Empowered

My work computer is an old (PowerPC) white iMac. When I walked in this morning there were pen marks on the white plastic surrounding the monitor. The bottom, in obvious kid writing, said "NOO", and on the top of the monitor "Loser" was written. I wasn't especially offended because I knew what had happened - my boss' son had done it. He'd write "loser" on anything. I told her, she clearly felt horribly, and within minutes her husband knew.

Great.

So, he comes into my office and start cleaning the computer. I find something to do in another room, but honestly, there isn't much to do but wait, so I go back in when I see the writing is mostly off. Of course, he starts on another rant about parking.

I listen for a bit.
I present my case. "I wasn't here last night at 7:30pm - there's nothing I could do".
He gets more upset and says "You need to listen to me"
I say "Actually, I have the right to walk out. Your wife and I discussed it after last week." I moved towards the door.


He starts screaming for his wife/my boss, and she comes over, and recognizing he's flipping out, yet again. "Let's go, Kristin" she says, and we walk out of the room. He comes following us, yelling, and my boss says "Kristin, go take a drive".

Maria seems concerned when I'm leaving.

So I walk out, and drive to the library, which is where I am now, typing.

I'm upset about the situation - clearly unhealthy work environment that I need to get out of.
But, I feel empowered at the same time. This time, I didn't take his crap. And now I've set a new precedent - you don't talk to me that way. You don't disrespect me.