You ordered large fruit punches all around.你為店里的客人們點了大份的水果酒
The kids were so happy.孩子們高興壞了
You asked about our adobo pizza,你還問我們店里的鹵肉披薩好吃嗎
said the kids were interested,你說孩子們都很感興趣
I told you you wouldn’t regret it.我告訴你,點一份,你肯定不會后悔
The little one asked for a mini adobo fried rice omelette.你的小女兒說想要迷你鹵肉披薩,炸薯條和檸檬水
You said whatever she wants.你說就依她的辦
I asked if anyone wanted anything else.我問有沒有其他人想點別的東西
The big kid wanted the lechon sisig cheese fries.大孩子想要菲式口味的奶酪炸豬肉
You said before anything else,你說,首先
what was my total at.我一共要付多少錢
I told you about $34.我告訴你,大概34美元
You politely said no,你禮貌的說,不對
that would be it.這樣才對
I noticed the two $20s you had crumpled in your hand.我注意到你手中有兩張揉皺了的20美元的鈔票
My father, raised me and my brother pretty much by himself我想起了我的父親,他養(yǎng)活了我和我的弟弟,基本上全憑他自己
and even though we struggled,雖然我們生活艱辛
he always made sure we ate.他卻總能保證我們有飯吃
I lost him last year.去年我失去了他
Now I don’t know此刻,我不知道
if these kids’ mother was not in the picture,這三個孩子的母親是不是也不在了
or just at work or something,或者只是在上班,或者其他的情況
but it was just so nice to see a father being good to his kids.但看到一個父親對自己的三個孩子這樣慈愛,我仍感到歡喜
I wish I could have given you those lechon sisig cheese fries.真希望我能親手把奶酪炸豬肉端給你
But all I could do但我唯一能做的
was keep those fruit punches coming to your kids,就是不斷的把水果酒遞到你的孩子們手中
who were chugging them down enthusiastically,看著他們興沖沖的大口吞下手中的飲料
but being so polite.言談卻十分禮貌
I wanted to just take those fruit punches off your tab;我真想在你的賬單上劃去水果酒的費用
I would have paid for them myself我本打算自己支付那些水果酒的費用
(I wouldn’t steal from work)我當然不會讓自己工作的店蒙受損失
but the owner was right there.可是老板就在那里
I then wanted to give you big jumbo cups to go后來我又想給你換成可以帶走的超大杯
so your kids could take home all the fruit punch they wanted這樣,你的三個孩子想把多少水果酒帶回家都可以
(something we offer to those who ask,)我們一般會對想要買超大杯的人提供這種東西,
but I was rushed to cash you out.但我不得不盡快給你結(jié)賬
All I could do was give you the best service I could,我唯一能做的就是向你們提供最好的服務(wù)
despite it being busy盡管我十分忙碌
and other customers being demanding,盡管其他的客人都在吆喝
and say, "Happy Early Father’s day"我只能說一句“父親節(jié)快樂”
when I cashed you out.然后把零錢遞給你
I hope that was enough to show you希望這足夠讓你看到
how much just you and your three kids’ presence made my day.你和你三個孩子今天的表現(xiàn),如何讓我的一整天充滿幸福
But the look in your eye when you said,我看到你眼中的神情,當你說
"Thank you, I really appreciate it,"“謝謝你,我很看重你的祝福”
told me that you sincerely did.這讓我知道,你一定明白了我的意思