一詞日曆：一孕婦去星巴克買咖啡，店員服務過頭，路人急了
2019.06.18
週二 Tuesday
overrate [,əuvə'reit]
v. 過高評價
圖片來源：視覺中國
Being right is overrated.
“我是對的”其實沒有你想的那麼重要。
So many other human nuances hold greater sway in our fact-free, give-it-to-me-now-or-else world.
在我們這個“不管事實如何，現在就給我，不然就算了”的世界裏，人類還有如此多其他方面的細微差別有着更大的影響力。
I was, therefore, rendered temporarily insensate by a story of righteousness emerging from a simple Starbucks transaction.
因此，一樁簡單的星巴克交易所引發的正義故事，讓我暫時失去了理智。
At least, it had a simple beginning.
至少，故事的開頭是很簡單的。
In the Twitter-telling of English comedian Tiffany Stevenson, a woman walked into the Starbucks and ordered what they call over there a "caramel macchiato."
英國喜劇演員蒂芙尼·史蒂文森的推特寫着，一位女士走進星巴克，點了一杯他們稱之爲“焦糖瑪奇朵”的咖啡。
Stevenson described what happened next:
史蒂文森描述了接下來發生的事情：
Unbelievable bit of womb bothering in Starbucks at services.
]星巴克的服務被子宮影響了，難以置信。
A pregnant woman got her Caramel Macchiato and the guy behind the counter said: 'Oh, it's for you.'
一位孕婦點的焦糖瑪奇朵，櫃檯後面的男人說:“噢，是你要喝呀。”
Do you want me to make a decaf?'
你要我做無咖啡因咖啡嗎?”
She said: 'No, thanks.'
她說:“不用，謝謝。”
Him: 'No, I should because caffeine is bad for the baby.'
他說:“不，當然應該做無咖啡因的，因爲咖啡因對寶寶不好。”
Let's take this slowly. A Starbucks barista claims to be a baby expert and attempts to lecture a pregnant customer.
讓我們仔細品品，一位星巴克服務員聲稱自己是一位嬰兒專家，並試圖對一位懷孕的顧客進行指導。
Worse, the barista is a man. Because men know so much more about pregnancy than women. About everything, really.
更糟的是，服務員是個男的。因爲男人比女人更瞭解懷孕。更瞭解一切，真的。
There was, sadly, more:
遺憾的是，還有更過分的：
Her: 'It's fine, I have one a day'
她說:“沒關係，我每天都會喝一杯。”
Him: ' shouldn't'
他:“但是……你不應該喝”
Me: almost spontaneously combusting. 'Are you a man, telling a woman what she should and shouldn't have during a pregnancy?'
我: 怒火中燒。“你一個男人，在告訴一個女人在懷孕期間應該和不應該做什麼?”
Then he says: 'Oh just because it's bad for the baby so that's why I'm saying it.'
然後他說:“哦，我是因爲這對嬰兒不好才一直這麼說的。”
Stevenson said she tried to remonstrate with him, in the forlorn hope that he might, perhaps, be struck with a little self-awareness:
史蒂文森說，她心存僥倖試着向他提出抗議，希望他也許能有點自知之明。
Then he continues to try and justify policing a complete stranger for 5 minutes. He was maybe 30 years old max.
然後，他又花了五分鐘對一個路人證明自己的正確性。他大約三十幾歲。
Naturally, I asked Starbucks whether it gives specific pregnancy advice training to its employees -- or, indeed, to others it might teach in the coffee-making ways -- and will update, should I hear.
自然，我問星巴克，它是否爲員工提供懷孕建議培訓——或者，實際上，是否爲其他可能教咖啡製作方法的員工提供此類培訓——如果答案是肯定的，我還會問，那麼培訓是否會持續更新。
A company spokesperson did tell Allure:
該公司的一位發言人告訴《Allure》雜誌:
We have reason to believe that this was truly a misunderstanding, and the worker was trying to clarify the customer's order.
我們有理由相信這確實是一個誤會，工作人員當時正在努力弄清楚客戶的訂單。
Quite some misunderstanding.
這可真是很大的誤解啊。
For what it might be worth, I could find no scientific evidence that coffee in moderation is harmful during pregnancy.
或許值得注意的是，我沒有發現任何科學證據表明，在懷孕期間適量飲用咖啡是有害的。
今日詞彙
v. 過高評價
不難看出，這個詞是 over + rate
rate 作名詞是“比率”，作動詞是“評價”。
而 overrate 就是“給予……過高評價”、“把……看得過於重要”。
In my opinion, Hirst's work has been vastly overrated.
在我看來，赫斯特的作品被大大地高估了。
