times and one minute late a second time would earn demerits and termination after three offenses. So everyone punched in early all the time, as in every person, every day, for years. Eventually, someone who had gotten fired and was upset about it reported the time cards to the state and they started looking into "unpaid overtime." The employer eventually had to pay out millions for all those extra minutes people had been punching in before their shift was to begin.