Customers often share personal experiences while they are shopping at my sister's horse-tack and riding-apparel store. Not surprisingly, safety is a primary concern when choosing equipment. Once, when I was helping out on the sales staff, a woman looking at head gear insisted on the best available.
"I've spent well over $100,000 on my brain and need to take good care of it," she said.
Alarmed, I asked, "Did you have a head injury?"
"No," she replied. "I graduated from college."
好好保護(hù)
顧客們?cè)谖医憬愕鸟R食和騎馬服商店里買東西時(shí),經(jīng)常彼此交流個(gè)人經(jīng)驗(yàn)。毫不奇怪,安全是在購(gòu)買裝備時(shí)考慮的一個(gè)主要因素。一次,當(dāng)我在銷售處幫忙時(shí),一名挑頭盔的婦女堅(jiān)持要買最好的一種。
“我已經(jīng)在我的腦袋上花了遠(yuǎn)不止十萬(wàn)美元,需要好好保護(hù)它,”她說(shuō)。
我吃了一驚,問(wèn)道:“你的頭受過(guò)傷嗎?”
“沒有,”她說(shuō),“我從大學(xué)畢業(yè)了。”