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BOOK 94 ov)F 923 The following day, September 21st, Mr. King made it a point to be at work at 8 o'clock to greet her and let her know he wasn't upset with Miss Freeman, the person, but with the employee who wasn't doing her job. She was reading the newspaper and asked if he wanted to read the newspaper. He declined, but as he was enroute to his desk, she told him she had taken the desktop publishing book home and believed she was entitled to 20 minutes compensatory leave because she read it at home for 20 minutes. He thought she joking, but she wasn't, and said she was proving a point that her time was her time. He admitted being very agitated but told her he would try to meet her halfway, gave her the 20 minutes, and said, in the future, compensatory time would have to be authorized beforehand. Towards the end of the day, he called her to his office and pointed out that his outgoing correspondence tray had not been emptied the prior day and it was still full. He also discussed with her that, while he had been generous to her in the past, coming to work 5 minutes late twice a week had to stop, because it was causing a problem and he had to be fair to everybody. She reminded him that when she came in 5 minutes late one day, she was in the door at 5 minutes to 8 the next day, so it all balanced out. He told her if she was there at 5 minutes to 8, she just happened to be on time. From September 27th through the 30th, he and Director Wright attended a training course in Kissimmee and called the office at least twice a day. On the second day, Director Wright called and learned the Administrative Secretary was concerned about a change in policy because Miss Freeman was outside the office the two days waiting for somebody else to come to work. Mr. King went to the phone and asked Miss Freeman why she wasn't where she was supposed to be; she told him she'd given her office key to the Administrative Secretary. That didn't seem to be a big issue because every door in the building is open at 7 o'clock, there are several ways to get in our office, and not having an, office key was no excuse for not being at her work station on time. He told her to get her office key, be at work the next day, and they would discuss it when he returned. When Director Wright and he returned, he asked other staff members if some office conflict had occurred and they all said that everybody had gotten along well with the exception of Miss Freeman not being at her assigned work station. He called Miss Freeman into his office and tried to learn the reason for her inattention to detail and unacceptable attitude. She said she was trying to protect herself and had no answer when he asked her from whom. He 12 April 24, 1995