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00:00There was a little burger joint right by the office.
00:03I'd been eating there religiously for three years.
00:06That afternoon, I ordered my usual, a double cheeseburger.
00:09I took one bite and immediately noticed the lettuce was pathetically scarce.
00:14I said politely, think I could get a little extra lettuce, please?
00:17She looked up at me, eyes sharp as daggers.
00:20Extra lettuce? You think lettuce grows on trees?
00:22If you don't like it, the door's wide open.
00:25The whole place went dead quiet.
00:27Everyone staring right at me.
00:28I didn't say a word. I finished my burger, paid, and walked out.
00:31The next day, I dropped a message in the company group chat.
00:34Lunch is on me, everyone. We're hitting that new burger spot across the street.
00:38300 co-workers followed me like a herd.
00:41The owner stood in her doorway, pale as a ghost, watching her diner empty out for good.
00:46I'd been stopping by Wendy's Diner for lunch ever since my first day on the job.
00:50I'd always thought of it as the office cafeteria.
00:54Convenient. Nothing fancy.
00:56But too easy to stick with.
00:58Wendy had always been snappy, loud, and short-fused.
01:02My co-workers grumbled every now and then.
01:05Over time, we just got used to her proprietor vibe.
01:08Until that day.
01:09Wendy! Usual, please, I called.
01:12She just grunted behind the register without even glancing up.
01:15Ten minutes later, my burger arrived.
01:18Something felt off right away.
01:19I took a bite and tasted it.
01:21Lettuce. Or rather, the total lack of it.
01:23I carried my tray up to the counter.
01:25Wendy, I said, keeping my tone as calm as I could.
01:29She was counting receipts, scowling hard.
01:32The burger's a little light on lettuce today.
01:34She froze for a split second.
01:36You think lettuce is free?
01:38If you don't like it, don't eat it.
01:40She jabbed a finger at the door, practically yelling.
01:43My face burned.
01:44Not from embarrassment, but from pure fury.
01:46I just stood there, holding that burger,
01:49feeling like I was getting publicly roasted in front of everyone.
01:54The elevator reached the 18th floor.
01:56Administration.
01:57I went back to my desk and booted up my computer,
01:59trying to convince myself that the whole scene at lunch
02:02had been some kind of hallucination.
02:04I went back to my seat, thinking that was it.
02:06But then she came right over and lit into me.
02:09I called building management and asked for Leo's Burgers contact info.
02:13Less than 30 seconds after hanging up, Leo's number came through.
02:17This wasn't about revenge.
02:18It was a surgical strike.
02:20I needed Wendy to understand that she hadn't just lost a regular customer.
02:24She'd lost the business of an entire office building.
02:27I made myself a cup of coffee to clear my head.
02:30Hit send.
02:30The war had begun.
02:32Grabbed my phone and stepped out of the office.
02:34As the elevator doors slid shut,
02:36I caught my reflection in the polished metal.
02:39No expression, but my eyes were sharp.
02:41I didn't go straight to Leo's across the street.
02:44I stopped outside Wendy's diner first.
02:46Wendy was leaning against the counter,
02:48picking her teeth with one hand,
02:50scrolling her phone with the other.
02:52A faint smirk on her lips,
02:54like nothing happened this afternoon,
02:56like that worm never existed.
02:58Maybe in her eyes,
02:59it really was nothing.
03:01Now it's my turn.
03:04I let out a cold laugh,
03:06turn.
03:06Leo's burgers wasn't big.
03:08A young guy,
03:09maybe 27,
03:1028,
03:10wearing a clean white chef's coat,
03:12then jumped down.
03:13So fast,
03:14he nearly missed a step.
03:15He hurried over,
03:16nervously rubbing his hands together.
03:18I gave a small nod,
03:19scanning the place.
03:20New tables,
03:21new chairs,
03:22bright,
03:23clean,
03:24a world away from Wendy's across the street.
03:26How many burgers?
03:27Four.
03:27Classic beef,
03:28cheeseburger,
03:29bacon burger,
03:29and a vegan falafel option.
03:31Sauce is my own recipe.
03:32I grind the beef,
03:33fresh every,
03:34I cut him off.
