120　The Perplexed Clerk 困惑的店员

Heavily laden with groceries, my wife asked a young clerk at the grocery store to accompany her to her car. Arriving there, she opened the doors and, without thinking, sat down in the back seat to check off her list of errands. A moment later the perplexed clerk walked around the car to my wife. “Lady,” he said firmly. “I don't mind helping you load your groceries, but I really got to draw the line at driving you home.”

我太太买了一大堆杂货，就请杂货铺的年轻店员帮她把东西送到她车上。到了那里，她打开车门，便不假思索地坐到后排座位上，查看她的办事清单。过了一会儿，那个困惑的店员从车后面绕过来，语气坚定地对我太太说：“我很乐意帮你装车，但是我实在是不能把你送回家。”