"What the fuck was that? You assess the situation and you respond with the appropriate level of force! And you never, ever, ever discharge your weapon unless it's absolutely necessary!", Baxter Bayley hung his head, recoiling from Kaputo's searing lecture.
He'd panicked. What had Kaputo said during training? Don't discharge your weapon unless it's necessary. And what did he do at the first sign of trouble? Pulled out the mace. While standing upwind. He still wasn't sure if the prisoners got it worse or he did. And he'd sprayed Donaldson pretty bad as well.
"You are a trigger-happy knucklehead who just got out of diapers. I should be firing your ass.", Kaputo steamed.
"I know."
"But it's your first day, so I'm gonna chalk this up to mental retardation. If you so much as look at an inmate wrong in the next week, you're out of here! Now go! Get your asses down to medical, and get an eyewash.", Baxter nearly ran from the room, glad to get away from his angry boss. Just as he reached the door, Kaputo stopped him.
"And Gerber?"
"Yes sir?"
"When you're cleared through medical, I want you back here for punishment. You understand me? I assume you read far enough in your manual to know how we handle infractions?"
"Umm... no, not really. I- I was planning to read more tonight? I had a thing yesterday and-"
"Christ's sake Bayley. It's on page fucking seven in bold print. Did you not even skim?"
"I uh-"
"Don't answer that. Believe me, when I'm done with you, you're going to read that fucking manual like it's the bible and you're Jesus fucking Christ. Donaldson. Take this fuck up to medical and tell him what's what."
Donaldson put an arm around the kid's shoulder and led him out, shaking his head in sympathy. Baxter wasn't sure if it was the mace or tears stinging his eyes.
"Do I have to, like, scrub floors or something? Or, like, what?"
"Kid, didn't you even read your application forms?"
"Not really. I just needed this job, you know?"
"We got a corporal punishment policy."
"What?"
"Corporal punishment. Like belt on ass. It's in the contract."
"But, how- what- what does that even mean?"
"It means when Kaputo's through with you, your eyes aren't going to be the only thing sore."