The girl on the late shift phoned in sick and so they phoned me to ask me to do her shift instead of my own, but the phone rang off at the last minute and I didn't check the message because I never do really. So I went in for the start of my shift, only to be asked to go home and come back for hers because they can't afford to pay me overtime.
That's right, they can't afford it.
Oh well, it does mean I can laze around for another three hours, and it also means I'll be in the lab on my own for seven hours = no checkouts for SaintSam. Score!