英语翻译Afterchristmas,ItookajobintheclothesdepartmentatGraham'sforthefirstfortnightoftheJanuarysale.Ican'tsaythatIenjoyedit,butitwasanexperienceI'llneverforget.Icouldneverunderstandwhythereweresomanythings
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Afterchristmas,ItookajobintheclothesdepartmentatGraham'sforthefirstfortnightoftheJanuarysale.Ican'tsaythatIenjoyedit,butitwasanexperienceI'llneverforget.
Icouldneverunderstandwhythereweresomanythingsinthesales.NowIknowthesecret!Firstly,thereisthespecialwinterstockandthestockthatpeoplebuyalltheyearround.Someofthesethingsaresilghtlyreduced.Secondly,therearethesummerclothestheycouldn'tselllastyear;thereareheavilyreducedtoclearthem.Thirdly,therearecheapclothesboughtinespeciallyforthesales;theseareputoutathighpricestendaysbeforethesalebeginsandthenarereducedby60%inthesale.Lastly,theybuyin"seconds"forthesaleandtheyaresoldverycheaply.
WhenIarrivedhalfanhourbeforeopeningonthefirstdayofthesale,therewasalreadyaqueuearoundthreesidesofthebuilding.
Whenthebigmomentarrivedtoopenthedoors,thesecurityguards,lookinglessconfidentthanusual,cameuptothem,keysinhand.Themomenttheyhadunlockedthedoors,theyhidbehindthedoorsforprotectionasthenoisycrowdchargedin.Icouldn'tbelievemyeyes;thiswasn'tshopping.Itwasabattlefield!Onepoorladycouldn'tkeepherfeetandwasknockedoverbypeoplepushingfrombehind.
Clotheswereflyinginalldirectionsaspeoplesearchedforthesizes,colorsandstyletheywanted.Quarrelsbrokeout.Motherswereusingtheirsmallchildrentocrawlthroughpeople'slegsandgetholdofthingstheycouldn'tgetnearthemselves.
WithinminutesIhadhalfadozenpeoplepushingclothesundermynose,eachwantingtobethefirstserved.WherehadthefamousEnglishqueuegone?Thewholedaycontinuedlikethat,butIkeptmytemper!Iwastakingmoneyhandoverfistandbegantorealizewhy,twiceayear,Graham'swerehappytoturntheirexpensivestoreintoabattlefieldlikethis.
Inthesalefever,peoplewerespendingmoneylikewaterwithoutthinkingiftheyneededwhattheywerebuying.Aslongasitwasabargain,itwasOK.
Youwon'tbelievethis,butassoonasIgothome,Icrashedoutforfourhours.ThenIhaddinnerandwentbacktobed,fearingthesoundofthealarmwhichwouldtellmetogetreadyfortheseconddayofthesale.