I'm still employed (for now at least)

I think I'm off the hook for Friday's extracurricular activity at work.  My department manager called me into his office this morning to discuss the matter.  He said the receptionist and accounting gal were "scared" of me when I expressed my displeasure with them holding my paycheck, that I disrespected him by "breaking the chain of command" and not going to him with my problem, and that I need to keep my emotions under control.  If withholding my paycheck was their version of no dessert after dinner, this was their version of a good, stern talking to.  At least I didn't have to hear the words "this is gonna hurt me a lot more than it's gonna hurt you."

The most amusing part of the story was that the receptionist, Jessie, who is a sweetheart I get along with wonderfully, told me that my department head asked her and the accounting gal if "they felt physically threatened" by me.  She said she laughed and replied "by Steve?"  What kind of person do they think I am?  I guess being big and loud can have it's drawbacks.

My department head is a good guy, he was just doing his job.  I don't think he quite knows how to interact with me as the rest of the people in our department are techies, I'm not.  He's a mild mannered, soft-spoken guy, but has had to talk to me a few times now about raising my voice, speaking my mind, and once for using the word "shit" in an e-mail to a co-worker.  I'm just a fiery, passionate guy; maybe the corporate world isn't the best environment for me.  But while I'm here I'll try my best to play corporate ball: keep my voice down and my opinions to myself.   Stop laughing, I said I'd 'try'...

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[Creepy]

It's not exactly a 'pirate's ransom' I'd be leaving... LOL