《關於吃的閱讀 -- 3之1》
在一個預備年貨和年夜飯的時節中,來閱讀關於吃的一些書籍。第一本就是關於我們熟悉的生鮮超市,以及它的黑暗秘密。
"Food is the business of eating,grocery we'll see, that's completely different," it's the business of desire"
"食物,是關於餐飲業的話題,而生鮮食品,我們會發現是完全不同的,他是一個關於欲望的生意”
我閱讀這本書的速度比以往都慢,一方面因為作者很細膩的描寫每一個採訪的對話,讓人感覺置身其中。另一方面,是因為生鮮零售業是這麼一個生活中理所當然的存在,當作者深入剖析到其中每一環的時候,包括採購選貨,物流運輸,生鮮維運,以及進口食品來源等等,其中的種種黑暗面都會讓讀者深刻反思,以“競爭”為名的剝削,要物美價廉然後講求時效方便,這一切的代價是誰來償付的呢?
書本一開始用簡短的篇幅述說美式賣場超市的出現,如何引發許多新發明 (運輸用的紙盒,食品品牌,超市推車,零售業動線規劃,等等。在大者恆大的競爭態勢當中,我很喜歡作者用 “Trader Joe's" 這個例子。這家生鮮零售店在美國以外比較沒有名,但它可是全美所有零售業者中單位平方英尺獲利最高的公司之一,僅次於Apple Store 和 Tiffany 蒂凡妮珠寶店。他刻意語大公司競爭策略避開,完全是從如何創造最高面積價值的方式來選擇銷售的品項。創辦人想像他所面對的消費者,跟以往不同,是一群受過“被過度教育” (他強調但是不見得“過度聰明”的年輕人),他們不再只是尋找最低價格二是要透過購買來表達他們的價值理念(有那麼一絲理想主義文青的概念)。他在早期如何透過紅酒的策略有著不錯的獲利成績。再來就是與產地直接推出掛名品牌的特殊產品。然後,也在無法與大公司價格競爭之於創造出一些特別的品項(例如因為花生醬價格無法競爭就自行開發了杏仁醬。後來反而成為他們的暢銷獨門產品)
裡面也有一段講到自動化帶來的巨大便利性,以及看不見的代價。作者回到汽車業最開始美國車廠,如何用更大的腹地並垂直整合原物料,來製造便宜的汽車說起。日本汽車廠因為沒有這些先天的條件而感到岌岌可危。當年TOYOTA的一名工程師到美國超市大賣場之後,被那樣的場景震懾了,也同樣激發期所謂JIT (即時製造)流程的靈感),反而讓日系車廠因著效率,而成為世界汽車製造業後來最有競爭力的一群。美國人看到了這樣的做法當然也爭相模仿。可是如果把這一套思考方式帶到人力密集的產業之中,就有一個很大的問題。因為人不能像零件或是原物料那樣隨傳隨到,人必須有一定程度的工作保障才能夠養家活口。書中講到了許多美國大型零售商的勞資糾紛,看到許多人好像再怎麼努力,都無法離貧窮或是負債太遠,真的能夠體會近年來美國內部因加劇的貧富不均所引發的怒吼,真的是非常可以理解的。
這本書另外很特別的一點,是作者花5年的時間為了真實了解大型零售超市生態圈的各個層面,他親身參與在第一線的工作。包括花數月的時間與貨車司機朝夕相處,參與運送的過程 (然後在那個漫漫的長途運送過程中聽司機的故事)。他成為美國大型知名生鮮超市的實習倉儲員工,與那些無法負擔學生貸款,充滿期待加入這個行業的人一起走一段路。還有每年無數多新食品發明的創業者,他與其中一位保持數年的聯絡,看見她散盡存款,挨家挨戶的推銷產品(“會改變你人生的一款沾醬!”),卻依然保持120分的熱情持續往前,直到逐漸嶄露頭角。還有前往泰國魚村,認識從人口販賣奴隸漁業制度黑暗中,逃出來的人的現身說法。
很多書中提出的觀點一時無法消化,也不太能想到身為一個消費者立即能夠做些什麼。但觀察著在台灣身邊的這些傳統市場不斷轉型進步,以及一些與小農合作的新創企業,覺得“有社會責任地消費”的意識越來越普及時,也會有越來越多人思考要如何改變,真正透過我們的消費行為傳達心中的價值。相信這些努力,在一些消費者的支持下,在5年,10年,20年的期間,應該可以創造出一個更健康平衡的食品零售樣貌。
“零售很大的成份是在反映著整個社會, 關於人們在思考什麼,想要什麼,以及尋找什麼。根本的來說人類總是在尋找意義,而我們把消費當成一個重要的表達方式”
"Retail is a giant reflection of society, what people are thinking and wanting and looking for. Fundamentally I think we are meaning seeking species, and I think we place a lot of meaning in consumption"
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[美國大學最知名的畢業致詞 This is water]
看了新聞 發現美國高中生80秒對美國教育的批評被傳遍
也被翻譯了
然而這篇也同樣熱門 甚至更有意義的卻被忽視了
所以筆者決定自己把字幕找出來 一句一句翻給大家看
希望能對學弟妹有些幫助 看完能有些想法 順便練英文囉XD
如果對這系列有興趣 喜歡的話 還請幫忙分享出去
花了快一個多小時翻譯= =||| 不過可能翻的也沒有很好
日後筆者會翻譯更多篇好影片過來
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There are these two young fish swimming along
有兩隻年輕的魚正在悠游
And they happen to meet an older fish swimming the otherway
