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搭捷運或是去餐廳用餐時,通常大家都很不喜歡有人用包包「佔位子」,或是把東西丟在別人坐位上吧?但有時候,也許別人沒惡意哦!
推特網友Thomas McFall最近就遇到類似的事情,他在推特上po出文章表示,「上管理課時,我每天都固定坐在前排的某一個位置上,基本上我都坐那,不會亂更動位置。最近,有一個從中東來的留學生坐到我旁邊。」
Hey guys, I know I usually just post shitty jokes on my Twitter but bear with me because I wanted to share something.
— Thomas McFall (@thomas___mcfall) 2018年4月9日
So in one of my Management classes I sit in the same seat in the front every day. Every single day I sit there.
Now, I also sit next to some foreign guy that
「他說著一口不流利的英文,我聽過他講得最流利的一句英文,大概就是『哇~我的鬆餅真好吃。』這個傢伙還有奇怪的癖好,就是他喜歡把所有東西都放在我的位置上,包包啦、課本啦、食物啦,還有他的手機,總是都堆在我的桌上。」
「自從他坐到我旁邊後,我每次走進教室,他總會說:『啊,TOM你來啦?哦好。』然後他才開始收拾丟在我桌上的東西,之後他會跟我擊掌,每天都是。但其實我心裡覺得他很煩,我心裡想…『你知道這是我的固定位置,為什麼還要把你的東西都堆在我桌上?而且還要一直配合你擊掌,你英文也講得不好,跟你很熟嗎?』」
barely speaks English. The most advanced thing I've heard this guy say in English is "Wow, my muffin is really good".
— Thomas McFall (@thomas___mcfall) 2018年4月9日
This guy also has a habit of stacking every item he owns in the exact space I sit. His bag, his food, his books, and his phone are ALWAYS right on my desk space.
從這些心聲中可以感受到,Thomas確實很不喜歡這位留學生呢!但有一天,Thomas發現,一切並非他想得那樣!
I was ALWAYS annoyed with this guy. I'm thinking "Dude, you know I sit in this seat every day. Why are you always stacking your shit here? And the last thing I want to do is give a guy who barely speaks my language high fives at 8 in the morning"
— Thomas McFall (@thomas___mcfall) 2018年4月9日
Just get your shit off my desk
快接近學期末的時候,有一天,Thomas晚到教室,到教室門口時,剛好有人傳簡訊給他,他索性就站在靠近位置的門口外,想說傳完訊息再進去,但當時他用餘光看見…有另一個晚到的學生要坐他的座位,這時留學生伸出手攔住那個學生說,「不好意思,這裡有放東西、有人要坐了!我的好朋友Thomas要坐這裡。」
Thomas那一刻才明白,原來留學生把東西放在他的桌子上,不是要霸占位置放包包,而是在幫他佔位置,怕他晚來沒位坐。
As I'm standing there on my phone another guy who was also late walks into the class before me and tried to take my seat since it's closest to the door.
— Thomas McFall (@thomas___mcfall) 2018年4月9日
The guy sitting next to me stops this dude from sitting down and says "I'm sorry. My good friend Thomas sits here."
It was then that I realized this guy wasn't putting stuff on my seat to annoy me. He was saving me the seat every morning.
— Thomas McFall (@thomas___mcfall) 2018年4月9日
And this whole time he saw me as a friend but I was too busy thinking about myself to take him into consideration.
Cheesy as it sounds, I was touched.
Thomas更意識到,原來留學生從一開始就真心想和Thomas交朋友,但是他只在意自已的位置,沒有把留學生的好意當一回事。Thomas在推文中寫到,「我真的被他感動到了。」
後來,Thomas還和留學生約放學後一起吃飯,兩人聊得很開心呢!他也從中學到,不應該用自己的主觀眼光看待他人,有時候容易誤解他人的善意。
酸酸們是不是也從中學到了什麼呢?生活中,我們每天接觸形形色色的人,有時候,我們會不小心對他人有先入為主的看法,或許敞開心胸和他人真心相處,才是最好的哦!
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