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have you ever been subjected to racism
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or have you ever thought about how it
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feels for those who are have you ever
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been judged by people's eyes or words
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because of how you look i hope not but
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in this story we'll witness the
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experience of a woman who endured all
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these cruel behaviors at the hands of
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Germans we hope you enjoy it if you're
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everyone at some point in life is tested
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by their pride some silently surrender
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others rise and give a lesson that will
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never be forgotten that day the woman
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standing at the entrance of a crowded
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restaurant in the heart of Berlin was
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about to do exactly that but no one knew
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she stopped at the edge of the sidewalk
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took a deep breath adjusted her coat
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which fluttered slightly in the breeze
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her plain clothes the road dust on her
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shoes and the light headscarf made her
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look like just another ordinary visitor
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to the city she saw her reflection in
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the glass of the door tired but with an
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unwavering gaze then she pushed the door
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and walked inside the conversations
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inside suddenly quieted a few tables
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turned to look at her she stood out and
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it wasn't her fault the young chef
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behind the bar frowned someone murmured
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in the background the manager a woman
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with short hair and thick framed glasses
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approached her with a forced smile on
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her face "hello," said the manager her
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tone overly mechanical "do you have a
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reservation?" She shook her head "no,"
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she said "but I'd like a table." The
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manager wrinkled her nose slightly this
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is a bit of a different kind of place
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she said we're a restaurant with a dress
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code she didn't lower her head she
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simply smiled i understand she said the
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chef turned his back and muttered
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something to his co-workers she resisted
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the urge to eavesdrop but the words were
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harsh clear enough to be heard where did
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she crawl in from this time
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the chef said she looks like a mess said
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another she doesn't belong here someone
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else added her cheeks flushed slightly
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but the drop of patience glistening on
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her forehead like a beat of sweat did
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not fall she was used to it the manager
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stepped even closer not bothering to
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lower her voice perhaps there's another
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restaurant that would be more suitable
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for you," she said "this place is a bit
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selective." She smiled without a single
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wrinkle shifting on her forehead i'd
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like a table please she said the manager
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rolled her eyes turned around and
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signaled something to the chef the chef
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laughed the small table by the kitchen
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is open he said if that works she nodded
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thank you she said the manager led her
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practically dragging her to the darkest
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corner of the restaurant a tiny
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makeshift table squeezed between the
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kitchen doors food smells and the rush
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of waiters she pointed "here you go,"
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she said she sat down lifted her head
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and looked around some customers had
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noticed what was happening others were
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glued to their phones but they all had
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the same look in their eyes "you don't
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belong here." She hung her bag on the
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back of her chair reached for a menu but
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no menu was brought she waited 5 minutes
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10 minutes waiters passed by without
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even glancing at her the chef poked his
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head out from the kitchen said something
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mocking to the manager the manager
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laughed she remained silent and waited
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that was the moment the real story of
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the restaurant began to be written no
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one knew dot not yet she sat quietly at
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the narrow table just outside the
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kitchen amid the echoing laughter
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clinking silverware and hushed whispers
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around her it was as if she were
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completely alone it felt like everyone
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was deliberately turning their heads
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just to avoid seeing her she noticed a
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rusty water glass left at the edge of
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the table inside an old stain a waiter
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passed by she slightly lifted her head
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their eyes met "excuse me," she said
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gently the waiter quickly turned his
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head away and disappeared into the
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kitchen pretending not to hear her heart
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sank but the patient expression on her
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face never wavered for a second she
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adjusted her headscarf with her hand
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then pulled a small notebook out of her
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bag she picked up her pen and started
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jotting down small notes in the corner
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of the page no one knew what she was
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writing maybe they never would the chef
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leaned out of the kitchen window and
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called out to the manager "she wants
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coffee," he said mockingly "should we
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ask for money first?" added another chef
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unable to contain his laughter the
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manager glanced at her out of the corner
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of her eye she slowly walked over to the
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table "what would you like?" she asked
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in a cold tone she asked for the menu
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the manager reluctantly pulled a
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crumpled menu from her jacket pocket and
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tossed it onto the table she opened it
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next to nearly every dish were small
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notes scribbled in pen not recommended
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unavailable today not suitable for the
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kitchen it was as if an invisible wall
