Note. This is a POV story and a work of fiction.
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Hello, my name is Saba and I work as a hall monitor here at Fencer High School in Glendale Arizona. I like the climate of this state because it reminds me of my native homeland of Lebanon.
And yes, I am Muslim. One of the three on the school staff, but that doesn't bother me much.
The bell rung which signaled the beginning of another passing period and so my menial duty began. I leave my small office and walk out into commons area which was a sea of students and other staff members moving about.
But this wasn't my area of responsibility. Mine was across this area, hallway D31. After crossing the commons and walking through the doorway, I was in the hall where more students were passing through to their next classes.
My job was to ensure everyone kept moving and to ensure compliance with the school dress code. It was a reasonable one in my opinion, but like any place with a large amount of people, there were bound to be some rule breakers.
"Five minutes into the passing period, I spotted two offenders of not one but two of the rules. Two senior white girls, one redhead, one blonde talking to each other in front of a locker like they didn't have a care in the world. I would've been more than happy to tell them to move along, but the second rule they broke required more discipline. I quickly made my way over to them.
"Excuse me, ladies. I need you both to follow me to my office right now."
"Bug off Towelhead," snapped the redhead. That was the third rule broken. Derogatory comments were strictly forbidden at this school.
"Either you both come with me, or I call security," I replied seriously. Knowing that I wasn't bluffing they simply fell in behind me and followed.
After passing through the commons once again, we went down the small hallway that led to my office.
"Both you sit down," I shouted and they quickly planted their asses in the chairs in front my desk. "What are you names?" I demanded.
"Madison," replied the redhead
"Samantha," said the blonde.
"What is your student level?"
"Seniors, they both replied.
"Then you both should be more than familiar with the school dresscode. Tank tops must have a shirt underneath. No cleavage or bra straps are allowed to be visible. Yet here you are violating that rule. Not to mention standing in the hallway instead of getting to your next class and that little comment from you Madison will not be tolerated by me or this school."
"We were just having a brief conservation and we're not even showing that much cleavage." Samantha replied.
"Well rules are rules and you just broke four of them. Loitering in the hallway, wearing tops out of regulation, talking back to a hall monitor and making racist remarks."
"Hey, she was the one who called you a towelhead," Samantha yelled pointing at Madison.
"Whatever, both of you stand up right now." The two girls didn't budge. I said stand up, I shouted. With frowns on their faces, they complied.