帕克是对的——这种借口已经不再管用了。但他不应该如此不满。每个人都难免有时会因为疲倦、或犯懒,或正在度假,或其他原因,而不想去做他人要求我们做的事。我们所需要的不过是更好的借口。
The problem is that technology is steadily ruining all the old favourites. “The cheque’s in the post” doesn’t work now that no one writes cheques any more. “The dog ate my homework”, a little fragile at the best of times, works even less well now that so much homework is done online. “The boiler has exploded and I’m waiting for the plumber” is hopeless, since – provided the laptop didn’t also explode – you can work at home.
问题在于,技术的进步使得人们过去常用的各种借口都逐渐失效。“支票在邮局”这招已经不管用了,因为已经没有人再使用支票。“我的作业被狗吃了”,这个借口在最容易取信的时候都有点不可信,而如今很多家庭作业都在网上完成,这个理由就更不管用了。“锅炉爆炸了,我在等水管工来修”,这个借口简直无可救药,因为只要你的笔记本电脑没有跟着爆炸,你完全可以在家工作。
Even the new excuses created by technology are starting to look threadbare. “Your email must have got caught in the spam filter” is a handy white lie that I have often used to get me out of scrapes, but as filters go on getting better its value is diminishing.
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