It has gotten worse over the past two weeks. Her colleagues at the restaurant have been trying to make her life miserable with their constant name-calling and mockery.
And her male colleagues goggle at her with lust and make sexist jokes at her expense. Some of them offered her money to have sex with her.
It has been hell. But she keeps her head up, ignoring them and focusing on making the best meals for the customers.
"No wonder the head chef praises her so much, even though the dishes she makes are nothing special. She is obviously sleeping with him," Maya heard a female chef say to a waitress as she approached the washroom sink to wash her hands.
They quickly stopped talking when they saw her. Maya washed her hands under the running water and dried them with the paper towel provided. She turned to the two women who were gossiping about her. "Do I also sleep with the customers who enjoy the meals I cook?"