An incident occurred some years back in my office. My manager came in for the morning meeting and announced in a comical way that one of the drivers just met him with a story. The story was that his wife had given birth suddenly without notice. So he needed some form of financial assistance to cope with the birth. His response to the man was, ‘’Oh, I thought she had given you nine months’ notice?. He made a joke out of it, but I learned a lot from the case.