This is your stance on this...I sure as hell as a blue collar worker, would never let it 'ride'...if you're good with it, that's all that matters when it comes down to it. I personally, would never let 3 days pay go without disputing it in the right forum...and the forum works for you, not him. You've got the horsepower in this, not dickhead, from what you've told me. Look at it this way...if you're married/kids possibly...sounds like a little extra jingle, that's owed to you to begin with, to put off to the side and stash...mo money later for Christmas this year for them. Hell...you earned and worked for it! Just got screwed on the payout of the work. I'd blister his ass in court for that reason if nothing else. Look at it as grocery money to feed mouths if nothing else...you earned it through your sweat.