Dear Mr. Fang,
Your blue jacket is ready. The broken zipper has been replaced with a stronger one, and we also fixed a loose button on the left sleeve. The cloth was thinner than it looked, so our tailor added a narrow strip of the same material inside the pocket.
The total cost is NT$450, which is NT$50 less than our first estimate. You may pay when you collect the jacket.
We close at 7 p.m. on weekdays and at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Please bring this message or tell the clerk your phone number.
Yours truly,
Marie, Dahe Tailor Shop
方先生您好：
您的藍色外套已經好了。壞掉的拉鍊已換上更耐用的一條，我們也把左袖上鬆脫的鈕扣縫好。這件布料比看起來薄，所以師傅在口袋內側加了一條同材質的窄布條。
總金額為 NT$450，比我們最初估的少 NT$50。您可以在取件時付款。
我們平日晚上七點打烊，週六則是下午五點。取件時請出示這則訊息，或告訴店員您的電話號碼。
敬祝安好
大和裁縫店 瑪麗
Second Chance - Winter Clothing Drive
Last winter we clothed more than six hundred children. Every item is washed again before it travels north. To join the Sunday team, write to help@secondchance.org.
第二次機會 - 冬衣募集
去年冬天我們為六百多名孩童提供了衣物。每一件在送往北部之前都會再洗過一次。若想加入週日的志工隊，請來信 help@secondchance.org。
How long does it take to judge a stranger? A lecturer at a Dutch university asked students to look at photographs for one tenth of a second. In that short time most of them had already decided who looked friendly and who did not.
Later research suggests that clothes matter even more than faces. When the same man wore a suit in one picture and an old T-shirt in another, viewers guessed his income very differently.
The scientists warn that such quick judgments are often wrong, yet almost nobody escapes them. Knowing about the habit, they say, is the only useful defense.
判斷一個陌生人要花多久時間？荷蘭某大學的一位講師請學生只看照片十分之一秒。在那麼短的時間裡，大多數人就已經決定誰看起來友善、誰不友善。
後來的研究顯示，衣著甚至比長相更重要。當同一個男子在一張照片裡穿西裝、另一張裡穿舊 T 恤時，觀看者對他收入的猜測差距非常大。
科學家提醒，這類快速判斷往往是錯的，但幾乎沒有人逃得掉。他們說，知道自己有這個習慣，是唯一有用的防備。
Notice to All Front-Desk Staff
From 1 October the following rules apply during working hours:
Staff who work in the kitchen follow separate rules. Anyone who is unsure about an item should ask the duty manager before Friday.
致全體櫃檯人員
自十月一日起，上班時間適用下列規定：
在廚房工作的同仁適用另一套規定。若對某件物品是否合規有疑問，請在星期五之前詢問值班經理。