text:  It's his business, after all. He still thinks of it as a job. He's found that if he doesn't, he tends to slur his duties. So he unlocks, walks in, and gets to the business of getting set up. Though he isn't someone who has to do this anymore, he still engages in manual labor. He thinks if you don't put your shoulder into things, then you don't really mean it. Secondly, if he's not willing to do the job of setting up the shop before the employees get there, how could he expect them to do that when it's their days to open?