noffsinger Chapter 400: Canteen Riot
Chapter 400: Canteen Riot
The cafeteria was particularly noisy that day. The food window was crowded with workers, with expressions of confusion and dissatisfaction on their faces.
I saw a burly worker holding a plate of food in his hands, frowning, and put his nose close to the plate, sniffed it, then raised his head angrily and shouted: "What kind of food is this? It tastes weird, like leftovers that have been left for several days!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged worker wearing glasses next to him echoed: "Yeah, I've been having diarrhea recently. It turns out the food in the cafeteria is not clean. Look at the dishes, they don't look fresh at all." As he spoke, he fiddled with the food on the plate with chopsticks, with a look of disgust on his face.
The people around began to talk, and someone whispered, "They are so cruel. This is the food we bought with our hard-earned money, and they treat us like this." Although the voice was small, it was full of anger and dissatisfaction.
At this time, a young man in work clothes squeezed into the crowd. He looked pale and was obviously affected by the food in the cafeteria.
He panted and said, "I heard that our factory allocated a lot of money to the canteen to purchase food ingredients, and this is the result? Did they embezzle it?"
His words immediately resonated with the people around him, and everyone agreed. However, some people expressed doubts: "No way, the factory has always strictly supervised the canteen, and this kind of situation should not happen."
However, the voices of doubt were soon drowned out by anger and dissatisfaction. The workers began to gather together to discuss how to report the problem to the factory.
Some people suggested writing a joint letter of complaint, while others suggested reporting the situation directly to the factory manager.
Upon seeing this, the canteen staff rushed forward to explain and appease the man. They promised to investigate the matter as soon as possible and give a reasonable explanation and compensation.
However, the workers did not seem to buy it and demanded a clear answer and solution. As emotions gradually rose, the scattered complaints gathered into a torrent of anger, and accusations began to rise from the crowd.
A burly worker waved his chopsticks, pointed at the canteen window, and shouted angrily: "How can we eat such food? We work hard all day and we can't even have a decent meal!"
The crowd around them began to respond, their emotions becoming uncontrollable. Some people began to slam the table, making a loud noise; others walked directly to the window and loudly questioned the cafeteria staff inside.
Xu Damao stood in the crowd, he nodded slightly, signaled to the earlier troublemakers, and asked them to continue to stir up emotions. Then, he waited quietly until someone started to impulsively smash tableware and food.
At this moment, Xu Damao stood up, straightened his back, and scanned the crowd with sharp eyes. He raised his voice and shouted:
"What are you doing? If you have any opinions, you can give them feedback to the factory. Do you know that you have violated factory regulations by gathering together to cause trouble?"
His words were full of majesty and unquestionable tone, which instantly quieted the originally aggressive workers.
They looked at Xu Damao with fearful expressions on their faces, knowing that this was Director Xu of the canteen, who usually had a certain prestige in the factory.
However, Xu Damao did not give up. When he saw some people starting to back off, he quickly winked at the "helpers" he had found.
These "helpers" understood what he meant and immediately stood up. With sly smiles on their faces, they began to fan the flames and deliberately provoke the workers.
One of them said loudly, "Director Xu, you can't protect your own people just because you are the director of the cafeteria. Are you feeling guilty? We have all seen it with our own eyes. The quality of the food is really hard to swallow."
Another person then echoed, "That's right, who knows how the canteen's accounts are calculated? We workers work hard for a month and just want to have a good meal, but this..." He deliberately prolonged his voice and showed a dissatisfied expression on his face.
The workers who had started to back off became angry again after hearing what they said. They gathered together and started making trouble again.
Seeing this, Xu Damao was secretly satisfied, for he knew that these "helpers" had successfully incited the workers' emotions.
Xu Damao cleared his throat and said loudly: "Since you don't believe me, I will ask the patrol team and security department of our factory to handle this matter together.
Can you trust the people in these two departments? " He spoke with a hint of authority, trying to calm the workers.
A voice came from the crowd: "Okay, then we will listen to Director Xu."
When Xu Damao heard the voice, he nodded, turned around and instructed a worker next to him: "Go and find the patrol team and the security department." The worker immediately responded and left.
However, the fat man standing nearby saw that something was wrong and quickly winked at Ma Hua. Ma Hua understood and quietly slipped out of the crowd to look for He Yuzhu.