"I once had an issue with a supervisor when working as a probationary firefighter. My battalion chief had asked me to write an incident report after the engine I was working on was struck by a car while we were on a call. I was the only witness, and he needed it for his report. I completed the report and put it in his in-basket on his desk since he was on a call. An hour later, he returned and he called me into his office and started yelling at me for not doing the report. He told me that I would not pass probation if I could not follow orders and continued berating me for about five minutes. When he was done yelling at me, I told him I had completed the report and put it in his in-basket. He looked, and there it was. He then said that I should have just left it on his desk, and he dismissed me from the room. I went and made a fresh pot of coffee and took a cup to the chief, along with some cookies a firefighter's wife had made. He gave me a big smile and said he was sorry but then told me never to let it happen again. It actually turned into a funny situation."
