I had a boss who used to slap me

Not like, violently. Just enough that it became Normal. Like you’d spill coffee and before you even reacted you would find your body was already bracing.

Slap, slap, slap, slap.

Bro, it was muscle memory for all of us. It wasn’t even disciplinary. Sometimes he’d just walk by and slap someone. No eye contact, too. Like he was swiping a badge to get into a door. Late to work? Slap. Early to work? Slap. On time? Suspicious. slap. I once said “hey I have an question” and he slapped me mid-sentence and then said “go on.” I forgot the question. HR said “have you tried setting boundaries” and then my boss slapped me for going to Hr.

I saw him watching "Ottoman slaps" Tiktoks during a meeting. A client was in once and my boss slapped me and said “sorry, reflex” and the client laughed like it was a joke they didn’t want explained. Coworkers acted like this was weather, fucking hell. It was like the movie, "Don't look up". New hires always noticed and they never stayed long. I don’t work there anymore but if someone moves their arm too fast…

sorry, a flashback mate, I probably have CPTSD. At least I was making six figures.