So today for the first time ever I was sent home. Although it was more voluntary but that's off topic. To give context of the pre event that plays into this even goes like so. At my job every year the entire staff takes a survey and gives the things they like and don't like. One thing we have struggled with for the last 2 survey is lack of employees appreciation and recognition. A few months before we got the results me and my GM had this conversation (see beginning of sentence 3 of the next paragraph) I suggested we stastart doing employees of the month. Take one or 2 people from each team for each month. Every manager was on board with this and a second manager who is "Cs" boss who is under the GM. "T" said he would help C with that and that was that. New month and did my part and by the end of the month C and T had done nothing but pick it apart and never did their part so the whole project was scraped. Now to the present.

I am the Ops manager and I am in charge of the Operations team. "C" is the sales manager and is incharged of the sales team. Around the beginning of summer we got our survey results back and our general manager pulled me and C into the office and said in layman's terms " survay says recognition bad, as the team managers start recognition more." So I brought up what i've done at many previous jobs is this. We have little employee recognition cards and we start using them and if they get to like 10 or 15 then they get to pick some prizes from the company (for us that's full sized makeup and skincare and if you know that's expensive) as a way to incentivize, employees to go above and beyond to earn those cards to get fifteen in a month to get some free products. Both my GM and C loved it and my GM asked who wanted to be in charge of that and both me and C said we would as we are team managers. So fast forward to now the end of summer and that never happened and C has been busy and stressed like crazy for a 25,000 $ event. So I was working a week of overnights this week (today was 4pm-12am fsr) and yesterday I put the above plan into action. I made a nice sign and wrote up the rules that went something like this. " Exciting news ood We have a new employee rewards program within our store. With the great team cards that you all have been getting when you start to get them now, if you get to 15, you get a prize blah blah. Only managers can give out the cards. Unless specific circumstances." I did this so there would be no skeem to get each other free shit.

Well today while at work im in th office and C and T are complimenting "G" for doing really well today. I basically said that she needed a great teams card or 2. C then lists 2 things that G did that were worth a card. All of a sudden T just starts ripping into me about the above item. Stuff like "would have been nice to have been discussed. Were all managers aware that they now had this new responsibility. Ect. Ect. Ect." All said in a very condescending way and almost like a peck of my flesh. Before I could explain that it was discussed beforehand and all that BOTH C and T started shooting these pecks at me. So I started to try and explain my reasoning and why I thought I could do this any why I thought it would not be that big of a deal, I mean for Fucks sake T never writes the recognition cards.... EVER. So really no impact to them whatsoever, but I digress. So I am trying to explain and the whole time I'm getting more and more frustrated and angry. I do have bipolar one disorder and so when I get angry it gets bad so I knew I needed to leave that situation. [FULL DISCLAIMER. ALL OF THE MANAGERS KNOW ABOUT MY MENTAL HEALTH STRUGLES AND MY BIPOLAR. I ATTEMPTED TO UN GIVE MYSELF LIFE AND THEY HAVE ALL BEEN CONSERNED AND CHECK UP ON ME AND I TELL THEM HOW I AM AND WHATS GOING ON WITH MY MEDS. I CAN FLUSH THIS OUT IF CURIOUS. SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE/FAMILY THAT HAVE THIS DISEASE, SO THEY KNOW ABOUT IT.] So I just tell the other managers that if they have that many problems with it then we should either not do it or I will give them controls. I said either way you get controls cuz I'm done with this. Whatever thing you guys come up with if you come up with something I'll do but otherwise I'm just staying in my lane and just focusing on Ops and my Ops team recognition. C then starts jeering at me "oooo she's mad, oh don't be mad sadbear (me)" once those start I really start to get mad.(i don't mine being called she, I go by He/They/Just use my god damn name. Anyways, I'm a cis male for referance. But I'm just me, so not upset by that at all)

SO NOW FOR THE GOOD PART!!!

So when I attempted to walk away I was followed and jeerepeered at by C. T did it whrom where he was from by the office. It's about 100ft (30m)is, and C follows me and keeps peering. Side note there have been 2 employees in the back with us hearing everything including my public rip apart.So ... f*** around and find out, and I lost my s*** on the 2 managers and cuss them the f*** out. I told them that they were being mean and other things.... I Called both of them out for both times that i have tried to do my extra part to help the business succeed and bunch of other stuff. Aham called them little bitches, or was it nagging, or both....... I then turned and went out the door and started helping guest to clear my mind. It helps me to figure out other people's problems lol.

Now I know C and T and they are crybabys and call my boss and then the GM my bosses boss. I'm like whatever I'll see my GM tomorrow and I'll give my side what happens happens. [PLEASE REMEMBER THAT]

So at the time idk who they called just that they called someone i figured it was the GM. But my boss shows up i guess the GM, called my boss, "E", and E came off the clock to check in on me and get my side. I did not realize how shaken up I still was about it until I started talking about it again. So I said it like you read it above and just told her that I was planning on being at that job for at least the next 5 years unless something AMAZING comes up of course. Cuz I really do love my job and everything about it. Used to hate my boss now I love them. But I told her that I know that I should not have lost my cool, and that I should not have cussed them out, and I should not have done it in full view of now 3 employees. She said that she loved that I knew exactly what she was gonna say as corrective coaching. She said it showed that I Was collected in the mind and was self aware. She called out right away in the story C following me and Jeering at me how that's a big no no in the corporate world I guess? Lol it's also all on camera and you can see me get mad, C "jokingly" saying don't be mad, Ooo she's mad. I get up and he follows talking and with the biggest smile ever, jeering. Q the 💣 on the managers. Fin.

So here they are my questions. 1. I know I won't likely get any kind of corrective action ecsept for the swearing but if they try and got for something else, with the above information what can I say or do? Like if they try and write me up for the swearing, could I say I'm not at fault cuz of my disorder and I was provoked. So any thoughts you might have Plz.. 2. Because I never actually asked them to stop with well anything can they use that against me if this gets ugly? 3. If I decide to be a bitch, can I like file something against them? I've never had to work with HR like this so I am a blind man in my rights thh.

Thanks a TON for reading my book but any advice for me will help alot! I don't meet with big boss till later so any advice. For reading this whole thing if you leave a comment I'll give you a star! Idk how but I will.

P.S. I told my boss when she was talking to me "i really thought that today both C and T had known me long enough (both for a year I'm the new guy) to know that I'm always putting out ideas. And if I think it's a good idea, I just go for it, but i'm always open to changing that idea and getting feedback from anyone. Both me, C, and T work together alot so I thought we all had gotten to know each other well. I really thought that if they had a problem with it, that they would have just come to me and said, "hey antone, love this idea, but i've got some thoughts and things I'd like to change." This whole thing could have been avoided because I would have said yes in a heart beat.