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1、Unit1SomethingSomethingffsteviestevieItrynottobebiasedbutIhadmydoubtsabouthiringStevie.Hisplacementcounselassuredmethathewouldbeagoodreliablebusboy.ButIhadneverhadamentallyhicappedemployeewasn’tsureIwantedone.Iwasn’tsure

2、howmycustomerswouldreact.SteviewasshtalittledumpywiththesmoothfacialfeaturesthicktonguedspeechofDown’ssyndrome.Iwasn’twriedaboutmostofmytruckercustomers.Truckersdon’tgenerallycarewhobusestablesaslongasthefoodisgoodthepie

3、sarehomemade.Theoneswhoconcernedmewerethemouthycollegekidstravelingtoschooltheyuppiesnobswhosecretlypolishtheirsilverwarewiththeirnapkinsffearofcatchingsomedreaded“truckstopgerm”thepairsofwhiteshirtedbusinessmenonexpense

4、accountswhothinkeverytruckstopwaitresswantstobeflirtedwith.IknewthosepeoplewouldbeuncomftablearoundSteviesoIcloselywatchedhimfthefirstfewweeks.Ishouldn’thavewried.AfterthefirstweekSteviehadmystaffwrappedaroundhislittlefi

5、nger.Withinamonthmytruckerregularshadadoptedhimastheirofficialtruckstopmot.AfterthatIreallydidn’tcarewhattherestofthecustomersthought.Hewasa21yearoldinbluejeansNikeseagertolaugheagertopleasebutfierceinhisattentiontohisdu

6、ties.EverysaltpeppershakerwasexactlyinitsplacenotabreadcrumbcoffeespillwasvisiblewhenSteviegotdonewiththetable.Ouronlyproblemwasconvincinghimtowaittocleanatableuntilafterthecustomerswerefinished.Hewouldhoverinthebackgrou

7、ndshiftinghisweightfromonefoottotheotherscanningthediningroomuntilatablewasempty.Thenhewouldhurrytotheemptytablecarefullybusthedishesglassesontothecartmeticulouslywipethetablewithapracticedflourishofhisrag.Ifhethoughtacu

8、stomerwaswatchinghisbrowswouldpuckerwithaddedconcentration.Hetookprideindoinghisjobexactlyrightyouhadtolovehowhardhetriedtopleaseeacheverypersonhemet.Overtimewelearnedthathelivedwithhismotherawidowwhowasdisabledafterrepe

9、atedsurgeriesfcancer.TheylivedontheirSocialSecuritybenefitsinpublichousingtwomilesfromthetruckstop.Theirsocialwkerwhostoppedtocheckonhimeverysooftenadmittedtheyhadfallenbetweenthecracks.MoneywastightwhatIpaidhimwasprobab

10、lythedifferencebetweenthembeingabletolivetogetherSteviebeingsenttoagrouphome.That’swhytherestaurantwasagloomyplacethatmninglastAugustthefirstmninginthreeyearsthatSteviemissedwk.HewasattheMayoClinicinRochestergettinganewv

11、alvesomethingputinhisheart.HissocialwkersaidthatpeoplewithDown’ssyndromeoftenhaveheartproblemsatanearlyagesothiswasn’tunexpected.Therewasagoodchancehewouldcomethroughthesurgeryingoodshapebebackatwkinafewmonths.Arippleofe

12、xcitementranthroughthestafflaterthatmningwhenwdcamethathewasoutofsurgeryinrecoverydoingfine.Franniemyheadwaitressletoutawarwhoopdidalittledanceintheaislewhensheheardthegoodnews.BelleRingeroneofourregulartruckercustomerss

13、taredatthesightofthis50yearoldgrmotheroffourdoingavictygotrealnoisyaboutthattimewitheverybodyshoutingtherewereafewtearstoo.Butyouknowwhat’sfunnyWhileeverybodyelsewasbusyshakinghshuggingeachotherSteviewithabigbigsmileonhi

14、sfacewasbusyclearingallthecupsdishesfromthetable—thebestwkerIeverhired.送給史蒂維的一點(diǎn)心意送給史蒂維的一點(diǎn)心意1我力求不存偏見，不過在雇用史蒂維時(shí)我有理由心存疑慮。他的就業(yè)顧問向我保證，說他會(huì)成為出色、可靠的餐館雜工。我從未雇過智障的員工，是否要招收一位，我舉棋不定。我的顧客會(huì)有什么反應(yīng)，我沒有把握。史蒂維是個(gè)矮個(gè)兒，胖墩墩的，如其他唐氏綜合癥患者一樣，面部光滑，口

