Something really scared me at work. We had a person come in with a complaint, screaming and yelling and smelling very strongly of alcohol. He was drunk and very aggressive. I got screamed and cursed at. I was scared he might have a gun or hit me. I think he was very drunk. I was one of two other women in the room. My boss finally came back in from being out and he threatened to call the police. The man stopped yelling so much. He finally left.

I was on a tight deadline but I had to go out to my car and go get some juice and get away from the office. I called my mom just to talk to try and calm down, but my mom just got even more upset than I was and started fussing about why my office doesn't have a policy to protect us. I don't know! I just work there! I wanted support and ended up getting fussed at by my mother because it scared her, too.

I felt all shaky but I managed to go back to work. I talked with my boss about what we could do to train for a situation where someone comes in with a gun..

I'm really upset, I don't feel safe at work. I don't feel safe, period. Why do people have to be like that?