I went to a government office to take care of some business. The clerk there gave me two index cards with identical questions on them. I filled both out, but when I handed them in, I asked the clerk why she needed two cards with the same information. Stapling the cards together, she said, “That's in case we lose one.”
我到一個政府部門去辦事。那里的職員給我兩張檢索卡片,上面問的是一樣的問題。我把兩張都填了。當(dāng)我遞進去的時候,我問那個職員為什么他們需要兩張一模一樣的卡片。她一邊用釘書器把兩張卡片釘在一起,一邊說:“萬一我們丟了一張的話。”