03:35Pricing,
03:36his words slowed.
03:37He seemed hesitant.
03:38I just looked at him.
03:39He shifted under my gaze.
03:41I shook my head.
03:42Give him time to process.
03:43Set out my phone,
03:44turned the screen toward him.
03:45His eyes locked onto it,
03:46pupils widening.
03:48He knew exactly what that number meant.
03:49Skipping the hardest part of building a business,
03:52landing a stable,
03:53steady stream of customers from day one.
03:55Before this,
03:56most of them went to Wendy's.
03:57He looked up at me,
03:58and I saw something in his eyes I knew well.
04:01It was the look of a hungry man seeing food for the first time.
04:04Now I'm giving you a shot to make all 300 of them yours.
04:08The air went still.
04:09His breathing quickened.
04:10Red crept up from his neck,
04:11flooding all the way to his ears.
04:13It took him a few seconds to find his voice again.
04:16Why,
04:16me?
04:18I looked at him and didn't answer right away.
04:20I was trying to figure out how to say it.
04:23In the end,
04:24I chose the simplest way.
04:25I told him what happened at lunch today
04:27and how I got accused of planting it myself.
04:30Leo stood there in front of me.
04:32His chair scraped against the floor with a sharp squeal,
04:35and then he bowed,
04:36deep,
04:37almost a right angle.
04:38He held it for three seconds.
04:40When he straightened up,
04:41there was something in his eyes I hadn't seen before.
04:44Not gratitude,
04:45not eagerness.
04:46It was ambition.
04:46I'm in.
04:47And the corner of my mouth lifted.
04:49Approval.
04:49I stood up,
04:51phone in hand,
04:51and let my gaze drift past the window,
04:54across the street,
04:54to the Wendy's diner sign.
04:56It creaked in the wind,
04:57swaying slightly.
04:58Wendy's good days were over.
05:00The next day,
05:01I put on my sharpest outfit.
05:03Today,
05:03the plan went live.
05:05I sent the first unofficial message in the group.
05:07At everyone,
05:08lunch is on me today.
05:10I looked at the screen,
05:11the corner of my mouth turning up.
05:13I tallied the list,
05:15316 people,
05:16basically the whole office.
05:18I sent the spreadsheet to Leo.
05:20Wendy was prepping for the lunch rush like any other day.
05:23Noon.
05:24Still no one.
05:25Wendy finally felt something was off.
05:28She walked to the door and looked across the street.
05:30At the entrance to Leo's burgers,
05:32Leo was holding a megaphone,
05:34face glowing,
05:36waving people in.
05:37Inside,
05:38others queued out front.
05:39The scene was huge but organized.
05:42You'd have thought it was a movie premiere.
05:45Wendy stood in front of her empty diner,
05:46staring at the chaos across the street.
05:49Her mind went blank.
05:51She didn't understand.
05:53The same people who'd eaten at her place yesterday
05:56were all across the street today.
05:59I was just standing at the curb,
06:01arms crossed,
06:02watching.
06:03She watched her regulars,
06:05the faces she knew,
06:06laughing,
06:07eating burgers across the street.
06:09Her temper hit its peak.
06:11She grabbed a patty and slammed it onto the floor,
06:14but she wasn't done.
06:17Oh no!
06:18Wadey's in trouble!
06:20Leo's burgers day one was a smash hit.
06:22He stared at the register,
06:24at the numbers flashing on the screen,
06:25his hands shaking.
06:26The first thing he did was send me some money through Venmo.
06:29I didn't take it.
06:30Told him to use it to buy himself something decent.
06:34Tomorrow's when the real fight starts.
06:35Everyone was talking about the burgers.
06:37Leo's burgers are amazing.
06:39The patties are so juicy.
06:42And the owner and staff are so nice.
06:44Jasmine is the best.
06:46I listened,
06:47but I didn't say much.
06:48Novelty doesn't last.
06:49I knew that.
06:50I was standing in the hallway.
06:52The next day,
06:52I stood in the hallway at work,
06:54giving me strange looks.
06:56Then my phone started blowing up.
06:58My hand trembled as I opened the photo.
