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I've been a Tech and now Service manager for the last 7 years. Cars need to be driven a decent amount to make sure your repairs are completed properly and no check engine light returns, ie. that usually means driving the car until most/all of the monitors are complete and that can take 3 miles, 10 miles, sometimes 50 miles.
To make sure monitors pass you do have to drive a drive cycle once or twice, and usually easiest to get monitors like cat/o2/misfire to pass by driving the car a little harder than "normal"
Now don't get me wrong, what it sounds like what the tech did in the video is way over the top and as a customer I would also be extremely upset and I would not only complain to toyota/scion usa headquarters.
But At least give them the chance to right the wrong, I would not necessarily ask for the tech to be fired, but at least let it be known that you will not return to the dealership unless it is assured he will not be the one who works on it again. Dealerships are all about customer service, they will usually go above and beyond to fix things with you, make your demands known and see what happens, if your not happy with the results don't accept what they give you and I would defiantly take it to the next level (I would take the video to a local news station and let them do a special on it.)
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