When we get ready for work and make ourselves presentable for our employers, that time is not ours. We are doing it on behalf of our employers, so shouldn't we get paid for that? I would not be waking up at 5am and spending an hour getting ready by adorning the required attire if they said I didn't have to, but they do say we have to. That time is not ours, it is done for the employer. It is time that would otherwise be spent doing something else yet they get it from us for free. Not to mention the commute, for those of us that still have to do that. We deserve to be paid for every second that is dedicated to our employer.