07:01A grainy shot of my face,
07:03taken without me knowing.
07:04It brought me back to something
07:06I hadn't thought about in years.
07:09Fresh out of college,
07:10the first time I walked into Wendy's diner.
07:13There was this shy kid
07:14who kept stealing glances at me.
07:17Then one day,
07:18he worked up the nerve
07:19to actually talk to me.
07:20We were almost 10 years apart,
07:22but the conversation just flowed
07:23until the day he was leaving for college.
07:26He showed up with a bouquet
07:27and asked if I'd be his girlfriend.
07:30I said no.
07:31He was quiet for a moment,
07:33then asked,
07:34can he give me a hug?
07:36I nodded.
07:37He held me gently.
07:39I scrolled through my contacts
07:41and sent the post to him,
07:43the one I hadn't talked to in ages.
07:45He replied almost immediately.
07:47Meanwhile,
07:48inside Wendy's diner,
07:49things were a mess
07:50and the hundred plus patties
07:51she'd prepped for lunch
07:52sat untouched.
07:54A quiet middle-aged guy
07:55who didn't say much
07:56was crouched on the floor,
07:58cleaning up in silence.
08:03She put up a tough front,
08:05but with the diner emptier by the day,
08:07she was panicking inside.
08:09Her solution?
08:09Drop prices.
08:11Two bucks less per burger
08:12than the place across the street,
08:14with free fries and free soda thrown in.
08:16She thought that'd be enough
08:17to win everyone back.
08:18The next morning,
08:19a big discount sign
08:20went up outside Wendy's diner.
08:22At those prices,
08:23she was basically selling at cost.
08:25A few random customers trickled in.
08:28But across the street at Leo's,
08:30same pack scene.
08:32Blue Wave employees
08:33poured in like a tide.
08:35Not a single one of them
08:36switched sides over two dollars.
08:38She didn't get it.
08:39Who turns down a deal?
08:40What she didn't know
08:41was that this morning,
08:42I'd added a little note
08:43to my lunch sign-up post.
08:45Quick heads up,
08:46Leo's Kitchen now has live cameras.
08:48Show your work badge
08:49and you're welcome to walk in
08:50and seek yourself.
08:51For people who sit in an office all day,
08:53what matters most?
08:54Price? Taste?
08:55No, it's peace of mind.
08:57I never played Wendy's price game.
08:59I played a different game entirely.
09:01While she was obsessing over discounts,
09:04I'd already taken my colleagues
09:06to a whole different level.
09:07At noon,
09:08I took a few department heads to Leo's.
09:11Jasmine, that was a hell of a move.
09:13We grabbed a table by the window.
09:15Perfect view of Wendy's confused,
09:17sour face across the street.
09:19One of the directors smiled and said,
09:22I'll take another two orders of fries.
09:25You want two orders of fries for $6.99?
09:28In your dreams.
09:29They left shaking their heads.
09:31Wendy's smear campaign fell apart.
09:34I stood a little ways from the entrance,
09:36watching Wendy fuming and cussing someone out.
09:39I knew I was almost there.
09:43The price cut strategy flopped.
09:46Not only did Wendy's business not pick up,
09:48but her attitude drove away even more customers.
09:51Her place was a ghost town again.
09:54Over a hundred burger patties sat unsold,
09:56so she came up with a new dirty move.
09:58If she couldn't win head on,
10:00she'd switch tactics.
10:02She was gonna trash Leo's reputation.
10:04Rip out everything I'd built by the roots.
10:07That weekend, Leo's place was slammed.
10:09Right in the middle of the rush,
10:11two guys in uniforms walked in,
10:13stone-faced.
10:14Health department, surprise inspection.
10:16Good afternoon, gentlemen.
10:18Welcome, Leo said, polite but steady.
10:21We're a new spot,
10:22so I'm sure there's room for improvement.
10:24Feel free to point out anything.
10:26He kept his cool.
10:27But I knew this fight was just getting started.
10:30The kitchen was spotless.
10:32Floors dry.
10:33Ingredients neatly organized.
10:35Delivery dates clearly labeled.
10:37Every single metric checked out.