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had been built her appetite wasn't lost
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from hunger but from wounded dignity "a
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coffee please," she said looking
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directly into the manager's eyes "the
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manager paused for a moment then
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exhaling through her nose," said blacker
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with milk "black," she said the manager
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walked off briskly laughter quietly
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erupted among the kitchen staff she
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lowered her head an elderly couple
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sitting a few tables away gave her a
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brief glance she smiled at them they
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quickly turned their heads away as the
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minutes passed and patience mounted she
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began watching the restaurant intently
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how things worked how the waiters
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treated customers the structure of the
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kitchen the managerial flaws every
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detail unfolded before her eyes like a
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painting sometimes a waiter brought food
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to the wrong table other times while the
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manager was distracted on her phone the
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chef smoked in the back kitchen some
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customers complained but no one paid
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attention she continued taking small
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notes in her notebook no one saw her no
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one respected her and because of that
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every detail revealed itself to her in
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full clarity a waiter accidentally
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spilled sauce on a customer the manager
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came over with a dry sorry and walked
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away without doing anything else as the
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customer grumbled angrily the staff
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laughed in the back she lifted her head
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and looked around again cracks on the
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wall drooping light fixtures a foul
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smelling ventilation system this was
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supposed to be part of a prestigious
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restaurant chain but inside it was
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rotting and it was in the midst of that
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rot they had tried to humiliate her dot
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her coffee finally arrived in a paper
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cup no logo on it and it was cold she
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thanked the waiter and took a sip it
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tasted awful but not a single hint of
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complaint crossed her face the manager
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was off to the side typing something on
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her phone while still keeping an eye on
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her the chef was joking around in the
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kitchen waiters dropped empty plates on
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the floor out of exhaustion no one
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looked her way again she slowly sipped
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her coffee occasionally she closed her
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eyes dot in that moment her mind drifted
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back 2 years ago to the day she first
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arrived in Germany it was raining
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outside she had a small suitcase in her
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hand and enormous hopes in her heart
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even at her first job she had faced
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similar looks her clothes were deemed
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inappropriate her accent was mocked and
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she was once again left alone in a
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corner but back then she had made a
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promise to herself she would never give
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up years had passed her struggles had
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grown her tears had deepened but she had
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never bowed her head now today in the
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heart of Berlin she had once again been
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pushed into a corner but she was no
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longer the same woman now she had not
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only hopes but resources she had power
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and patience what had happened today was
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just the beginning behind her silence
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and patience a storm was waiting a
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commotion broke out in the restaurant a
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customer complained that their order was
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wrong with an indifferent expression the
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manager said "You ordered it that way."
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She watched closely other customers
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wrinkled their noses a child at a back
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table began crying but the waiters
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ignored it she took her last sip of
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coffee picked up her bag and slowly
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stood up the manager looked at her you
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could read in her eyes finally she's
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leaving she walked toward the register
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the young man behind the counter didn't
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even look up "what did you have?" he
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asked she opened her wallet handed him a
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bank note didn't ask for the change she
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thanked him and walked slowly toward the
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door at the exit she paused turned her
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gaze back into the restaurant and smiled
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quietly "it's not over yet," she told
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herself the real story is just beginning
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and no one had any idea what was about
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to happen the door closed slowly behind
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her she had only taken a few steps
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outside when she heard the laughter
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coming from inside she didn't turn
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around she moved past them like the wind
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but inside she was struggling to contain
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the storm brewing in her chest she
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pretended to walk away stopped a few
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steps ahead and began watching the
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restaurant through its windows
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reflection the chef had poked his head
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out of the kitchen door barely holding
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back his laughter the manager lit a
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cigarette as she watched the woman walk
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away the young cashier leaned toward the
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others and whispered something "she's
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Turkish," the waiter said "what did you
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expect?" "They never leave tips." Their
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voices were low but heavy like stones
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her ears rang her hands clutched the
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strap of her bag even tighter but she
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stopped herself she didn't turn around
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she acted like she hadn't seen or heard
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a thing because sometimes patience was
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the greatest form of resistance dot
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inside the air had grown tense even
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though she was gone everyone's nerves
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remained on edge no one said it out loud
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but they all knew a foreigner had
