I don't feel I started a crisis, but I certainly contributed a great deal to one once it was set in motion. I'd escalate it by taking his bait or trying to explain him to him or begging him for answers. Yeah, as if I was gonna get a rational response from an A. But that was my role to play. Trying to make him see the light, trying to drag him into a meeting (I actually drove him to one when he was half-smashed), trying to get him to see my point of view.
I was honestly so shocked at the things he would say or do to me that I would just freak out or get into a major argument/fight with him. So I acted in collusion with him. I suppose my contribution to a crisis was to get involved in it and go along for the ride or escalate the situation once it was set in motion.