You knock and enter, and Prof. X glares at you. You say, “Professor, I couldn’t help but hear what you said to Chris. You may not know how that incident appeared to me and, I think, to other bystanders. We could see that Chris was shaken, and it seemed very humiliating for Chris to be receiving such scathing criticism in public.” The professor responds, “Stay out of this. It’s none of your business.”

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