newsgroups.comcast.net wrote:

A couple other points, it could be that he was just following orders from
his management.

The fact that he left and then returned indicates to me that he was. I suspect
he headed over to the office to ask management what to do.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.