In their defense: the OP's deployment of the term "payday" is sloppy when discussing a world which predates salaries, bank transfers, and indeed... weeks[1] [1

In their defense: the OP's deployment of the term "payday" is sloppy when discussing a world which predates salaries, bank transfers, and indeed... weeks[1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Mesopotamian_units_of_measurement#Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Mesopotamian_units_of_...