迟到不道歉

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He was forty minutes late, 他迟到了整整四十分钟，

and when he finally arrived, he didn't apologize even once. 等他终于到了，居然连一句道歉都没有。

No traffic story, no sorry, nothing. 没拿堵车当借口，没说对不起，啥也没有。

He just sat down and said, so, what's good here. 他就那么直接坐下来说：“所以，这儿有什么好吃的？”

I'd been sitting alone at the table long enough 我一个人在桌前坐了太久，

to finish a whole basket of bread out of pure nervousness. 纯粹因为太紧张，把一整篮面包都吃光了。

For the first few minutes I told myself to be understanding. 刚开始那几分钟，我还劝自己多体谅体谅。

Things happen. 谁还没个突发状况呢。

But it wasn't the lateness that bothered me, really. 但说实话，真正让我介意的并不是迟到。

It was that he clearly didn't think my time was worth acknowledging. 而是他显然觉得，浪费我的时间根本不值得他一句交代。

How a person handles a small mistake tells you everything. 一个人怎么处理这种小错误，最能说明一切。

An apology would have cost him nothing. 说句对不起又不会掉块肉。

The fact that he didn't offer one 但他连一句都没说，

told me exactly how the rest would go. 这已经完全说明接下来会是什么走向了。

I ordered quickly, and I did not stay for dessert. 我匆匆点完餐吃完，连甜品都没留下来吃就走了。