I don't often eat lunch at work, 工作的时候我经常不吃午饭 and tend to just work through the day and eat dinner when I get home. 我习惯把一整天的时间都用来工作,回到家后再享受一顿晚餐 I was having a bad day, 那天我心情很糟 it was around 4pm and I was struggling to make things happen. 已经是下午四点钟了,我正竭力让一切顺利起来 My boss, a wonderful lady, saw this and said "you ok?”. 我的老板,一位温和的女士,看到了我,问道,“你还好吗?” I said yeah, 我说,还好吧 I'm just struggling a little right now because of x, y, and z. 就是眼下有点焦头烂额,因为这个,那个,如此这般 Then she did something that shocked me, 接着她对我说了一句话,让我大吃一惊 she said "Did you eat lunch?" 她问,“你吃过午饭了吗?” Me: "No" 我说,“没有。” Her: "Here, have some grapes" 她说,“来,吃点葡萄吧!” as she hands me a bag of grapes she had left from lunch. 她随即递给我一袋子葡萄,这是她吃午餐时留下的。 That bag of grapes changed my day, 这袋葡萄让我的这一天焕然一新 and in turn changed my life at least a little. 还让我的人生起了变化,哪怕只有十分微小的变化 She literally mommed me. 她对我的关怀简直像对小孩子一样。 Gave my 28 year old self a snack and a juice box 我明明已经是28岁的大人了,她送我的零食和果汁,像是讨好孩子的礼物 and it was the most caring thing I've ever had a boss do. 这是我遇到的老板做过的最温暖人心的事情。 |