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TITLE: “PEOPLE LIKE YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS SECTION!” THE RESTAURANT MANAGER TOLD ME WHILE I WAS CUTTING MY 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER'S CHICKEN. THEN SHE CALLED SECURITY AND GAVE US TWO MINUTES TO LEAVE. MY LITTLE GIRL LOOKED UP AT ME AND WHISPERED, “DADDY, DID WE DO SOMETHING WRONG?” I HELD HER HAND AND SAID, “NO, SWEETHEART.” WHAT THAT MANAGER DIDN'T KNOW WAS THAT MY LATE WIFE AND I OWNED THE COMPANY BEHIND THIS RESTAURANT. AND SHE HAD NO IDEA WHO WAS ABOUT TO WALK THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.