Stark’s secretary had called security, and two bulky men had walked in, prepared to haul her out. In a voice that had carried all the way down the hall
— Tony Stark swore to this day that he still had a ringing in his ears from it
—
she had bellowed to the guards, “Don’t you touch me! I have pepper spray!”
Tony Stark had burst out laughing.
– Iron Man Novelization, by Peter David