In rural Morocco, laborers had no rights.

As long as their superior provided work, they were grateful and willing to leave when told to. Forget compensation—just receiving wages was a blessing.

So, although there weren't labor contracts with the cannery, no one wanted to upset the cannery owner for the sake of their livelihoods.

Once the cannery owner started hollering for everyone to return to work immediately, no one dragged their feet—everyone quickly left their homes and rushed to the factory by various means of transportation.

Moreover, none of them felt any resentment toward the cannery owner for backtracking. In fact, they were thrilled to have received a few days of paid leave.

Now that their leave had ended early, they felt no sense of loss. If anything, they felt more comfortable because they still had a job.

Still, when the foremen and supervisors arrived before the rest and saw that the production lines had been dismantled, they asked the factory manager in confusio