 When co-workers visit and remark on how surprisingly clean he is and comment on his muscles, she shows him off as if he were an object.This causes Ali to leave, and to seek comfort in female bartender Barbara (Barbara Valentin), with whom he has apparently had a relationship prior to meeting Emmi.When he leaves Emmi to her friends, she attributes it to his "mood swings" and notes that it must be his "foreigner mentality", adopting the xenophobic attitudes of her friends in order to fit in.