Yeah, it was ... exceptional
I came in on a Monday and told him my wife was currently checking her father into hospice care. Sometime in the next couple of weeks I expected to need a few days off to take care of things. I gave him 2-page summaries of each of the 4 projects I was running so someone could cover for me for those few days.
He said, "I need to know the date so I can create the coverage plan."