I don't often eatlunch at work, 工作的时候我经常不吃午饭 and tend to justwork through the day and eat dinner when I get home. 我习惯把一整天的时间都用来工作,回到家后再享受一顿晚餐 I was having a badday, 那天我心情很糟 it was around 4pmand I was struggling to make things happen. 已经是下午四点钟了,我正竭力让一切顺利起来 My boss, awonderful lady, saw this and said "you ok?”. 我的老板,一位温和的女士,看到了我,问道,“你还好吗?” I said yeah, 我说,还好吧 I'm juststruggling a little right now because of x, y, and z. 就是眼下有点焦头烂额,因为这个,那个,如此这般 Then she didsomething that shocked me, 接着她对我说了一句话,让我大吃一惊 she said "Didyou eat lunch?" 她问,“你吃过午饭了吗?” Me: "No" 我说,“没有。” Her: "Here,have some grapes" 她说,“来,吃点葡萄吧!” as she hands me abag of grapes she had left from lunch. 她随即递给我一袋子葡萄,这是她吃午餐时留下的。 That bag of grapeschanged my day, 这袋葡萄让我的这一天焕然一新 and in turnchanged my life at least a little. 还让我的人生起了变化,哪怕只有十分微小的变化 She literallymommed me. 她对我的关怀简直像对小孩子一样。 Gave my 28 yearold self a snack and a juice box 我明明已经是28岁的大人了,她送我的零食和果汁,像是讨好孩子的礼物 and it was themost caring thing I've ever had a boss do. 这是我遇到的老板做过的最温暖人心的事情。
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