職場(chǎng)笑話：3、 The crowded store 擁擠的商店

3. The crowded store

It was the day of the big sale. Rumors1 of the sale (and some advertising2 in the local paper) were the main reason for the long line that formed by 8:30, the store's opening time, in front of the store.

A small man pushed his way to3 the front of the line, only to be pushed back, amid4loud and colorful curses5. On the man's second attempt6, he was punched7 square8 in the jaw, and knocked around a bit, and then thrown at the end of the line again.

As he got up, he said to the person at the end of the line, "That does it! If they hit me one more time, I won't open the store!"

Notes:

1. rumors 謠言

2. advertising 廣告

3. push one's way to 往某處擠過去

4. amid 在……中

5. curse 詛咒

6. attempt 試圖

7. punch 以拳重?fù)?

8. square 正好，筆直

擁擠的商店

一天，一個(gè)商店降價(jià)大甩賣。有關(guān)降價(jià)的謠傳（以及報(bào)紙上的廣告）使人們?cè)诎它c(diǎn)半開店之前就排在了商店門前，隊(duì)伍很長(zhǎng)。

一個(gè)身材矮小的人推擠著想到隊(duì)伍的前面，但被推了回來，而且因?yàn)椴尻?duì)而被大聲咒罵。那個(gè)人又一次努力地往前擠，但是又被擠到了最后面，而且下巴被重重地碰了幾下。

從地上爬起來，他對(duì)排在隊(duì)伍最后的那個(gè)人說：“如果他們?cè)俅芜@樣對(duì)我，我就不去開商店門了！”

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美國(guó)的折扣商店通常設(shè)在房租低廉的地區(qū)，商品價(jià)格要比其他地方低20％—25％。主要出售家用電器產(chǎn)品，顧客可以從商品目錄中選擇商品，然后填表、付款，等服務(wù)員叫到名字時(shí)前去領(lǐng)貨。

除折扣商店外，服務(wù)性宗教組織“救世軍”也有便宜物品可買。家中如有廢棄不用的大件物品，他們會(huì)免費(fèi)上門收取。物品消毒后低價(jià)出售，價(jià)錢之低幾乎是象征性收費(fèi)。賣得的錢捐給慈善事業(yè)。