The Coffee Cup 03

I was running a little behind one morning, so the kitchen crew already was there when I arrived. As I hurriedly unlocked the gate door, I saw that the lights in the kitchen were on and that they silhouetted the dining room and its furnishings through the kitchen and dining room doorway. I also saw distinctly that someone was sitting at one of the tables - the table closest to the kitchen.

　　I was startled, but as I was in a hurry, I just called out a “good morning” since I thought it must be one of the kitchen crew, and moved to turn on the lights. The moment the lights came on, I saw that no one was sitting at the table, but there was an almost empty cup of coffee left on it. Oddly, though, the chair again was pulled back only enough for someone to have been sitting at the table, but not pushed back for someone to have had enough room to stand up suddenly and walk away. I decided to find out who was doing this, so I took the cup back into the kitchen area and found the morning shift chef and his two helpers busily chopping melons and getting the breakfast items out of the walk-in refrigerator. All denied that they had been in the dining room. I asked if anyone had come through the kitchen just then, but they said they had not seen anyone. This was a little creepy to me, but I shrugged it off as I was behind schedule and needed to get to work.

神秘的咖啡杯 03

一天早上我到得晚了点,所以等我到的时候厨房里的员工都已经到了.我急忙把大门打开,发现厨房的灯已经亮了,他们的影子穿过厨房和餐厅之间的门映在了餐厅和餐厅的家具上.同时,我也清晰地看到有人坐在餐厅的一张桌边----就是离厨房最近的那张桌子.

　　我吓了一跳,但我在赶时间,因为想可能是厨房的哪个员工,所以我就叫了一句”早上好”,然后就去开灯.就在灯亮的那一刻,我却看见没有人坐在那张桌旁,但桌上却放着一个杯子,里面的咖啡差不多喝完了.奇怪的是,椅子又被拉出来了,距离刚好够一个人坐在那,但又没被推回去,像是因为这样,距离才够一个人突然站起来走掉.我决定看看到底是谁,所以我拿着杯子进了厨房,找到早上轮班的厨师和他的两个助手.当时他们正忙着切甜瓜,从冷藏间里把早餐要用的东西拿出来.所有人都说他们没去过餐厅.我问他们刚才有没有人经过厨房,他们说没看见.我觉得有点恐怖,但我还是一笑置之.因为我已经迟了,要马上干活了.