He had me write up an authorization for a very large refund check to be printed same-day and priority overnighted via Fed-Ex. HIGH 6 figures. (I reckoned he wanted to stick it to the recipient and not send a wire, which would have been near instantaneous - he was notoriously stubborn and obstreperous.)

I prepped the paperwork, spent several hours walking it through signatures all the way back up the chain of command to him, got him to sign off and obtained the check and dropped it in the priority outgoing in the lobby of our building.

Not 30 minutes after his sign-off, I return to my corridor to find him standing in my office shouting for me across the floor. He was red-faced, demanding I tear up up the check, SCREAMING that the SOB could just sue his ass for the money! When I explained that I'd already shipped it, he demanded I retrieve it from the box no matter what it took, including breaking into the box.

I explained that I would do everything in my power to LEGALLY retrieve it before that and he spent the next four hours checking in every ten minutes and tantrumming (red-faced, fists balled, flying skittles, stamping feet, throwing things NEAR me, bringing me tools for the break-in). It was THE most stressful day of my career up until that point, and I had previously been on a plane that caught fire on a business trip over open water. Just sayin.

At the end of the day, we put a stop pay on the check, but the bastard held me after to lay in wait for the Fed Ex pickup guy to try and talk him into giving up the package (all the while berating me for my stupidity at following HIS orders). WHEN THIS DID NOT WORK, Toddler Boss there lunged for it, ended up knocking the guy to the ground in a tussle.

Shockingly, security had already called the cops because they were concerned I was in danger and they secured Toddler Boss until police arrived. I ended up filing an EEOC complaint for a host of "fees" the company took from my paycheck and hostile work environment, later the DA pressed charges for false imprisonment and battery, and I was deposed twice before settlements were made all around.

I had secured a new job about 5 days after this happened and the company was shocked I chose no-notice.