Alfa male

[Octavia]

I work in a very male environment. I have been there for 28 years. A couple of years ago the shop hired a kid. I call him a kid because I know his parents and they are the same age as I am.  He has taken on the roll as shop manager. Just in title. He will not answer the phone or handle any shop to office problems.  He has started getting really aggressive towards me. Extorting me for money to get easy jobs. I work commission. Stuff that I actually brought to the shop and trained everyone to do. I do paintless dent repair. I am very good at it. I can do a $6000 job in a day. I should get half. I don’t get these jobs anymore because I don’t fight for them. Now I have to pay to get them. Lately the shop manager has been getting in my face and last week he pulled a knife on me. I am not scared of anything. He is trying to play Alfa male. Like I said I am not scared. Okay maybe I am. I am scared of me. I remember the me that I was. I don’t like that me. I sent several people and a coach to the hospital. Just playing by the rules while doing high school sports. I know that I could bounce this little buttheads head off the floor in an instant. Like I said he pulled a knife on me for no reason but just to show he could and would. 
  Do I go to the boss. The new kid is his retirement plan. Do I kick this kids ass and show him that he is not Alfa male? I don’t want to be Alfa male. I don’t want to be Alfa female. I just want to be me. 
 

Thank you 

Octavia

[tracy_j]

Obviously I don't know the full situation, either in your work or locally, but anyone who wields a weapon for any reason at work would (or at least should) be heavily jumped on. It isn't a very big step at all from showing the knife to actually using it, or even someone else dis-arming him and using it on him. It seems a difficult one but he needs to learn that is not done, either for the good of other workers or the business.

 

Tracy

[Chloe Cozee]

Where I work, pulling a knife would get them fired immediately. Have you talked to your manager about this?

[Jackie C.]

What @tracy_j said. It might be a cultural difference between here and Nebraska, but if somebody is pulling a knife on co-workers they need to be dealt with. Harshly. That behavior is not OK. Honestly, it sounds like none of his behavior is OK. This kid isn't much of a retirement plan if he's going to burn the business to the ground the minute the boss leaves. Metaphorically obviously. Pulling a knife on employees creates a hostile work environment. Go to the boss, then play it from there.

 

Hugs!

[Confused1]

I have worked some management jobs and some that were not. I agree with everyone else. You need to report him. None of that is OK.

 

Hugs,

Mike

[Charlize]

Report it in writing.  It may be that nothing happens but you are creating a record so that if you need to defend yourself that exists.  This person may be a future "big shot" and with an attitude like that he is a problem for more folks.

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize

[Octavia]

Thank you. My thoughts exactly 

[Drake]

If someone pulls a knife on you, that is assault. If they use the knife it also becomes battery. Both of them are punishable crimes. Turn that guy in. He's childish and also pretty stupid. He needs to lose his job accordingly.