The story:
I work with troubled youths at a court ordered behavioral rehab facility.
Staff have to maintain contact with other pods when they transition to and from locations.
Yesterday I was asked when the other pod was leaving the lunch room and when we needed to line our pod up, so I radioed my coworker asking when they were on their last five minutes (this lets the other pod waiting to go know when to get ready to transition.)
Upon the other pod returning, my coworker leading the other pod starts going off on me, being rude, and telling me off in front of all 24 kids, multiple staff, and my supervisor, saying “You should know what time to line up” (he wasn’t even on time himself) and continuing his rude behavior by talking down to me.
I had to walk away before I said something regrettable. Every other coworker who witnessed it didn’t understand why he went off on me or what I did to get that response.
Should I confront him or let it go? I didn’t appreciate how he treated me, especially in front of the kids and staff. Part of me says I need to do something, but the other part of me says it isn’t worth the drama.