What Happens When You're Late?

A colleague of mine, i was working at a computer training company. He didn't want to leave them in his car because one of his windows was broken. So he strapped on left the lunch boxes, two on each side,. And it's raining, so he's kind of trying to protect them from getting too terribly wet. His car ends at breaking down on his way back to the facility. The manager berated him over the phone, how dare you be late? and these people were waiting to set up the computers for the next day. It's just always a reminder for me that we always need to ask.