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An ISIS sitting beside me

作者：bjca11 於 2015-11-29 21:51 發表於最熱鬧的華人社交網路--貝殼村

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《紀事小小說》

從溫哥華到北京的飛機上，我旁邊坐著一位穿著體面的白人。飛機起飛不久，我開始與鄰座這位撘仙。＂去北京？＂我問，＂去廈門，看朋友＂對方回答。接著，對方又介紹了一些他朋友的情況。＂你是做什麼工作的？＂，好奇心驅使我接著問。＂資料庫軟體＂，對方回答。我接著告訴對方，我是做控制工程的，以及我們的業務範圍。他也介紹了一些關於資料庫軟體的東西。＂您的公司名字叫什麼？＂我又問道。這位仁兄突然壓低了聲音，用一隻手掩住嘴巴，探身抵近我的耳朵說：＂ISIS"。我迅速轉過頭，看著對方的眼睛。＂真的，沒有開玩笑。我們這個名字N年前就有了，全名是Inventory Sales Information System (銷售與庫存資料庫系統)，是那些傢伙偷了我們的名字。＂我們倆面對面，大笑起來。之後，我們交換了名片。＂我現在無論到哪裡，都得把自己的名片收好，尤其是過關的時候，免得麻煩，還得多費口舌.....＂這位仁兄最後打趣道。＂現在不僅是您，所有叫ISIS的都少不了麻煩，祝你好運！先生，哈哈哈＂我忍不住笑著回答。＂我們已經準備改名字了！＂下飛機前，鄰座告訴我。＂這大概是減少麻煩的最佳辦法，哈哈哈...＂我們再次大笑。

[True Short Story]

On the plane from Vancouver to Beijing a well dressed white guy was sitting beside me. We started to chat after the plane had taken off for a while. "Going to Beijing ?" I asked, "going to Xiamen to visit my friend",the guy answered. And then he told me a short story of his friend in Xiamen. "What are you doing for living?" I curiously asked. "Information data system" he replied. I told him that I was a control engineer and what we were doing for business. Then he told me something about the information data system that he was working on. "What is your company name ?" I asked. This guy suddenly lower his voice, put one hand on his mouth and stretched his body close to my ear, said: "ISIS". I turned my head quickly and looked at his eyes. "I am not kidding, that is our name. Those guys stole our name. We have had this name for years. Our business full name is Inventory and Sales Information System! The short form is 『ISIS』." Both of us laughed loudly. We exchanged business card after. "I need to keep my business card in a safe place, especially when I am crossing a boarder. I don't want a trouble." He was joking about. "Not only you, all the people who used the same name have similar dilemma like you right now. Good luck man!" I laughed and replied. "We were going to change our name." The guy said before we landed at Beijing airport. "That might be the best solution!" I responded. Then, we both laughed again.