If you say bye to someone they’re gonna say it back. I’m guessing your shift lead and manager and coworkers were busy and didn’t think to check the time because… well, I mean it’s a fair assumption to make that someone wouldn’t just walk out an hour early. Be ready for them to double check for the next few weeks though!

I think the real question is why the priest needed to know so badly, I mean maybe the dude was just trying to eat some fish and chips or make a lemon meringue pie…