{"id":"dat-hs-first-paycheck-breaks","audience":"high-school","category":"data","technique":"verification","title":"Check your first paycheck against your shifts and break rule","free":false,"task":"You got your first paycheck from your part-time job and it looks short. You earn $15/hr, and shifts longer than 6 hours have a 30-minute unpaid break (exactly 6 hours has none). Write exactly 4 numbered lines, one per shift, showing paid hours, then one unnumbered last line: Should be X hrs x $15 = $Y; stub $Z; short $W. Plain text, under 70 words.","materialLabel":"Your schedule and pay stub (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MY SHIFTS - Corner Scoop Ice Cream, Nov 1-7\n\nSat Nov 1: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm\nSun Nov 2: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm\nTue Nov 4: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm\nThu Nov 6: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm\n\nPAY STUB\nHours: 21.5\nRate: $15.00\nGross pay: $322.50\n\nNotes:\n- My friend says \"they always take a break out of every shift.\" Not what my handbook says.\n- Taxes come out after gross; I'm only checking gross.\n- Free scoop per shift, lol.\n- Manager is Rhonda; she said to text her if anything looks wrong on a stub.\n- Next pay date is Nov 21 for the Nov 8-14 week.\n- I clocked in on time every shift (checked the app).","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":70}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the break rule","why":"The AI guesses, or follows your friend and takes a break from every shift.","fix":"Add: \"Only shifts over 6 hours lose a 30-minute break.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"You'll need the shift-by-shift hours to ask your manager.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. Sat: 8 − 0.5 = 7.5 hrs\"","checks":["numberedItems","r1"]},{"title":"Leaving the ending open","why":"The AI explains taxes instead of the gap.","fix":"Add: \"Last line: should be, stub, short by.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 10 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in a text to your manager.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the break rule","patterns":["break","over 6|more than 6|longer than 6","30 min"]},{"label":"Gives the rate","patterns":["\\$?15"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"The AI doesn't know your break rule. Give it the rule and the rate, and ask for each shift's hours.","rubricLabels":["Saturday is 8 − 0.5 = 7.5 paid hours and Sunday is 6 hours with no break taken out","Tuesday is 4 hours and Thursday is 5 hours, for 22.5 hours total","The last line says 22.5 x $15 = $337.50, the stub shows $322.50, and it's short $15, with nothing before the first numbered line"]}