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entered their special space and not just
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any foreigner a Turkish woman and she
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hadn't bowed she hadn't shrunk or begged
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that disturbed them as the chef walked
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back into the kitchen he muttered now
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they even come here to start businesses
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the manager nodded double quotes good
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thing we're the bosses she said
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"Otherwise we'd be licking that woman's
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shoes by now." Quiet laughter followed
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in the back each chuckle left another
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scratch on her pride outside the glass
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she stuffed her hands into her coat
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pockets and waited new customers came
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into the restaurant the table filled up
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waiters quickly handed out menus one
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waiter struck up a conversation with an
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older man the topic turned to her again
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someone came in earlier said the waiter
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turkish I think asked for a coffee then
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just left thank God said the old man
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otherwise her smell would have lingered
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the waiter laughed what business do
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people like that have in a German
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restaurant anyway she heard that too the
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words carried on the wind sharp cruel
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and all too familiar her eyes welled up
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but she didn't cry she was saving those
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tears for another day today she would
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endure today she would remain silent but
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she would forget nothing after a while
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the kitchen door opened the chef came
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out cigarette in hand another waiter
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joined him the chef snickered who knows
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how many siblings she has probably a lot
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said the waiter they just wander from
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restaurant to restaurant cuz they've got
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nowhere to sleep the chef laughed you
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know what if a Turk were the boss we'd
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all be forced to wear headscarves haha
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at that moment she took a deep breath
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she drew in all the anger all the
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disappointment and slowly let it go
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because today was a day for patience but
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tomorrow tomorrow would be something
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else another group of customers walked
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in a young woman an older man and two
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small children the kids began pulling at
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the menus as soon as they sat down the
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older man called to a waiter the kids
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want soup quick bring it the waiter
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sighed through his nose and walked off
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on his way to the kitchen he muttered
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again now we've got to deal with this
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crowd a nice German restaurant swarming
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with every kind of foreigner the manager
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turned and winked careful not to serve
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them too well she said or they'll start
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thinking they're royalty laughter
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rippled again from the back she stood
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outside like a tree with its roots deep
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in the ground she didn't move she only
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watched she only listened and every word
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every look every moment of scorn opened
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a new file in her mind her notebook was
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full now she was writing chapters in her
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head the restaurant door opened again
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the manager stepped outside she noticed
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the woman narrowed her eyes hesitated
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for a moment then in an indifferent
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gesture flicked her cigarette to the
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ground and crushed it under foot waiting
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for something she asked "M O C K I N G L
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Y." The woman turned her head looked her
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straight in the eyes and smiled silently
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"no," she said "Just breathing." For a
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moment the manager had no response then
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she shrugged and walked back inside the
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woman turned to the reflection in the
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window there stood a lone woman but
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behind that reflection was a long
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history a history of migration struggle
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poverty discrimination and endless
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patience and today a new page of that
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history was being written silently but
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indelibly the evening rush had begun in
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the restaurant a wrong dish had been
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served to one table the customer was
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angry the waiter replaced the plate
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without apologizing dot at another table
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an elderly woman asked for water but no
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one brought it the dysfunction inside
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grew worse but no one noticed her her
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mere presence had been enough to disturb
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their order she took one last look at
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the restaurant then walked away slowly
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but the silence she left behind settled
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over everyone like a weight because
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every act of discrimination eventually
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has a reckoning and that reckoning was
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closer than they thought the woman had
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walked away with heavy steps but she
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hadn't left she remained at the corner
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just within view she waited unfazed by
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the cold air because she sensed
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something was about to happen inside and
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this time she didn't want to miss a
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single detail inside the restaurant the
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tension had hardened the waiters snapped
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at each other plates were slammed harder
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in the kitchen and interactions with
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customers grew cold and fragmented the
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manager wandered between the beer taps
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trying to mask her irritation the chef
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threw sharp glances from the kitchen it
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felt like a single mistake would make
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them all explode just then the door
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opened again the woman returned as soon
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as she stepped inside every head turned
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toward her conversations stopped
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whispers rose one waiter leaned in close
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to another and muttered under his breath
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she's just stubborn turks are like that
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they never get it the chef folded his