10:39Honestly, it was cleaner than some places.
10:42She'd played every card she had
10:44and ended up being their biggest hype woman.
10:46Instead of trashing Leo's reputation,
10:49she'd handed them the ultimate
10:51officially certified stamp.
10:53Leo won, and he won big.
10:55I stood across the street,
10:57watching from the crowd
10:58as he got swallowed by applause and cheers.
11:01Right then, I knew,
11:02Wendy was done, finished.
11:05The inspection turned out to be the last straw
11:07that finally broke Wendy.
11:09After that, she was like a different person.
11:11Gone was the short-tempered owner.
11:14She'd turned into a rabid dog
11:16snapping at anyone who came near.
11:18She stopped caring about her business altogether.
11:20Her daily highlight was standing at her door,
11:23hurling the foulest curses she could muster
11:25toward Leo's side of the street.
11:27Her voice, hoarse and shrill like a crow's caw,
11:31echoed down the block.
11:32Even her husband Jack couldn't take her like that.
11:35They had a massive blowout,
11:37and he packed up and went back home.
11:39Wendy's diner became just her,
11:41and a whole building's worth of bitterness.
11:44The Blue Wave employees became her favorite target.
11:47Every afternoon when we walked over to Leo's for lunch,
11:50we had to endure her non-stop filth.
11:53But nobody paid her any mind.
11:58What's the point of engaging with a lunatic?
12:00I had Leo crank up the music in his place, loud,
12:04drowning out her desperate screams with upbeat pop tracks.
12:07We kept eating our burgers, kept chatting,
12:10like she was nothing but background noise.
12:12And that indifference, that hurt her more than any comeback ever could.
12:16Her ranting lasted a week.
12:18After a week, she realized it wasn't getting her anywhere,
12:21it was just making her the joke of the block.
12:24So she changed tactics.
12:26She started coming after me.
12:27The day they hauled her away, a bunch of people went out to watch.
12:31I didn't.
12:32I just had a co-worker take a photo for me.
12:34In it, the roll-down door at Wendy's diner was shut tight,
12:37with a police department seal plastered across it.
12:40One morning, I went down to the underground garage to get my car.
12:44On my white sedan, someone had spray-painted two giant red letters.
12:49All four tires were slashed.
12:51I looked at the scene in front of me, not angry, just a cold laugh.
12:56I called the cops and notified building management,
12:59pulled the security footage, and there was Wendy's face,
13:02twisted with rage, clear as day on the monitor.
13:05The cops found her in no time.
13:07Face to face with the evidence, she didn't even try to deny it.
13:11I did it.
13:14Wendy was taken into custody, and Wendy's diner shut down for good.
13:18The burger war that had lasted nearly a month came to an end with my decisive victory.
13:23In the end, Wendy was charged with criminal mischief.
13:2615 days in jail, and she had to pay for all the repairs.
13:30Total came to $3,200.
13:32At the office, I became something of a celebrity.
13:34A lot of people would see me and half-jokingly call out,
13:38Jasmine the Great.
13:39New interns were all given the same piece of advice by the veterans.
13:42You can afford to piss off the boss.
13:44But whatever you do, don't cross Jasmine.
13:46That earned me the nickname Thanos of Blue Wave.
13:49Leo's place expanded.
13:50He took over the little convenience store next door that was up for sale and knocked down the wall.
13:55The space doubled in size, and there were a lot more seats.
13:58He hired four more staff members.
14:00And even so, the place was packed every single day at lunch.
14:03A month later, the buyout I'd promised came to an end.
14:06I settled the entire bill with Leo in one go, over $20,000.
14:11It was money he'd earned, fair and square, through his skill, his honesty, his service.
14:16I thought that would be the end of it.
14:20Until one day, I ran into someone in the company parking garage.
14:24Jack, Wendy's husband.
14:25He looked like he'd aged 10 years in the past month.
14:28She wanted me to tell you, she's sorry, Jack said, his eyes reddening.
14:32A man in his 50s, standing in front of me, his enemy.
14:3620 years younger, on the verge of tears.
14:38I didn't feel a thing.
14:40Not even a flicker of satisfaction.
