When I was in college
当我还在读大学的时候
I worked at CVS,
我在一家连锁量贩店打工
a guy came to buy batteries
一个人来买电池
and was a couple dollars short.
少了几块钱
after trying to count out his change
我帮着他一起把他的零钱数了一遍
I told him not to worry about it
然后告诉他,不必担心
and just take the batteries.
然后就把电池交给了他
I forgot about the whole thing almost instantly
我几乎是瞬间就把这整件事忘掉了
because it wasnt a big deal.
因为这本就不是什么大事
a few days later
几天之后
the guy comes back in,
那个人又回来了
waits in line to buy something
排队等着买什么东西
and asks if I remembered him.
问我还记不记得他
He then told me
接着他告诉我
that I really helped him out that day
那一天多亏了我给他帮忙
and he proceeded to leave a $20 bill on the counter
接着他便在柜台上留下20美元的钞票
and walked out.
然后出去了
I will never forget that,
我永远忘不了这件事
the fact that
忘不了
he remembered me doing something so small
他为我做过的如此微不足道的事情记住了我
and then went out of his way
大费周章的找到我
to more than re-pay it.
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