An analyst for a Wall Street brokerage was planning an extended weekend vacation to the Caribbean with his fiancé. He’d informed his supervisor about this months in advance and was caught up on his work. On the Thursday before the planned Friday departure, the boss told the analyst that they had a high-powered meeting scheduled for Monday morning at 8:00 and that he needed the analyst to stay home and work through the weekend to get the analysis and data package for the meeting ready. The analyst protested but was told, “Either you stay and do the work or you’re fired.” The analyst canceled all of his arrangements and worked through the weekend, including an all-nighter on Saturday. He put the report on his boss’ desk at 7:30, Monday morning. As he went by his boss’ secretary’s desk, he asked her about the meeting. She replied that there was no such meeting scheduled