他們碰巧遇到了一隻老魚
Who nods at them and says morning boys how's thewater?
老魚向他們點頭說:早阿 今天的水如何?
And the two young fish swim on for a bit and eventually
One of them looks over at the other and goes
What the hell is water?
這兩隻魚又游了一下 最終其中一隻說 什麼是水?
The point of the fish story is merely that the most obvious
Important realities are often the ones that are hardest
魚的故事是在指出一個明確 重要的事實 也同時是最困難的
To see and talk about Stated as an english sentence of course is just a banal platitude
如果只是去探討英文上的句子 顯然只是一個平庸的老生常談
But the fact is that in the day to day trenches of adult existence
Banal platitudes can have a life or death importance
然而事實是 在一天一天如打戰般的成人生活
平庸的老生常談經常有生或死的重要性
The plain fact is that you graduating seniors Do not yet have any clue What day in day out really means
事實是 當妳從高中畢業 你不會知道真正的生活意義是什麼
There happen to be whole large parts of adult
American life That nobody talks about in commencement speeches
這發生在大部分美國成年人的生活中 沒有人開始在演講中談論這個
One such part involves boredom routine and petty frustration
其中很大一部分是無聊 重複的生活 和非常大的挫折
The parents and older folks here will know all too well what I'm talking about
在這裡的父母和比較老的成年人會非常清楚我在講些什麼
By way of example let's say it's an average adult day
舉例而言 讓我們看看現在成年人的生活
And you get up in the morning Go to your challenging white collar college
graduate job
你早上起床 去面對充滿挑戰性的白領生涯
And you work hard for eight or ten hours And at the end of the day you're tired and stressed
你工作非常辛苦 每天八到十小時 到了一天的盡頭 你累癱了 而且充滿了壓力
And all you want is to go home and have good supper And maybe unwind for an hour and then hit the sack early Because of course you have to get up the next25.day and do it all again But then you remember there's no food at home
你唯一想做的就是回家 吃一頓豐盛的晚餐 也許 放鬆個幾個小時
或直接倒到床上
因為 理所當然的 你明天也得重複一遍
但你忽然想起家裡沒有食物了
You haven't had time to shop this week because of your challenging job
And so now after work you have to get in your car and drive to the supermarket
因為妳充滿挑戰性的工作 這一周你都沒有時間去採買
所以現在 在下班後你必須開車去超級市場
It's the end of the work day and the traffic is apt to be very bad
在一天工作的結束 交通通常非常糟糕
So getting to the store takes way longer than it should
所以你去店裡的時間 也比一般需要花的長
And when you finally get there the supermarket is very crowded
當你終於到了超級市場 卻需要面對人潮洶湧
Because of course it's the time of day when all the other people with jobs
Also try to squeeze in some grocery shopping But you can't just get in and quickly out
因為 理所當然的 不只你 其他有工作的人也需要擠出一點時間來採買
所以你不無法迅速的採買就離開
