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1. $5 per week for a part-time employee is not "reasonable", especially when the company is making a profit off of it.
2. The OP didnt make "poor choices", he was married and then divorced and is now paying child support in a state that requires his wages to be garnished. There is a difference between wage garnishments resulting from failure to pay bills versus wage garnishments that are in place to comply with state laws for child support.
3. $5 per week might seem like a "minor consequence" if you are a full-time management person or a driver who makes $60K per year or more. Its not a "minor consequence" if you are a part timer making $12 an hour for less than 20 hours per week.
The underlying issue here is the fact that the company is taking advantage of the law to make a profit off of the child support being paid by a part time employee, in effect taking money that ought to be going towards the child. I find it hypocritical that the company selectively chooses which automatic deductions it charges a fee for.
1. Other than you and Redman, no else appears to think UPS is making any money off a $5 transactional charge.
2) A marriage that ends in divorce is obviously a "poor choice". Come on dude!
3) $260 per year is not a big deal for a young person with a job ... that's a couple of big macs a week.
You are the only one who has latched onto your underlying criticisms <sic>. I can empathize with that aspect but that was never part of the discussion until you tried to justify another one of your critical lashing out against UPS.