Being responsible

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Yesterday I had such an experience that made me wonder, do people really think they have no such resposabilities? Let me tell you what happened. A woman I work with (I'll call her Jane) did not show up for work yesterday. Nor did she call her boss to say she was sick. Of course we were worried, but didn't think much of it. Then around 3pm a friend of Jane's came to us and asked if we had heard from her. She was waiting for Jane to take her to the airport but could not get a hold of her. Jane was not answering her phone. So this of course made us more worried. I offered to take the friend to the airport since Jane was missing. On my way back from the airport, I stopped at Jane's house to see if she was ok. Her car was not there, but I knocked anyways. No answer. She lives alone and has not family around here. No we are really worried. Jane's boss is trying to reach her on the phone. We checked her myspcace page and Jane had not logged in all day. Nothing. No one has seen her. No one has heard from her. I called all the major hospitals and the jail. We don't know what to do. About 5:30 I decided to go back to her house. Again, no car and no answer on the door. At this point Jane's boss decides to call the police. At 6 I decide to go get something to eat. Sitting in the parking lot I try Jane's phone one more time. This time she answers. Jane! Where have you been all day. "oh I"ve been home sick". I tell her we have been trying to call all afternoon and I knocked on her door. "well I didn't feel like getting out of bed today". And you left your friend stranded with no ride to the airport, I explain. "Oh, who took her" I DID! I yelled into the phone. I then said I was glad she was ok, but her boss was about to call the police and I needed to go call her before she did. I can't tell you how furious I was last night. Now, let me start by saying that I am glad she's ok. And if your not feeling well, or you don't want to get out of bed, fine that's your business. BUT YOU CALL IN SICK!!! You call your boss or your place of employment. You let some one know. And you don't leave a friend stranded when you have plans to take them to the airport. Where the friend is then embarrased because she has to inconvenience some one else that she barely knows. So I ask again, do people really think they don't have responsabilities? To their place of employment, to their friends, to their coworkers?