My boss gave me the schedule for Thursday and Friday on Wednesday before I left the heating and A/C service shop.
Oon Tuesday I was going to help with a ductless upgrade job and on Friday I was busy with a commercial service in the morning and another ductless insulation job in the day.
After I saw the schedule for Friday, I knew exactly why my boss let me go home early on Tuesday after finishing up with the first ductless upgrade job. I was going to be working all day on Friday. After the commercial repair, it was going to take at least 6 hours for me to install the ductless heating and cooling method at the residential address. When our girlfriend went into labor a month early, I had to find someone to cover my shift. I called my boss on Friday morning and I told him that my girlfriend was in labor. She told me that it was probably just nothing and that I should come to work. I told my boss that I would come to work if the doctor said there was nothing wrong. I was going to the emergency room with our girlfriend, but she wasn’t going to be alone even if it meant that I was going to get fired from my job. On our way to the emergency room, I called a couple of people to see if they could cover our shift. I found one of my buddies that was off on Friday and offered to switch days with him. My girlfriend delivered our baby later that day.