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My parents got Arthur's Family Laundromat(自助洗衣店) from my grandfather. It was a true family business. My father, my mother and my aunt were responsible for different jobs. Even my retired(已退休的) grandfather helped with the cleaning now and then.
My father said that the most important machine in the laundromat wasn't the washing machine. It was the coffee pot by the door. The coffee was free and almost every customer would have a cup and chat with my family while 1.
waiting
(wait) for their clean clothes. In the hours 2.
after
school or on weekends, it was my job to keep the coffee pot full. At 3.
least
(little) ten times each day, I would clean up the wet coffee grounds(咖啡渣), weigh 40 g coffee beans, fill the pot 4.
with
water, and turn on the coffee machine. It was such a boring job 5.
that
I could have done it in my sleep.
I remember 6.
complaining
(complain) one busy day. "Why do we have to give away coffee? We're a laundromat, not a coffee shop!" I said 7.
angrily
(angry). My father was surprised at my attitude. At once he 8.
stopped
(stop) what he was doing to talk to me. With a patient but serious expression on his face, he said, "Son, people choose our laundromat because we serve them like friends. We offer them a cup of coffee. We chat with them, laugh with them and connect with them. People don't just need a place 9.
to clean
(clean) their clothes. They need friendship. That's why your job is the most important job in the laundromat."
My father's words had the expected effect. From then on, I did the job more 10.
carefully
(careful). After all, I had the most important job in the laundromat.
