【赫临译笔】西红柿的故事 - 心云驛站

一个失业者在微软申请一份勤杂工的工作。人力资源经理面试了他，作为测试，看着他扫地。

“你通过了，”他说：“把你的电子邮箱地址给我，我会给你发张申请表添，还有你开始上班的日期。”

这个男子回答：“我没有电脑，也没有电子邮箱。”

“很遗憾。”人力资源经理说：“如果没有电子邮箱，那就意味着你不存在。一个不存在的人，不能得到这份工作。”

这个男子毫无希望地离开了。兜里只有十美元，他不知做什么好。随后他去了超市，买了一箱十公斤重的西红柿。

接下来他按固定路线挨门挨户售卖这些西红柿。不到两个小时，他成功地将资金翻了番。重复了三次后，他揣着六十美元回了家。

这位男子认识到用这种方式可以生存。他开始每天早出晚归。就这样，他的钱每天以两、三倍的速度增长。

很快，他就买了辆手推车，接着又买了卡车，接下来就有了自己的送货车队。

五年后，这位男子成为美国最大的食品零售商之一。

他开始规划自己的人生，决定买人寿保险。

他给打电话给一个保险经纪人，选择了一个投保计划。

谈话结束时，经纪人和他要电子邮箱地址。

这位男子回答： “我没有电子邮箱。”

经纪人好奇地说：“您没有电子邮箱，却成功地创建了一个帝国。设想一下，如果您有了电子邮箱会是什么样子？！！”这位男子思索了一会儿，回答道：“会是一名微软的勤杂工。”

A jobless man applied for the position of 'office boy' at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

'You are employed' he said. 'Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.'

The man replied 'But I don't have a computer, neither an email'.

'I'm sorry', said the HR manager. 'If you don't have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job.'

The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10Kg tomato crate.

He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60.

The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled everyday.

Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.

He started to planhis family's future, and decided to have a life insurance.

He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan.

When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his email.

The broker answered curiously, 'You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded to . Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?!!' The man thought for a while and replied, 'Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!'

丛中笑发表于 2013-12-19 18:02
幸亏没有电脑、邮箱。做人就该实打实干！

ヮ成熟、羙° 发表于 2013-12-19 22:52
谢老师鼓励。