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waiting for food. I sat on a stool at

the counter.

“Be with you in a minute,” Sally

said.

“No hurry,” I said. “There are a

lot of people ahead of me.”

The girls worked hard, but for a

long time, the line didn’t go down at

all. But eventually, the dinner rush

slowed, and they started to catch up.

A couple of other workers came,

which also helped. But one customer,

who had been waiting a little while,

let both girls have his ire as they gave

him his order.

I felt it was unfair because they

were doing their best. But the man