双语美文：一个外卖送餐员的感谢

I work for Skip the Dishes

我的工作是送外卖.

If someone doesn't answer their door,

如果有人不出来接餐

we call.

我们就会打电话

If they don't answer the call,

如果他们连电话都不接

we message support chat,

我们会跟客服联系

and wait 7 mins while they try to contact them.

客服会尝试联系买家，我们会等待7分钟

If there is no answer after 7 minutes,

如果7分钟之后仍没有音讯

we can keep the food and leave.

我们可以自己收下食物，然后离开

You ordered from subway.

一个买家在三明治店下了单

A foot long pulled pork sub, and a 6 inch pizza sub. 2 bags of chips, and 1 cookie.

加长手撕猪肉三明治，六英寸长的披萨三明治，两袋薯条，还有一块曲奇

Because of you,

以为你

my family ate today.

我们一家人都美餐了一顿

I was so excited,

我感到兴奋无比

I ended my shift

我早早下班

and drove right home.

径直开车回家

My boyfriend got half of the foot long

我的男友吃了半份加长三明治

and a bag of chips,

还吃了一包薯条

my son got the pizza sub

我儿子吃了披萨三明治

and half of my half of the footlong,

还吃了我那半个加长三明治的一半

as well as the chips and cookie.

还吃了薯条和曲奇

I got the remaining quarter of the foot long.

我吃了剩下的四分之一个加长三明治

I am the sole provider

我是家里唯一挣钱的人

and we are not doing well.

家里状况并不好

I always short myself

我总是省吃俭用

to try to get them what they need.

设法为他们提供他们所需的东西

I had to spend most of the grocery budget on bills this month

这个月，大多数的杂物消费都是赊账

just to keep the water on and keep my job.

就为了保住我的工作，为了交水费

I haven't seen my son so excited in a long time,

我很久没见儿子这么开心了

as he was to get 2 treats with his yummy sandwich.

当他得知自己能吃到曲奇和薯条，还有美味的三明治的时候

I always feel bad when someone doesn't get their food.

当买家不接餐的时候，我总会十分内疚

Fortunately, the customer gets credit

还好，这样的买家可以得到积分

so they can re-order the food again free of charge.

他们可以免费重新下单

I'm sure they were annoyed at me somehow,

不知为何，我很确信，买家看到我的时候总是一副被惹恼的样子

I normally get bad reviews

我时常会得到差评

when someone doesn't pick up their food,

当买家不来接餐

despite me doing everything I can,

无论我如何做都没有作用的时候

but I wish they knew what it did for me.

我希望他们知道，因为他们，我得到了什么