Dale looked at me for several seconds before finally apologizing. He admitted that he had deliberately used the pennies to humiliate me because he felt betrayed by my resignation. I told him that leaving for health insurance wasn’t betrayal.
It was a mother’s responsibility. He nodded, then asked whether I would consider speaking to his remaining employees about treating people fairly. I told him I would only do so if he genuinely intended to change. Before leaving, he handed the school principal an envelope containing another $2,000 for the children’s meal program.
