A: I have another idea about the mangoes. There’s no way the reduced staff will take them all away. Why don’t we set up a stall on the street outside and sell some of them?
B: Are you crazy? There’s so much about that idea that is wrong. It’s not morally right, and I’m pretty certain it’s not legal.
A: We could just give them away for free, but ask for a small donation to pay for a cup of coffee for us.
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B: Will you put those mangoes back in the box? They’re not for you.
A: Where’s your entrepreneurial spirit?
A: 要怎麼處理那些芒果,我還有一個點子。來上班的人變少了,沒辦法把這些芒果都拿完,那我們為什麼不到外面街上擺個攤,去賣掉一些?
B: 你瘋了嗎?你這鬼主意說多爛就有多爛。這不但不道德,而且我很確定還不合法。
A: 我們可以用送的啊,但是叫他們捐點小錢,讓我們可以買杯咖啡。
B: 你把這些芒果放回箱子裡好嗎?那不是給你的。
A: 你的創業家精神到哪裡去了?
(Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱譯)
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