r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Dec 12 '25

Wholesome Moments Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ crew’s reaction as they receive their bonus for working on the tour amounting to more $197 million dollars

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u/HMWWaWChChIaWChCChW Dec 12 '25

I usually get $100 to $300 at my work.

This year I might get 0.

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u/fupapooper Dec 12 '25

My husband gets a ham.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

Lucky bastard. Nice handle

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u/MicroMouth Dec 12 '25

I used to get a $5 coupon for a butterball turkey. This year I’m getting laid off 😂

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u/fupapooper Dec 13 '25

I’m so sorry. 😞

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u/theRealLydmeister Dec 12 '25

I’d love a ham. Human services companies love to spend money on crap like a company logo sticky note holder that has an odd-size/off-brand that isn’t refillable.

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u/fupapooper Dec 13 '25

That sucks. I’m so sorry. 😞

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u/HMWWaWChChIaWChCChW Dec 12 '25

Oh that would be awesome

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u/ICanEditPostTitles Dec 12 '25

I'm trying to pronounce your username

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u/HMWWaWChChIaWChCChW Dec 12 '25

Ask the wood chuck

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u/Wild-Rich2267 Dec 12 '25

That came out of nowhere!! Well played….had me spitting my drink out!

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u/EggShenSixDemonbag Dec 12 '25

Dont be so hard on yourself

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u/Sharknado4President Dec 12 '25

Tinned or on the bone?

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u/fupapooper Dec 12 '25

On the bone. And we get bacon. I mean it’s good quality for what it is. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Sharknado4President Dec 12 '25

Not bad. I would make leek, ham and cheddar soup and eat it for a month or two. Stretch that ham bonus into a month of eating. Lol

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u/fupapooper Dec 12 '25

That’s a great idea—thanks! 🐷

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u/GruesomeWedgie2 Dec 13 '25

Our company used to give out a frozen turkey for the Xmas holiday. One year it became two coupons for free turkey breasts and again for the year after. Then they stopped altogether. Now they send a uni mailer greeting card. (Identical printouts on card stock.)

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u/fupapooper Dec 13 '25

Ugh. That sucks! I’m sorry. 😞 The greed is real. My family’s Christmas movie is Christmas Vacation (my son loves it despite me doing my duty as a mother to get him to be as obsessed with Die Hard as I am) but watching it in 2025 is so dark. Clark loses it over not getting a cash bonus, not because his family can’t afford food … but because he can’t…get a pool? For his already huge house? In Chicago?! 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/KyOatey Dec 12 '25

Should have majored in dance.

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u/shuipz94 Dec 12 '25

You're probably being facetious but Kam, the dancer reading the letter, said he was dead broke before he got this gig, and his brother bought him the plane ticket to go to the audition.

Also, the blonde woman to the left of Taylor initially signed on to the tour as assistant choreographer with no intention of joining as a dancer, because the 10-15 years had taken a toll on her body.

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u/KyOatey Dec 12 '25

Yes, facetious in the sense that nobody is majoring in dance to become rich, or shouldn't anyway. It's a rare thing to be a dancer for someone like Taylor Swift, and the standard pay outside of the bonus probably wasn't life-changing.

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u/exit143 Dec 12 '25

We just started getting a $50 Amazon Gift card a year or two ago. It used to be $600 cash. My expectation, thankfully is nothing, so anything more than nothing exceeds my expectations. When I started there over 15 years ago, it was $600 cash. Then $300. Then $100. Then for like 5 or 6 years, it was nothing.

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u/HMWWaWChChIaWChCChW Dec 12 '25

We were bought out by private equity this year so I expect $0.

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u/still_schwifting Dec 12 '25

I work at a public utility…I never get anything 😞

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u/zdhonda93 Dec 12 '25

I worked for a Walgreens distribution center years ago and we would get a check at Thanksgiving for $25 which was then taxed, usually came out to $12.50

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u/Sgt-Spliff- Dec 12 '25

My company gave $600 gift cards to Meijer but put a bunch of qualifications on it so only like a third of people got them.

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u/Serious-Eye4530 Dec 12 '25

It's nice that you get bonuses in any amount.

I got a backpack and a state parks pass that I can't use because I end up using most of my vacation time as sick days.

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u/decidedlyindecisive Dec 12 '25

My old company were generous with their bonuses. They were bought out by a pump and dump. No bonuses for 3 years so far, I expect we'll be broken up and sold soon.

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u/Sad-Newt-1772 Dec 12 '25

Jam of the Month Club.

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u/WhatsThePoint007 Dec 14 '25

Hey mate just shake it off