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我禁不住满腔的仇恨,要控诉这么一个数字白痴. 每个月底,我都会收到一个EMAIL,来自一个什么什么部门的什么什么高级经理,问我一个什么什么数字,总是说不用很精确,你给个大概就好了,所以我就大概给了,6月份4M,7月份3.5M… 9月份结束了,他又来了EMAIL,但是这次说,我要那个什么什么数字,从6到9月的每个月各是多少,.我心想TNNGX,不是每个月都给你的吗,如何又要以前月份的?不过也懒得跟他理论,给他就是了.不过这次,因为他没有说那句不用精确,大概就好,我就稍微给得详细点了.所以我给了6月份4002K,7月份3542K… 前几天他回了个EMAIL,问when you say 3542K, did you mean 3,542 thousand? 当然当然,不然还能是什么?我都快晕了.他很快的回复: I thought so, just wanting to confirm.嗯,算你聪明,事后诸葛亮! 好了,刚才又收到了他的EMAIL,挖出了我以前月份的EMAIL.再一次NNGX,既然有以前月份的,如何又来问我?在这个EMAIL里,他对比了我这次给他的数字和以前月份给的数字,义正词严地指出:我两次给的数字substantially different,要我解释: The figures you have provided are very different to what you have previously sent through. You have advised that Jul 3, 543K Jun 4,002K are correct but previously you have advised as follows:4M for June and 3.5M for July (e-mail received from you on 10/8) 我不禁气结,拿起电话问他,你为什么觉得4002K和4M是VERY DIFFERENT,你到底要多少精确度,嗯,你告诉我! 人家也没好气:我要的只是一个大概数字,但是地球人都知道, four thousand and two dollars is very much less than 4 million dollars! 天旋地转哪世界颠覆,我张开嘴却不知道从何说起,从小学生算术吗,从人类起源吗,从十进位法吗,还是从资本论? 咳,我清一下嗓子,小心翼翼的特维护他自尊心地说道:four thousand and two k means four thousand and two thousand, which is 4 million. 电话那头静默无声时间停止世界也摒住了呼吸,正想问:are you there?那头的人努力作俏皮欢快的声音说: just testing! Congrats that you have passed the test! |
