I went shopping by myself one day. When I was going to
check out, I found I had forgotten to bring my credit card with me. The cashier
put aside my order while I drove home to get it. My husband was
home, so he came along to help. As we pulled into the parking lot, I saw a man
sitting in his car. My husband and I ran into the store, paid for what we bought
and came out. As we walked to our car, the man came over. "How
did you do that" he said. "You were in the store for only ten minutes. I’ve
been waiting for my wife for an hour!" I thought that a little
white lie couldn’t hurt the woman shopping by herself, so I said to my husband,
"Ten minutes. That’s a record (记录)!" Then I told the man, "It’s amazing (令人惊奇的)
how much faster the shopping gets done when the husband helps."
As my husband and I got into our car, we watched the man hurry into the
store. The writer’s home was far from the store.