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arms behind the counter and let out a
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harsh laugh "what do you want here?" he
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asked with a mocking tone "you'd be
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better off at one of those kebab shops
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down the street." Those words from the
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kitchen poisoned the atmosphere even
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more customers began to look at her with
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strange expressions as if she were some
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foreign creature that didn't belong she
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held her head high her eyes locked
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directly on the chef but she said
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nothing that silence infuriated him even
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more don't you get it he shouted "This
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is a German restaurant not for people
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like you." The manager stepped in she
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approached with a fake smile she reached
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to place a hand on the woman's shoulder
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but the woman pulled away the manager
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took the gesture as a threat "look," she
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said through gritted teeth we offered
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you a coffee showed our hospitality now
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leave you're not wanted here don't
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embarrass yourself any further a few
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customers began muttering staring at her
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with growing hostility get out one of
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them said she's going to get us into
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trouble the woman took a deep breath her
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hands clutched the strap of her bag
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tightly she could feel herself trembling
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but she steadied it this was their night
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their stage of small dashmindedness she
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was only observing taking notes one of
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the waiters stepped forward he held a
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menu and tossed it at her feet like
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tossing a bone here he said pick
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something to eat but first tell us do
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you even have money the chef and manager
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burst into laughter a few customers
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joined in their laughter echoed off the
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restaurant walls like the distant cries
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of a long-forgotten Lynch culture the
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woman slowly bent down picked up the
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menu and calmly flipped through the
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pages as if nothing had happened her
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composure unnerved the owners even more
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"it's people like you that ruined this
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country." The chef hissed through his
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teeth "you steal and lie then play the
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victim." She closed the menu and looked
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straight into the chef's eyes for the
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first time she spoke it's people like
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you that ruined humanity she said
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silence dot for a moment no one moved
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everyone froze then the chef slammed the
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counter with his fist in rage the
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waiters twitched the manager's face
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twisted in disgust get the hell out the
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manager yelled or we'll call the police
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she nodded took one last look around the
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restaurant recorded every detail etched
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every insult into memory and turned
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quietly toward the door but as she
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walked out she heard words thrown after
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her they never feel shame they don't
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even know what shame is the door shut
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and those words hit her back like arrows
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but she was already walking toward
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another planned silently cold-bloodedly
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and with unwavering resolve
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and with unwavering resolve because the
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reckoning was near and this time she
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would speak not only for herself but for
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everyone who had remained silent the
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door closed behind the woman for a brief
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moment the tension inside the restaurant
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seemed to ease but the anger still hung
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in the kitchen like a thick fog clinging
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to the walls the chef and the manager
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exchanged furious glances and shook
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their heads "we're not letting this go,"
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the chef said through clenched teeth
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"she's mocking us and on top of that
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challenging us." The manager rolled up
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her sleeve and pulled out her phone but
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not to make a call she simply typed out
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a message then locked the screen her
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eyes were dark with rage let's follow
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her she said this isn't over the chef
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nodded he threw his white apron over his
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shoulder together they walked toward the
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door their steps heavy and deliberate
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behind them a few waiters exchanged
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nervous glances but no one said a word
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because fear like guilt is always silent
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the woman had stopped in a small plaza
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just a short distance from the
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restaurant her hands were tucked into
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her coat pockets and she stared up at
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the sky unfazed by the cold under the
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dim street lights she stood like a
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solitary figure in a painting dot just
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then the door slammed open the chef and
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manager stormed outside their footsteps
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echoed sharply against the stone
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pavement the woman didn't turn around
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but she felt them approaching the
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manager came shoulder-to-shoulder with
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her stopping directly in front who do
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you think you are huh she sneered who
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are you to waste our time the woman
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didn't respond she simply looked them in
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the eye that silence only fueled their
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rage here in Germany we have our own
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rules the chef snapped you can't pull
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your Turkish tricks here a few people
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had stopped to watch some even pulled
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out their phones but the manager and
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chef didn't care their anger hadclipsed
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any sense of shame the manager stepped
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closer her face was so near the woman's
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that their breaths almost mixed "look at
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your clothes," she said with disdain
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"what is this you look like you came out
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of a slum you don't belong in our
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restaurant tour even in this square."