You have to wander all over the huge over lit store's confusing aisles
你需要在巨大令人困惑 琳瑯滿目的商品走到中困惑
To find the stuff you want and you have to maneuver your junky cart
去找到你真正需要 可以放進你品質很糟的購物車中
Through all these other tired hurried people with carts
還得和別人搶購物車
Et cetera et cetera cutting stuff out because this is a long ceremony
等等等等 這是一個漫長的儀式
And eventually you get all your supper supplies Except now it turns out there aren't enough check-out lanes open
最終你買到你的晚餐 然而卻發現沒有足夠的櫃台是開的
So the checkout line is incredibly long which is stupid and infuriating
所以隊伍排得不可思議的長 這是愚蠢而且氣死人的事情
But you can't take your frustration out on the frantic lady working the register
但你無法將你的挫折與怒氣 發洩在結帳小姐身上
Who is overworked at a job whose daily tedium and meaninglessness
尤其他們的生活已經是需要過度的工作 整天單調無聊又沒意義
Surpasses the imagination of any of us here at a prestigious college
勝於任何在座 就讀於名校的學生
But anyway you finally get to the checkout line's front
總之 無論如何 你最終到了隊伍前面
And you pay for your food and you get told to Have a nice day
你為你的食物付了錢 並得到了一句 祝你有個愉快的一天
In a voice that is the absolute voice of death Then you have to take your creepy flimsy plastic bags of groceries
這句話適用無聊死氣沉沉的聲音說出來的
然後你得提者你笨重 脆弱的塑膠袋
And then you have to drive all the way home
through Slow heavy SUV-intensive rush-hour traffic
然後你還得開車回家 在交通尖峰時刻
et cetera et cetera Everyone here has done this of course
等等等等 在座的每一個人 都做過類似的事情
But it hasn't yet been part of you graduates actual life routine
Day after week after month after year But it will be
但這還沒成為你畢業後 每一天 每一周 每一月 真正的生活 但總有一天會
And many more dreary annoying seemingly meaningless routines besides
還有更多無聊 沒意義的生活行程
But that is not the point The point is that petty frustrating crap like
this Is exactly where the work of choosing is gonna come in
但這不是重點 重點是在這挫折的鳥事 正是選擇來臨的時候
Because the traffic jams and crowded aisles and long checkout lines
因為在嚴重的塞車 和壅擠的隊伍中
Give me time to think and if I don't makea conscious decision About how to think and what to pay attention
給了我們時間去思考 如果我們不去做一個有知覺的決定
關於我們要如何去集中注意力去思考
I'm gonna be pissed and miserable every time
我們將會生氣 悲慘的度過每一天
I have to shop Because my natural default setting is the
certainty That situations like this are really all about
我必須要去採買 因為天生設定的的缺陷
me About my hungriness and my fatigue and my
desire to just get home
這關於我的慾望 我的想要 我想要直接回家休息
And it's going to seem for all the world like
everybody else is just in my way And who are all these people in my way?
