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asked if he or anybody else in the office ever asked her to return her office key and the answer was "no." He told her he couldn't let this go, that he was going to have to do something formal about the incident. He subsequently began the process of a written warning. Late in the afternoon of October 5th, he met with Personnel Director Jack Price. On the morning of the 6th, Miss Freeman asked for vacation leave for the following day. He told her it wasn't much notice, but he would check schedules and advise her later in the. day. She advised she needed the day off for an interview with the U. S. Wildlife Service. He granted the leave. She later called him and told him the interview had gone extremely well and that a Mr. Cairns with the Wildlife Service would be calling for a reference. He asked her if she was sure this is what she wanted. She said, "I want this job." And he said, "I won't do anything to prevent you from getting this job with the Wildlife Service, if that's what you want." He conferred with both Director Wright and the Personnel Director and told them he was going to delay issuing a written warning because Miss Freeman may be seeking other employment and he didn't want to do anything to penalize her if that's truly what she wanted. Mr. Cairns didn't call. He went on to detail how Miss Freeman had called In sick in mid-October and how, finally, he decided he would have to proceed with the written warning because she continued to do substandard work and require reminders. On the morning of October 17th, while attending a meeting in Tallahassee, Director Wright called the office to tell Mr. King his Administrative Secretary had informed him there was a letter from Miss Freeman charging Mr. King with harassment. Director Wright wanted to do an impartial investigation, told Mr. King to not give the written warning, and they would discuss it when he returned. When Director Wright returned, he and Personnel Director Price spoke with Miss Freeman and determined there was nothing to constitute harassment. Mr. King continued that Miss Freeman began to call everybody in the office "Mr." or "Ms." and started detailing in a notebook staff members' comings and goings. In late October, Mr. King assigned Miss Freeman a bookshelf project. He gave her a very explicit memo directing her to organize the books on his bookshelf and to store duplicates. He left to attend a training program and called her each day. She informed him the second day that she had finished the project. April 24, 1995 13 BOOK 94 FAI;E 924