14:42Jack, go back and tell her this.
14:43I accept her apology, but I will never forgive her, because back then, she never once thought
14:49about letting me off the hook either.
14:50So we're even, we're even.
14:52I said it casually, but only I knew how much resentment and bitterness was behind those words.
14:57If, that afternoon, after Wendy had finished laying into me, she'd shown even the slightest
15:02hint of remorse, I wouldn't have taken things as far as I did, but there were no what-ifs.
15:06I set that photo as my lock screen.
15:09Every day, I remind myself, never mess with someone who looks like they have a lot of
15:13patience, because you never know, when they decide to stop arguing and start playing by
15:19the real rules, just how badly you might lose.
15:25A week later, someone I never expected showed up.
15:28Wendy's son, Lucas.
15:29He looked polished now.
15:31Hello, can we chat?
15:31Suit, a world away from his mother, his tone was sincere, he said everything that happened
15:36was his mother's own doing, and his family accepted that.
15:39I picked up my coffee and didn't say anything, waiting for what came next, because I knew
15:44he didn't come all this way just to say that.
15:46Lucas's eyes turned red.
15:48After she got out of lockup, she wasn't the same, doesn't eat, doesn't drink, doesn't
15:52talk, just locks herself in a dark room all day.
15:55The day before yesterday, she got hold of a knife when my dad wasn't looking, slid her
16:00wrists, my hand tightened around the coffee cup, he stood up, and for a second, I thought
16:04he was about to get on his knees, my head started spinning, I hated Wendy, I hated her cruelty,
16:10her unreasonableness, her viciousness, I wanted her to pay, I wanted her to answer for what
16:15she did, but not like this, I wanted her to hurt, I didn't want her dead, take the
16:19money back, I said, let me think.
16:22I walked out of the cafe, the sun hit my eyes hard, and they stung, did I really win this
16:33war, I'd torn apart a family, and put a weight on my own conscience I wasn't sure I could
16:37carry, in the end, I went to the hospital, not because of the 5,000 dollars Lucas tried
16:42to give me, not because I suddenly turned into some soft-hearted saint who felt sorry
16:46for her, I went because I needed to close this war, the one I started, with, my own hand,
16:52I owed myself that much, the hospital room reeked of antiseptic, Wendy lay in the bed,
16:57her face the color of parchment, her body wasted away, in just a month, she looked like she'd
17:02aged 20 years, her wrist was wrapped in thick white gauze, when she saw me come in, something
17:07flickered in her dull eyes, and then went dark again, neither of us said a word, the silence
17:11was suffocating, the only sound was the clock on the wall, ticking away like it was counting
17:16down the final seconds of this whole absurd mess, neither of us said a word, the silence
17:21was suffocating, the only sound was the clock on the wall, ticking away like it was counting
17:26down the final seconds of this whole absurd mess, after a long while, I spoke, she laughed
17:31thin, a laugh uglier than crying, that was the second time Wendy said sorry, the first
17:36time came through Jack, this time, she said it herself, I looked at her face, gaunt, drained
17:41of all color, and just like that, the hatred I'd been holding on to vanished, I stood up,
17:46when I reached the door, I turned back, Wendy, when you get better, if you ever want to open
17:51a place again, I'll introduce you to someone who can teach you how to make a real burger,
17:55a good one, no charge, then I opened the door and walked out, she'll be okay, I said,
18:00and I think, I'll be okay too.
18:05Wendy never ended up reopening her burger place, after she got out of the hospital, she and
18:10Jack sold their place in the city and moved back to their hometown, word was they'd bought
18:14some land in the countryside and started an orchard, all things considered, it was probably
18:18the best possible ending, Jack would occasionally send a box of apples, big, sweet ones, into
18:24the city with a relative who came in to sell produce, every time, I'd Venmo him the market
18:29price, when he refused to take it, I'd just add the money to his phone bill instead, somehow,
18:34we fell into this strange, unspoken understanding, Leo's burgers, on the other hand, absolutely
18:39blew up, Leo turned out to have a real head for business, he trademarked the brand, opened
18:44several locations, even landed some venture capital, he wasn't the kid who needed my help
18:49anymore, people started calling him the burger king, I stayed on as office manager at blue
18:54wave, same routine, work, home, handling the daily grind of the department, but the way
18:59people looked at me had changed, there was a real respect there now, something earned.
