One of two things Hes lying. Or. He isnt fit to be in charge. It is absolutely inexcusable to be the sole caretaker and disconnect for any amount of extended time. You take of the responsibility, you have to be there for it, or accept the consequences. And the consequences in this case is I'm not going back. And I suspect this is actually the beginning of the end, more people will slowly bleed off and go elsewhere where people give a crap about their websites. If he has the thought process to think "im gonna not check in, or be available to be reached in anyway, for a week, and not leave someone else in charge for that time, and thats ok." Then he is at least partially retarded