As a mature and sensitive manager I decided I ought to visit Dave in his asylum to offer him some encouragement and support. It is the least a modern manager could do.
However, I was in the place only two minutes before the Priory staff threw me out. What a lot of bleeding hearts they turned out to be! I mean, under the circumstances, my screaming, "Pull yourself together, stop this skiving and get back to your bloody terminal, you lazy bastard!" was rather restrained I thought.