u/Archonei

Context: I'm a night auditor on a military base. This happened tonight shortly after midnight.

Hi all. Tonight is one of my first shifts alone (usually have a partner), and everything was going pretty smoothly. As midnight came around and the day rolled over, I started the night audit (we use Opera so it takes forever). About 2 minutes in, I get an urgent call from a guest staying at the hotel. He tells me that while he was showering, his kid had left the room. I felt that this was a time-sensitive situation, and the night audit was still running, so I told the guest to start searching from the his floor and meet me in the middle, and I left the desk without signing out of the computers. I searched all 5 floors and finally returned to the desk after 10 minutes and no sign of him or the kid anywhere. Upon trying to call the guest back twice, I was sent to voicemail each time.

My question - did I get played into leaving the computers unattended?

Edit: I feel like I have no choice but to report this to my boss, but I think there's a very high chance I'll get fired if I mention that I left the computers unlocked. Advice?