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This happened years ago when I was a waitress, but I still remember this specific incident so vividly.
As the end of the night was__
1__, ten minutes before our restaurant closed, a gentleman came in.I was
the__
2__waitress who got to stay after closing to serve him his food.
The customer was quite__
3__with how his food was prepared.He sent his__
4__back twice.When
it eventually arrived to his liking, he__
5__some fresh coffee.Meanwhile, my manager and our cooks
were__
6__me closely, as they wanted the last customer of the__
7__to finally leave so that we could
__
8__the shop and go home. At that time I was frustrated and tir
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ed.I also knew he would probably
not__
9__very well, seeing his inexpensive meal.__
10__, I tried to give him good service.
Then in the last ten minutes, as I was refilling his coffee, I somehow__
11__it on the table as well as
his plate.I apologized, but I was__
12__to get him another plate of food as everything was shut down in
the__
13__.Knowing his previous temperament (性情), I had a certain__
14__of how he might react.He
asked to speak to the manager.
But he__
15__shocked me at this point.Instead of__
16__to my boss, he simply said, "This young
lady's done a fine job.You need to keep her__
17__as long as you can!" After
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that he paid his bill and
left, and I eagerly went home.
The next morning when I came to work and __
18__my tips-you often don't get it till the next day
__
19__a customer charges it on a credit card-I was__
20__that thecustomer had offered a $15 tip for
his $8 dinner.People are often much nicer than they look!
( )1. A. darkening ( )2. A. lucky ( )3. A. pleased ( )4. A. order ( )5. A. changed ( )6. A. following ( )7. A. day ( )8. A. turn up ( )9. A. speak ( )10. A. Instead ( )11. A. spread ( )12. A. eager ( )13. A. kitchen ( )14. A. communication ( )15. A. gradually ( )16. A. explaining ( )17. A. off ( )18. A. held back ( )19. A. unless ( )20. A. convinced |
B. approaching B. first B. familiar B. bill B. sold B. checking B. time B. close up B. behave B. Besides B. left B. willing B. rain B. expectation B. frequently B. apologizing B. around B. brought up B. if B. learned |
C. leaving C. unlucky C. interested C. note C. needed C. watching C. place C. set off C. tip C. Otherwise C. spilled C. shameful C. line C. tradition C. rudely C. attending C. away C. picked up C. although C. told |
D. happening D. young D. dissatisfied D. mail D. threw D. helping D. room D. turn off D. eat D. However D. broke D. unable D. operation D. hesitation D. really D. complaining D. out D. looked for D. in case D. reminded |