19:06A year later, thanks to my organizational skills and the kind of reputation you can't fake,
19:11I got promoted to director of administration, first thing I did was push through a formal
19:15employee feedback and support system, anonymous channels, direct access to me, no filters,
19:21I wanted everyone at blue wave to feel good about where they worked, to feel like they mattered,
19:25so no one ever had to go through what I did, feeling humiliated over something, in my own
19:30way, I was changing the little world I was part of, another lunch hour, I sat by the
19:34spotless window at Leo's burgers, sunlight warm on my face, on the plates at a classic
19:39beef burger, extra lettuce, extra special sauce, the patty was juicy and tender, the
19:44lettuce crisp and fresh, I ate slowly, across the street, the space that used to be Wendy's
19:50diner now had a new sign, a 24 hour convenience store, bright lights, people coming and going,
19:55like the greasy, screaming burger joint had never existed at all, my phone buzzed, a message
20:01from Lucas, a photo, lush green orchard, rows of fruit trees, Wendy and Jack stood side by side
20:06beneath the branches, their skin was tan dark from the sun, but their smiles, I'd never seen
20:12them like that, radiant, content, below the photo, a line, director Jasmine, my parents said
20:21when the fruit ripens in the fall, they'd love to have you visit, I looked at the photo
20:25and smiled, typed back, sounds good, I looked up, Leo was walking out of his office, now
20:30the director's office, he wore a crisp suit, beaming with energy, talking to a group that
20:35looked like investors, walking them through the vision of his burger empire, he caught
20:39my eye and gave a small nod, smiling, I nodded back, I looked down at the last bite of my
20:44burger, I put it in my mouth and chewed slowly, in this burger war, was there really a winner
20:49and a loser, maybe not, Wendy lost her restaurant, but found a kind of peace she'd never had,
20:54Leo built his business, but gained a weight of responsibility he'd have to carry, and me,
20:59what did I come away with, it wasn't a title, it wasn't the respect of my co-workers, it
21:04was something simpler, the understanding that you can, and you should, go after the life you
21:08want, but the catch is, you have to deserve to be treated gently by this world, and that
21:13gentleness comes from just one thing, respect, respect for others, and respect for yourself.
21:21Autumn arrived, I drove out to Wendy and Jack's orchard, I'd never taken this road before,
21:26but the GPS said I was half an hour out, before I'd even parked, I saw Jack waiting for me
21:31at the entrance, Wendy stood beside him, holding an apple in her hand, when she spotted me,
21:36her expression flickered with nervousness, but then she smiled, Wendy walked me through
21:40the orchard, she didn't say much, just occasionally pointed to a tree, these are fugus, or those
21:45are gallus, she picked one and handed it to me, I took a bite, sweet, she stopped under
21:50an apple tree, suddenly quiet, her hands fidgeted in front of her, then she looked up at me,
21:55her eyes read, Jasmine, thank you, this time, she smiled, like a little kid, Jack came over
22:01with a tray of burgers, grinning, Jack came over with a tray of burgers, grinning, we used the recipe
22:09you gave us, Wendy's been practicing for weeks, give it a try, I took a bite, the beef was juicy
22:15and tender, the lettuce crisp, the sauce hit just right, I looked up, Wendy was watching me, nervous,
22:21it's good, I said, she froze for a second, then the tears came, but she was laughing, crying and
22:26laughing at the same time, Jack stood beside her, chuckling, his eyes red too, I took another bite,
22:32yeah, it was really good, that afternoon, we sat in the orchard for a long time, ate burgers,
22:38picked apples, talked about nothing important, no one mentioned the past, no one talked about the war,
22:43but I could feel something had shifted, life's funny that way, you never know which comes first,
22:48the last straw that breaks you, or the first stone that builds something new, but here's the thing,
22:53sometimes, they're the exact same thing.
22:56So
22:57feel
22:57open
22:57I
22:57Yeah
22:57I
22:58like
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