Artist: Kenny Loggins
Released: 1984
Lyrical relic: Punch card
Been working so hard I'm punching my card Eight hours, for what? Oh, tell me what I got Full lyrics
What you got is angst, Kenny. We can feel it.
If you were punching a card back in ’84, it was likely that you were working for the man. The card that Kenny is referring to was a punch card. You’d insert it into a punch card machine (also known as a time card machine) which would record the time you entered (punched in) and exited (punched out) the workplace.
Williard Le Grand Bundy invented the punch time clock back in 1888. Those that value the system claim that it ensures fairness for both employers and employees: it offers documented proof that employees got paid for the exact amount of time that they worked and, likewise, employers only shelled out for the exact amount of time worked.
Mechanical time card machines are still being used, but for the most part have been replaced by digital solutions. Today, employees can use their smartphones to clock in with apps like Clockify.
Sounds like Kenny was being an honest employee, working his requisite eight hours and punching his own card. However, the punch card system was susceptible to fraudulent behaviour, such as “buddy-punching,” in which one employee records time for a secretly absent colleague. Today, this kind of deceit can be thwarted with sophisticated biometric systems that use fingerprint and iris recognition to identify and register employees. Thanks technology! Turns out it probably was a lot easier to be footloose back in 1984.
Sources:
https://nationaltoday.com/punch-the-clock-day/#how-to
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