The reporter got my attention with this sentence “Five minutes after typing ‘I’m at table 3’,a meal arrives at the table.” But there wasn’t a “please” with this order,which should have been a request.If you’ve ever waited on tables,you know that the last thing you need is yet another way for a customer to be unpleasant.
Most servers are often mediating(调解)between customers’ requests for substitutions and overworked cooks’ accusations of treason(背叛).Except at highend restaurants,servers also have to walk back and forth like mothers of preschoolers so that we might consider them worthy of a large enough tip to lift their pay to minimum wage.
Texting a server from a table a few feet away is equal to moving our fingers and shouting,“Hey,you!” It was rude in 1957,and it’s rude now.You won’t ever find me texting a waiter or waitress.
1.What do we know from the text?
A.The waiter knows Jackie well.
B.The waiter is good at playing yoyo.
C.Jackie plays yoyo in her spare time.
D.The author has a great interest in playing yoyo.
答案 B
解析 细节理解题。根据第七段中的“It turns out that he won a regional yoyo competition last year.”可知这个服务员擅长玩悠悠球。故B项正确。
2.Some restaurants allow diners to text a server from a table to
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