I have gone to work sick, and I have gone to work black and blue,

[niyad]

with eyes like a reverse raccoon, beaten up only in the sense that the multiple blood draws that morning left me looking like I went several rounds with Ali. But I was an adult, not a child being threatened with juvenile court.

What an incredibly stupid, clueless, tone deaf thing for that asshole to say. If there are children at home, I would say a visit from CPS is in order.