点评:We had a 6 am pickup heading to EIS. Our driver, Ralph, arrived at 5:50 and put up his hand. Our group of 7 interpreted this as a gesture of “come here” which we did. As we approached Ralph became agitated and asked us to go stand back where we were as we had a “6am pickup” and it was only 5:50. We obeyed. Approximately 2 minutes later, Ralph gestured again and we approached. This time Ralph came up to me and said “I do not like your attitude. I’ll give it to you straight”. Our entire group was very surprised by this. I apologized and stated that I did not understand him earlier. He became angrier and said “You don’t speak English? I’m speaking English not French. You understand me, I know you do”. I again apologized as our entire group was dependent upon this person to get to our family to the airport. He kept going making comments like “I don’t know what the rush is” and “see, we have seven minutes till 6”. It was all very unnecessary and super rude. He turned what should have been a happy ending to our trip into a bad one.
翻译:我们预定了早上6点的接送服务,目的地是EIS。我们的司机拉尔夫5点50分就到了,他举起了手。我们一行7人以为这是“过来”的手势,就走了过去。我们走近后,拉尔夫突然变得不耐烦,让我们回到原地,因为我们预定的是“6点接送”,而现在才5点50分。我们照做了。大约两分钟后,拉尔夫再次做了个手势,我们又走了过去。这次,拉尔夫走到我面前,说:“我不喜欢你的态度。我直说了。”我们所有人都很惊讶。我道歉并解释说我之前没听懂他的话。他更加生气了,说:“你不会说英语吗?我说的是英语,不是法语。你听得懂,我知道你听得懂。”我再次道歉,因为我们所有人都指望着他能把我们送到机场和家人会合。他不停地说着诸如“我不知道你们这么着急干什么”、“你看,离六点还有七分钟”之类的话。这一切都非常没必要,而且极其无礼。他把我们原本应该愉快的旅程结局搞得一团糟。