In my restaurant we use various codes on black board for special meanings. For example, the number “86” indicates a food has been sold out. One waitress must have slept through this part of the training. Seeing “86 lasagna,” she crossed out the number and wrote “85” in its place. “What are you doing?” I asked. “I just sold one lasagna,” she cheerfully replied. “Now there are only 85 left.”
在我的餐馆里我们在黑板上写一些不同的代号来表示特别的意思。比如“86”就表示某一种菜卖完了。有一个女服务员,她在培训的时候一定是睡着了,没听到这一段。她看到“86意大利宽面条”,把86划掉,改成85。我问她:“你在干什么?”她高兴地回答说:“我卖了一份意大利宽面条。现在只剩85份了。”