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I’m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Leangles. People came to the counter and you put things in their ba
I’m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Leangles. People came to the counter and you put things in their ba
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2011-07-31
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I’m seventeen. I had worked as a box boy at a supermarket in Leangles. People came to the counter and you put things in their bags for them and carried things to their cars. It was hard work.
While working, you wear a plate with your name on it. I once met someone I knew years ago. I remembered his name and said, "Mr. Castle, how are you?" We talked about this and that. As he left, he said, "It was nice talking to you, Brett." I felt great, he remembered me. Then I looked down at my name plate. Oh no. He didn’t remember me at all, he just read the name plate. I wish I had put "Irving" down on my name plate. If he’d have said, "Oh yes, Irving, how could I forget you?" I’d have been ready for him. There’s nothing personal here.
The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders. One of these was: you couldn’t accept tips (小费). Okay, I’m outside and put the bags in the car. For a lot of people, the natural reaction (反应) is to take a quarter and give it to me. I’d say, "I’m sorry, I can’t." They’d get angry. When you give someone a tip, you’re sort of being polite. You take a quarter and put it in their hand and you expect them to say, "Oh, thanks a lot." When you say, "I’m sorry, I can’t," they feel a little put down. They say, "No one will know." And they put it in your pocket. You say, "I really can’t." It gets to a point where you almost have to hurt a person physically (身体上的) to prevent him from tipping you. It was not in agreement with the store’s belief in being friendly. Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good. I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas. One lady actually put it in my pocket, got in the car, and drove away. I would have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something.
I had decided that one year was enough. Some people needed the job to stay alive and fed. I guess I had the means and could afford to hate it and give it up.
The box boy refused to accept tips because ______.
选项
A、customer only gave small tips
B、some customers had strange ideas about tipping
C、the store forbade the box boys to take tips
D、he didn’t want to fight with the customers
答案
C
解析
问作者拒绝接受小费是为什么。这道题可以从第三段一、二句得出答案C。 The manager and everyone else who were a step above the box boys often shouted orders.One of these was:you couldn’t accept tips.作者从亲身经历中感觉到顾客给小费是一种自然的表示感谢的做法。而a box boy拒绝接受小费往往会伤害顾客的感情。一方坚持要给而另一方拒不接受,会影响顾客和超市之间的友好关系。而a box boy接受小费又会违反超市的规定。注意第三段Accepting tips was a friendly thing and made the customer feel good.I just couldn’t understand the strangeness of some people’s ideas.句中some people指的是那些规定禁止收取小费的人。这段最后一句I would have had to throw the quarter at her or eaten it or something.是虚拟语气。可以看作省去了if I had tried not to break the rule(要是我想要不违反规定),我就不得不把那个25美分的硬币扔回去,或吞下去,或什么的。
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