A waitress from the United Kingdom would walk to her job every day. She would regularly pass homeless people, begging for food. One homeless man in particular struck her as deserving of some extra attention and love. She saw that the man was going through some hard times, so she decided to help him. To her, this was her moral duty. To him, it was so much more.
When Daisy found out who this homeless person was, she was in complete shock. It was absolutely unbelievable. Curious to find out more?
Daisy worked as a waitress in a restaurant and walked the same route to work every day. For a while, she always saw a homeless person sitting in the same spot, near her work. No matter what the weather was like, he always sat in the same spot with a lonely look in his eyes.
Daisy thought the man always looked very lonely. Still, the man himself didn’t seem to mind. He was always in a good mood and smiling at everyone who passed by. In fact, he never asked for help or money. All he wanted was to chat. Daisy thought this was admirable but also thought the man was keeping his real feelings to himself.
The reason Daisy thought this was because she’d seen that not everyone was always nice to him. She had often seen people walking past him without even looking at him. She sometimes even noticed that an entire day would go by without a single person stopping to chat with the man. In fact, it sometimes even happened that people laughed at the man. Daisy also once had saw a group of boys spit into the man’s cup. Something Daisy had a hard time seeing and understanding.
One day Daisy decided enough was enough. The man was always kind to everyone and it was time someone gave him something nice in return. She hated that the man was being treated like this. In her eyes, the man was not worth anything less than anyone else and she decided that she wanted to encourage the man.
Daisy herself worked as a waitress in one of the United Kingdom’s fanciest restaurants. The restaurant had managed to get no fewer than two Michelin stars and nothing but high quality is expected in the restaurant. Daisy was a waitress herself but had the dream to one day start working in the kitchen. She was studying to become a chef and with this part-time job she could pay for her education and gain experience at the same time.
The food served in the restaurant where Daisy works is certainly not cheap. Guests spend a few hundred pounds a night. This was sometimes difficult for Daisy to understand, because right around the corner, the homeless men slept every day. The difference between rich and poor was painfully visible
Daisy didn’t necessarily like her job. She mainly did it so she could pay the bills, save for college, and gain experience in the culinary industry. Yet most of all she felt powerless. She didn’t think it was fair that people were spending hundreds of pounds a night when people were starving a few feet away. She decided to take action. She just had to try and do this unseen because if her boss found out about her plans, she could lose her job.
Unfortunately, her boss, the chef of the restaurant, was present on the restaurant floor. She could hear his yelling to the kitchen staff from afar. Still, she went through with her plan. The plan was to take food from the restaurant and cook something delicious with it. She had to be careful, though. The ingredients at her work are very expensive, even the olives cost a lot of money. So she had to be very careful that nobody would find out.
If her boss realized that she had stolen food, she would immediately lose her job. Daisy didn’t feel comfortable stealing ingredients, but it also felt justified to her. She saw it as a Robin Hood situation in which she could contribute to a step in the right direction. Her intentions were good, but stealing is still bad and she was only too aware of the risk she was taking here.
Despite her nervousness, Daisy persevered with her plan. She heard her terrible boss yell at the kitchen staff and knew exactly where he was. This was the perfect time to sneak into the freezer. While she was secretly trying to get closer to the freezer, she heard her boss ranting at her colleagues. Succeeding would feel so good, purely because her boss was making everyone’s life miserable in the workplace.
Finally, Daisy managed to get into the freezer unseen. She was searching for food that wouldn’t be missed and eventually managed to pack as many as 20 ingredients into her bag. This may sound like a lot, but Daisy knew exactly how much would get noticed and how much wouldn’t. She’d packed just enough to make something tasty for the homeless person. Daisy couldn’t believe her luck until she heard a loud knock on the freezer door while she was still inside…
Daisy was sure. She had been caught and she would lose her job. Her heartbeat skyrocketed and a feeling of fear crept over her. The chef realized someone was in the freezer. Normally no one is allowed in there alone except himself. All the other kitchen staff always had to bring someone with them when they wanted to go into the cold room. The chef quickly realized that there was someone in the cold store without being asked.
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