CEO Threw Coffee At Me During Meeting: “You’re Nothing But A Worthless Assistant” Then I Stood Up
The scorching coffee splattered across my face and chest, searing through my silk blouse and into the skin beneath. The pain hit instantly, but I didn’t scream. I didn’t even twitch.
Everyone in the boardroom went rigid, as if someone had slammed a pause button on reality. The soft patter of coffee dripping onto the polished conference table was the only sound. “You’re nothing but a useless assistant,” Garrison roared, his face mere inches from mine as flex of spit flew from his mouth.
“How dare you challenge me in front of the board? You take notes. You bring drinks.
You speak only when spoken to.”
Twelve pairs of startled eyes stared at us from around the table. Some looked appalled, others ashamed, but not a single one intervened. No one lifted a hand to help me as I sat there, burned and belittled.
I calmly reached for a napkin and dabbed at the dark liquid soaking into my clothes. Three years of meticulous preparation had readied me for moments exactly like this. I just hadn’t expected his real character to explode so openly.
I rose to my feet. “Actually,” I said, my tone steady despite the sting on my skin, “I think you’ll want to hear what I’m about to say.”
I picked up my phone, unlocked it, and held it in the air. “But before I go on, you should know that everything in this room has been recorded for the last three years.”
The blood drained from Garrison’s face as I turned toward the board.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I believe it’s time we had a truthful conversation about the future of this company.”
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And trust me, you won’t want to miss what comes next. Now, back to that boardroom where my entire life was about to shift. My name is Elellanar Merritt.
Though everyone at Horizon Technologies called me Ellie, I was 32 years old when the coffee incident occurred, with degrees in business and computer science no one at the company had any idea about. I’m naturally observant, patient to a fault, and possess a memory that borders on photographic, traits that made me brilliant at my work and terrible at forgetting wrongs. I hadn’t always intended to be an executive assistant.
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