for context, my aunt (who i grew up in the same household as up until college and helped raise me) has been in the hospital for almost 40 days fighting for her life after her a whole was punctured in her lung during a surgery she was having. yesterday we were informed that she developed a pneumonia that is caused by being on a ventilator too long, and that this pneumonia has a low chance of survival. i told my boss as soon as i got this news, as we were expecting the worst and i told her that i needed to be with my family at this time. she said her condolences and told me to keep her updated on when i could return to work. this afternoon my aunt’s organs began failing and she is being pulled from life support. my boss texts me and says that she knows this is a difficult time for my family but since it’s an hour past my shift and i am not there, she’s going to assume i’m not coming in and that i need to notify her in the future. i guess i just assumed that me telling her what was going on yesterday would signify me not coming in for work today and giving her a play by play on when i could continue being overworked but underpaid was not my priority, but i forgot that i’m not a human but a cog in capitalism’s machine.