Thanks, Nova. Isn't just the pits when one person can cause so much stress at work? We'll see how it goes. He can do everything from removing our current chair (which would be a shame) to requiring us to be at school from 8-5 every day. That would such because we all also teach at least 3 evenings a week or on weekends. I'm so upset with this person in our dept who did this...Good luck on your meeting of the minds Gigi.