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The woman who cleaned our office cried when she received her salary. Not because it was too small. But because, for the first time in eleven years, somebody had finally noticed that she had been working every Sunday without being paid for it. What happened afterwards nearly cost her the job she had struggled to keep for more than a decade. Her name was Margaret. She was in her late forties and had worked as a cleaner in our organisation for eleven years. Most people barely noticed her unless the office was dirty or the waste bins hadn't been emptied. She arrived before most employees, cleaned the offices, washed the toilets, arranged the meeting rooms and usually left after everyone else. She was never loud. If you greeted her, she smiled. If you asked her for help, she did what she could. And if you forgot to thank her, she never complained. She was raising two children on a salary that was barely enough to cover rent, food and school expenses. One of her children had recently gained admission into college, and she had been trying to save towards the fees. I knew some of this because we occasionally spoke during lunch breaks. One Monday morning, our finance department sent an email asking all employees to confirm their attendance records for the previous three months. It was a routine exercise. Everyone was asked to check their attendance and report any discrepancies. I submitted mine and forgot about it. A few days later, I noticed Margaret standing outside the payroll office. She was holding a folded sheet of paper. She looked worried. I asked if everything was alright. She said her salary had been reduced, and nobody had explained why. I advised her to speak to payroll. She replied that she had already gone there twice. According to the payroll officer, the attendance records showed that she had missed several Sundays and two public holidays. Margaret insisted she had worked those days. She even remembered the dates because one Sunday she had stayed until almost 8 p.m. cleaning after a company event. I asked whether she had signed an attendance register. She said there was no register for weekend cleaning staff. The security officers usually recorded their arrival and departure. I told her to ask for those records. She shook her head. "That is what they said they cannot find." I thought it was just another administrative problem. Until Friday afternoon. I was leaving the building when I saw Margaret sitting alone on the staircase. She was crying quietly. I asked what had happened. She wiped her face and said: "They told me if I continue questioning the salary, they may not renew my contract." I stood there for a moment. Eleven years. Eleven years of arriving early, cleaning after people, working through holidays and making sure the building was ready every morning. And now she was being threatened with losing her job because she wanted an explanation for money she believed she had earned. I asked her one question: "Do you have any proof that you worked those days?" She looked at me and said: "I have been keeping something in my bag for three years. I never thought I would need it." Then she opened her handbag. What she brought out changed the way I looked at the entire situation.