Had to retrieve something important that I'd left behind in a classroom where I'd been teaching last night. Dashed to the building to find the caretaker locking up. About ten minutes after class ended and, as far as I know, still within the time which we're allowed to leave the building.
He was furious - shouted very aggressively. I followed him up the stairs and he bellowed again - I dashed in, picked up the thing in question, and said something like 'I've clearly made you very angry'. I was shaking and ran back to the office. I said something about what had happened but that was it - it's unlikely to go any further.
Of course, I shouldn't have followed him in - he was very scary at that point. Always a pretty gruff chap, but this was something else. Frightening and, if I'd been a student, my guess is the organisation would take it up as a 'safeguarding' issue. As it is, they'd do nothing if I reported it.
Clearly, anxious about seeing him again. The classrooms are apart from the main office and only a couple of us work in them in the evenings. Once students have gone, I can easily be on my own for a few minutes. Obviously, one answer is to leave bang on time, when everyone else is and to leave nothing behind (it was clearly a mistake - but I was preoccupied with student queries). The other is to mention this guy's outburst to his bosses at the nearby community centre (not our organisation per se). They'd no doubt have a word with him. I feel I shouldn't let this go completely - it could have been a lot worse than 'simply' a verbal tirade. I must have delayed him for less than a minute. I don't want him in trouble but I think he needs to know - or someone does - about his frenzied behaviour last night.