Jerry是我工作的老美同事，他經常驕傲地和我聊起他的military career。Jerry曾經在60年代駐軍東南亞。我曾經問過他：“Did you ever go to the battle field?”他說：“No, I was in the Navy and stationed on a ship.”我又問：“What was you duty?”Jerry 說：“Most of it was more technical, like fixing things here and there and cleaning things up.”最近我們公司招了一個白人老太太，做財務。Jerry就不懷好意地想盡辦法和人家套近乎。一次，我們三個一起吃中午飯時，聊起了退休計劃。Jerry借機會又開始吹噓他的military career。衝著白人老太說：“Since I served in the military, I’ll get extra benefit for my retirement.”我心想：“想以此為誘餌勾引可憐的老太太上鉤，看我不拔刀相助！”因為平時跟Jerry很熟，開個玩笑他也不會生氣。於是我馬上衝著白人老太說到：“Yes, Jerry once proudly told me that he was on a ship but his duty was to clean things up, like mopping the deck. I don’t think that’s a career of military. It’s sanitary!”
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