On Monday morning, Javier sat in the meeting room with a coffee he did not drink. At the front, his coworker Tamar was presenting a plan for the new customer app. On slide three, there was a feature he knew well. It was a small reminder that appeared when a customer left something in the basket.
周一早上，哈维尔坐在会议室里，面前放着一杯没喝的咖啡。前面，他的同事塔玛正在介绍新客户应用的方案。第三张幻灯片上有一项功能，他再熟悉不过：当顾客把东西落在购物篮里时，会弹出一个小小的提醒。
It was his idea. He had suggested it two weeks earlier, in the hallway, and had written it in a long email. Now Tamar was explaining it with a confident smile, and the manager was nodding and taking notes.
那是他的点子。两周前，他在走廊里提过，还写在一封很长的邮件里。现在塔玛正带着自信的微笑讲解它，经理一边点头一边做记录。
"That's the best part of the project," the manager said. "Well done, Tamar."
“这是整个项目里最棒的部分，”经理说，“做得好，塔玛。”
Javier's face grew hot. He stared at the table and gripped his pen. For the rest of the meeting, he heard almost nothing. He was composing the message he would send to the manager that afternoon, a clear and serious one. He might even copy the whole team.
哈维尔的脸一下子烧了起来。他盯着桌面，手里紧紧攥着笔。会议剩下的时间里，他几乎什么都没听进去。他在心里琢磨着下午要发给经理的那条消息，要写得清楚而严肃。他甚至想把整个团队都抄送进去。
At lunch, however, he made himself walk to the kitchen and eat slowly. A friend had once said that angry emails feel better to write than to send. He decided to speak to Tamar first, in private, before he did anything he might regret.
不过到了午饭时间，他强迫自己走进厨房，慢慢地吃饭。有个朋友曾经说过，生气时写的邮件写起来痛快，发出去却不一定。他决定先私下找塔玛谈谈，免得做出让自己后悔的事。
He found her at her desk after lunch. "Do you have a minute? It's about the reminder idea on slide three."
午饭后，他在她的座位上找到了她。“你有空吗？是关于第三张幻灯片上的提醒功能。”
"Of course," she said. Then her expression changed. "Oh. Did I do something wrong?"
“当然，”她说。接着她的表情变了。“哎呀。我是不是做错什么了？”
"I proposed that feature to you two weeks ago," he said, trying to keep his voice calm. "It felt strange to hear it presented as new."
“两周前我跟你提过这个功能，”他努力让声音保持平静，“听到它被当成新点子介绍，我觉得有点奇怪。”
Tamar put her hand over her mouth. "Javier, I'm so sorry. I really thought it came from the group brainstorm last month. Several of us were throwing out ideas, and I didn't remember who said what. I wrote it in my notes under team ideas."
塔玛用手捂住了嘴。“哈维尔，真对不起。我真的以为这是上个月小组头脑风暴里出来的。当时我们好几个人都在抛点子，我没记住是谁说的。我把它记在了笔记里，写的是团队点子。”
"I didn't say it in the brainstorm. I sent you an email."
“我没有在头脑风暴上说过。我是给你发的邮件。”
She opened her laptop, scrolled for a moment, and went quiet. "I found it. You're right. I forgot about it completely. I should have checked before the meeting."
她打开笔记本电脑，翻了一会儿，然后安静了下来。“找到了。你说得对。我完全忘了这件事。我应该在开会前查一查的。”
"Thanks for looking," he said. His anger had mostly gone.
“谢谢你去查，”他说。他的怒气已经消得差不多了。
"Let me fix it. Would you like to present the next part with me on Thursday? You know the idea better than I do."
“让我来补救。周四你愿意跟我一起讲下一部分吗？这个点子你比我更了解。”
Javier nodded and picked up his notebook. "Let's start now, then. I have a few more thoughts."
哈维尔点点头，拿起了他的笔记本。“那我们现在就开始吧。我还有几个想法。”
