“You Can’t Sit Here,” the Cafeteria Lady Said to My 10-Year-Old Daughter, Ordering Her to Eat by the Trash—What I Did Next Stopped the Room I walked into my daughter’s school cafeteria holding her favorite sandwich, smiling like a fool because I couldn’t wait to surprise her on her birthday. I thought the hardest part of the day would be watching her grow another year older. I was wrong. Before Emily could even sit down at the sunny table by the window, a cafeteria worker stepped in front of her