大一开学的第一周,看到宿舍走廊里贴出来的海报,Are you seeking 50 dollars a week? right here, maintenance crew over weekend.
当时,兴高采烈的去申请,也不知道那maitencance到底是个啥意思。后来,问了问美国人,才知道maintencance就是 clean bathrooms, deep wash toilets.
顿时,一股作呕之气油然而生。毕竟,说实话天朝的厕所真不是人扫的。
见了manager,人家很热情,硬着头皮,开始我扫厕所的生涯。
我还依稀记得第一次上班,干的特别认真,因为这是我这辈子的第一份工作,虽然不那么冠冕堂皇,但总算能有一点微薄的收入了,积极的很。干到中午,头儿来检查工作,看我满头大汗,厕所扫的一尘不染,说,man, don't work too hard, just keep it clean. 我说,this is my first job in my life, I need to respect it.
我曾跟暑假里工作的老大妈开玩笑, I am the only child of my family, basically my mom did everything for me, I do not even need to clean my own room. 大妈说,then, why you need to do this. 我笑笑,because this is my life.
大妈很喜欢我,看我干活很认真,还成天开着好车来上班。非得把孙女介绍给我,(金发碧眼的大美女),最后我异常闷骚的说,I do not want her to clean bathrooms for me.
其实,我真没那么高尚,Dang没教育好俺,干了一阵后就开始偷懒,能混则混,make everyday pass, take my time to the maximum.但毕竟,活还是干的,厕所还是扫的,人还是骚的。
美国人教会了我很多,他们对工作异常认真负责,虽然是偷懒,但是干活的时候觉得一丝不句。虽然拿低薪,for me, they are poor, however one old guy told me, they are all rich, because they have family and love supporting them to undergo everything.
还有,他们教会我enjoy life。他们听说我的父母是professor,我成绩优异,就劝我别给自己那么大压力,enjoy your life.