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The woman's eyes sparkled briefly but
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her lips stayed shut the chef jumped in
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we did you a favor let you in gave you a
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coffee and now you repay us with
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ingratitude his voice grew louder who do
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you think you are every foreigner who
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sets foot in this country thinks they're
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royalty now a man in the crowd called
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out "Let her go she's not worth it." But
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the chef and manager either didn't hear
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or chose not to at last the manager
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pulled a coin from her pocket €1 she
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threw it at the woman's feet here," she
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said mockingly "go buy yourself a
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pretzel you don't belong near our
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luxury." The woman slowly bent down
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picked up the coin for a moment everyone
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thought she was going to quietly walk
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away but she clutched the coin tightly
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in her fist then opened her hand and
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tossed it into the air the sound of the
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coin hitting the ground echoed through
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the plaza like a slap the chef took a
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step forward tried to bump her with his
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shoulder but she didn't move she stood
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like a rock his face flushed with anger
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the manager opened her mouth to say
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something but the woman spoke first her
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voice was cold not trembling sharp and
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clear remember this night she said I
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will not forget a single one of you and
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then she turned and began to walk away
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the chef shouted after her don't ever
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come near our restaurant again or I'll
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call the police the manager jumped in if
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we see you here again we'll destroy you
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the woman didn't respond she didn't
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speed up with each step she seemed to
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grow stronger because revenge was now
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close and it would be far heavier than
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they expected that night inside the
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restaurant the chef and manager paced
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back and forth like victors what did she
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think she was the manager said "She's
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probably working illegally," the chef
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added "maybe we should report her to the
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police." They both laughed at the idea
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their laughter echoed off the
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restaurant's empty walls just like the
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hate they had hurled at the woman hours
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before but they had no idea that those
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would be the last laughs and that the
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silent footsteps of a woman would change
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the night forever the morning at the
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restaurant had begun quietly the chef
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and manager still based in the glow of
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the previous night's so-called victory
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they were inspecting tables barking
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harsh orders at the servers the manager
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sipped her coffee and muttered
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"Hopefully that Turkish woman never
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comes back here." The chef laughed "If
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she does this time she'll meet the
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police." As they laughed loudly the
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restaurant door opened quietly three
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people in suits walked in beside them
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was a woman in a dark gray blazer her
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face looked familiar very familiar but
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the chef and manager didn't recognize
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her at first because the coat and modest
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clothes were gone replaced by a refined
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elegant appearance the woman walked in
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with her head held high the men behind
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her looked like lawyers everyone in the
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restaurant fell silent only the soft
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clinking of cups could be heard the
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manager stepped forward forcing a polite
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smile welcome how can we help you the
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woman gave a slight nod took another
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step then stopped she spoke in a voice
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that was firm and clear i she said am
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the new executive director of the
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company that owns this restaurant chain
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the chef dropped his coffee dot the mug
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hit the ground and shattered a few
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servers stood frozen hands over their
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mouths stunned the manager stepped back
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a little her voice trembled w what did
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you say the woman pulled a document from
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her pocket she calmly extended it to the
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manager i am the majority shareholder of
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the company she said and starting today
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I have full authority over this
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restaurant the manager's face turned
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ghostly pale the chef tried to speak but
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no words came the woman walked slowly
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through the restaurant she inspected
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each table she gave the servers a warm
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smile then she returned to the chef and
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manager "do you remember how you treated
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me last night?" she asked the manager
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immediately tried to explain "there must
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be some misunderstanding ma'am we were
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just following restaurant policy." The
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woman raised her hand to silence her "i
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understood your policies perfectly," she
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said "especially your policy of racism."
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The chef tried to jump in "we
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we were only following procedures." The
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woman's eyes sparked with sharp
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intensity are your procedures to
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humiliate people to insult their
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countries and their clothes to publicly
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shame them in the street neither of them
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could reply their heads were bowed their
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bodies trembling the woman turned to the
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lawyer behind her "terminate their
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contracts," she said "effective
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immediately no severance." The lawyer
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nodded and pulled out the paperwork the
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manager began to plead please
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just give us one more chance we've been
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here for years the chef felt his knees
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begin to shake "we made a mistake," he
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said "we're asking for a second chance."
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The woman watched them quietly for a
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moment then she gave a slight nod "a
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mistake reflects character," she said
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"and a lack of character isn't fixed by
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second chances." She turned to leave but
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just as she reached the door she paused
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she turned back one last time and said
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"Remember you never know in front of
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whom you're making yourself small." And
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with that she walked out leaving behind
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a stunned restaurant and two crumbling
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lives outside the air was cool the sky
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was gray but to the woman the world had
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taken on a whole new color she held her
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shoulders high there was a sparkle of
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pride in her eyes because she had
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honored not just herself but her
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identity quietly gracefully and with
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absolute dignity she walked away with
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slow steady steps and the only sound
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echoing behind her was the silent song
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