Taking Leave

At five this afternoon, my immediate supervisor picked another fight with me. Going back and forth, it all boiled down to three things:

"I'm the teacher. You have to listen to me. There's a reason behind all my arrangements.

"I'm in charge of Primer Synthesis and reagent approval in this lab. If you still want to stay here, you have to listen to me.

"If you don't want to present at the group meeting, go ask the big boss here for leave. If you don't want to work properly, I'll go complain to your advisor."

It was the first time I'd been so openly threatened. I was taking a week off to get my head straight.