If you wanna over analyze it some more…

It also displays a sense of humor/levity in sticky situations, some flirty playfulness, and a dash of humbleness to not presume the crush is reciprocal.

10/10 response honestly, the original question was pretty direct.

I did this for a while but my boss said it looked bad that I leave before everyone else and wasn’t fair to customer-facing peers that had to be there certain hours…

I’m with that guy, I get out of work at a set time I like to have some daylight after work. Doesn’t matter what time I wake up, I don’t wanna do things before work I just like to see the sun after work it gives me something to look forward to.