....but your coworker offered. At this point it's less about his company forcing work on him and more about his own pressures on himself. But I get that it's complicated.
Welp, should've accepted the offer from his co-worker but I guess he is putting lots of pressure on himself. Feel bad for his childhood friend, hope he communicated that he was going to be late.
I got pissed that he was late and refused the friend's offer to do the work but I realize it's more like I'm pissed because that would've happened to me 100%! I can't say no sometimes especially when the person abusing their power is my superior that can fuck up my life even more than they already do...so I got super pissed reading that part