15、齒不清。2對大多數(shù)來就餐的卡車司機(jī)們，我還是很放心的。只要食物好，餡餅地道，他們基本不在乎誰收碗碟。真正讓我擔(dān)心的是那些高談闊論的大學(xué)走讀生，那些因懼怕”路邊餐館的細(xì)菌”而用餐巾悄悄擦拭銀餐具的雅皮士勢利眼兒們，還有那些穿白色襯衫、使用公款消費(fèi)、認(rèn)為餐館里每個(gè)女服務(wù)員都渴望調(diào)情的商務(wù)人員。我知道，史蒂維在這里工作，他們會(huì)感到別扭，所以開頭幾個(gè)星期我密切地關(guān)注著他。3我的擔(dān)心是多余的。第一周過后，史蒂維就抓住了我每位員工的心。不足一個(gè)月，

16、我的老顧客那些卡車司機(jī)們就正式認(rèn)定史蒂維為卡車司機(jī)休息站的吉祥人物。自此以后，我不再介意其他顧客的看法了。4史蒂維21歲，藍(lán)色牛仔褲，耐克運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋，滿面笑容，討人喜愛，極端地敬業(yè)。他收拾好一張餐桌后，鹽瓶和胡椒瓶歸于原位，絲毫不差，桌面不見一點(diǎn)面包屑、一滴咖啡液。5我們唯一的問題是得說服他等待客人用餐完畢再去收拾桌子。他總是在不起眼的地方守候，左右腳替換著支撐體重，眼睛巡視整個(gè)餐廳。一看見哪張餐桌邊的客人都離去，他立即趕過去，仔細(xì)地把碗碟

17、收拾到餐車上，拿起抹布細(xì)密地擦桌子，動(dòng)作嫻熟、夸張。若他覺得有顧客正在看他，他就會(huì)眉頭緊鎖，更加專注。工作一絲不茍，這是他自豪的源泉。他取悅面前的每一個(gè)人，那煞費(fèi)苦心的勁頭真是惹人喜愛。6后來，我們得知史蒂維和母親一起生活。他母親是個(gè)寡婦，因患癌癥多次經(jīng)歷手術(shù)而落下殘疾。母子倆靠社會(huì)保險(xiǎn)金生活，住在離餐館兩英里以外的廉租房里。社工人員偶爾登門看望，說他們母子生活著實(shí)艱辛貧困。他們手頭拮據(jù)，我所付的工資僅能保證母子倆相依為命，史蒂維才不至

18、于淪落到被”集體之家”（為殘障人士提供護(hù)理的機(jī)構(gòu)）收容。7到了去年八月的一個(gè)早上，就是三年里史蒂維沒能來上班的第一個(gè)早上，整個(gè)餐館氣氛憂傷。他在羅切斯特的梅奧診所接受一個(gè)心臟手術(shù)，大概要置入新的心臟膜瓣。社工人員說，有唐氏綜合癥的人常會(huì)在年輕時(shí)犯心臟病，所以史蒂維做手術(shù)不足為奇；幾個(gè)月后，他有望從手術(shù)中恢復(fù)健康，重返工作崗位。8有一天接近中午時(shí)，有消息傳來，說史蒂維手術(shù)結(jié)束，正在恢復(fù)，狀況良好。員工當(dāng)中激動(dòng)的情緒如漣漪蕩漾。領(lǐng)班弗蘭妮聽

19、到消息，一聲歡呼，旋即在過道上跳了一陣舞。經(jīng)常光顧我們餐館的一位卡車司機(jī)貝爾林格，此時(shí)詫異地看著年屆五十、已有四個(gè)孫兒的弗蘭妮在他桌邊晃動(dòng)身體，跳起祝賀勝利的希米舞。弗蘭妮窘得紅了臉，用手抹平圍裙，朝著貝爾狠狠地瞪了一眼。9貝爾咧嘴一笑?！焙昧?，弗蘭妮，什么事那么高興啊”他問。10“我們剛得到消息，史蒂維做完了手術(shù)，平安無事。”她回答。11“我還一直在納悶，怎么今天不見他呢”貝爾問?！北緛碛袀€(gè)笑話要講給他聽呢。做的是什么手術(shù)呢”12弗蘭