Where's me when I need me?

My life recently got turned upside down. I got kicked out of my old apartment with a little less than 40 days' notice (30 is minimum; my landlord decided that he needed to use the first floor as well as the second floor; we had to be out by June 1). I found a new apartment, but it will be more expensive. I spent the last couple of days trying to get everything cleaned, packed, and moved to my new apartment, which is on the third floor, and finally finished this morning. Before I found out about the apartment, I took an offer for a promotion at my transfer store, which means I have to quit my office job, which means a decreased income. I am supposed to go out of town tonight to a family reunion in Wisconsin. I have a shift tonight that really needs to be covered (I got my shift tomorrow covered), and I've been looking for someone to cover for over a week. I've called every single partner at my store who's not already working and is not maxed out on hours. I've called every store in the area. No one will work it. One person was considering it, but finally said she was not willing to work 14 hours in one day.

Where's me when I need me?

Seriously, though, when the store calls me to cover a shift, I will do it, if I am not already working. I'll offer to cover part of it if I can't cover all of it. I've opened and closed several times before. I've even opened, closed, and opened - three consecutive shifts. I worked 22 hours from Saturday afternoon through Sunday night last weekend in order to cover a shift for someone. The person I'd really need to call right now is me. If I wasn't already working, I'd definitely cover a closing shift. There was one night when I had opened that morning, walked in to pick up a paycheck at 8:30 PM, saw how behind they were, and immediately threw on an apron to help them close. Why aren't there other partners out there who care that much?

Really, I need to stop complaining and admit that I should have requested off on time, but the point is this: why is it that hundreds of partners, dozens of stores, are spread so thinly? Some stores refused just on the basis that they did not want to work at my particular store. Wow.