Now You Can't Leave

"Now you can't leave" is my favorite movie line. It means you have gone too far and have to suffer the punishment. In "The Bronx Tale", a biker gang went into a bar to drink. They got very rowdy and began to push around the bar patrons. The bartender asked them to leave. They laughed at him and became more rowdy. Again, they were asked to leave. They said no. The bartender then went to the front door and locked them in. He said, "Now you can't leave". About 10 men emerged from the back room with baseball bats in their hands and beat the bikers to a pulp. Yesterday in my office, we had a "now you can't leave" moment. The nutty doctor went too far by using a derogatory remark. She used it last week as an example of a mental illness and the front staff was upset. She was told that it hurt someone's feelings and was asked to stay away from that staff member. Yesterday she came in with booklets and approached the girl who was upset. She told her that it was the girl's duty to read about the subject as what she said was in a medical context. The girl packed up her things, walked out and promptly called my boss. My boss called HR as this is the second time that this happened. Now my boss has to follow through with whatever punishment HR says is correct. "Now you can't leave".