Definition: In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the events that happen before that sentence, or are likely to have happened before it. Does any of them directly cause it, or simply make it possible? You should write your answer in the form " A >causes/enables> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible.
Input: story: Jeff has to fire Scott because he never shows up to work. At first Jeff was nervous and didn't want to upset Scott. The day that Scott was to get fired he called in sick. This upset Jeff because he needed Scott to be at work that day. This made Jeff's job a lot easier to fire him because he was mad.
 selected sentence: Jeff has to fire Scott because he never shows up to work.

Jeff gets told to fire >Causes/Enables> Jeff has to fire