所以這讓整個世界看起來 其他人只是在擋我的路
And look at how repulsive most of them are And how stupid and cow-like and dead-eyed
看看他們多令人厭惡 又笨有者母牛般的死眼睛
And nonhuman they seem in the checkout line Or at how annoying and rude it is that people
沒有人比排在你前面的人更煩更粗魯的了
Are talking loudly on cell phones in the middle of the line
他們拿者手機講話大聲 完全不顧旁人感受
If I choose to think this way in a store and on the freeway
如果我選擇在店裡 在高速公路上 這樣去思考
Fine lots of us do Except thinking this way tends to be so easy
當然可以 大部分的我們都是這樣去思考的 因為這樣想很容易
and automatic That it doesn't have to be a choice
這是很自動的 好似我們並沒有選擇
It is my natural default setting It's the automatic way that I experience
這是我們的天生設置缺陷 這是來自我經驗很自動的事情
The boring frustrating crowded parts of adult life
無聊又令人挫折的成人生活
That I am the center of the world And that my immediate needs and feelings
Are what should determine the world�s priorities The thing is that of course there are totally different ways To think about these kinds of situations
我是世界的中心,而我的眼前有需要和感受
應該確定什麼世界上優先考慮的事情
當然也有完全不同的方式來思考這些種情況
In this traffic all these vehicles stopped and idling in my way
在這個交通所有這些車輛停了下來,用我的方式空轉
It's not impossible that some of these people in SUV's
這不是不可能的,有些開者SUV的人
Have been in horrible auto accidents in the past
曾遇過可怕的交通意外
And now find driving so terrifying that their therapist
以至於認為開車事非常恐懼的 只能尋求治療師的協助
Has all but ordered them to get a huge heavy SUV
所以命令他們去開巨大 又笨重的suv休旅車
So they can feel safe enough to drive Or I can choose to force myself to consider
the likelihood That everyone else in the supermarkets checkout
line Is just as bored and frustrated as I am
所以,他們可以感到安全,或者我可以選擇強迫自己考慮
一種的可能性,其他人在超市結帳時也是一樣的無聊和沮喪
我也是那個讓人感到生氣的人
And that some of these people probably have much harder
甚至有些人有更困難的情況
More tedious and painful lives than I do Again please don't think that I'm giving you moral advice Or that I'm saying you are supposed to think
他們可能有更無聊 單調 痛苦的生活
再次提醒 不要我在給你們道德上的建議 或者告訴你們應該怎麼去思考
this way Or that anyone expects you to just automatically
do it Because it's hard
這只是一種對你們能自動去思考ˋ的期待 因為這很難
It takes will and effort and
這需要很大的努力
if you are like me
Some days you won't be able to do it Or you just flat out won't want to
如果妳像我 有些日子你不需要去這樣想 或者單純的你不想要去
But most days if you're aware enough to give yourself a choice
但在大多天 如果你有足夠的意識 給自己一個機會
You can choose to look differently At this fat dead eyed over made up lady
Who just screamed at her kid in the checkout line
你可以選擇在這一個在隊伍中對者他小孩大吼的女胖子 以不同的眼光看待
Maybe she's not usually like this Maybe she's been up three straight nights
holding the hand of a husband who is dying of bone cancer
也許他並不常像這樣 也許他已經很多晚上握者他即將死於骨癌丈夫的手
Or maybe this very lady is the low wage clerk At the motor vehicle department who just yesterday Helped your spouse resolve a horrific infuriating Red tape problem through some small act of
或者,也許他是低工資的業務員 在機車部門剛好服務了你的太太解決了問題
Of course none of this is likely but it's
also not impossible It just depends what you what to consider
沒有什麼是不可能的 只是看你如何去思考而已
If you're automatically sure that you know what reality is
And you are operating on your default setting Then you like me probably won't consider possibilities
如果妳都自動的腦補 確定你知道什麼是真實
那麼你只是自動執行你天生的缺陷 你不會去思考其他可能性
if you really learn how to think how to
pay attention Then you will know there are other options
如果你真的學者去思考和注意 你將會知道你有其他選項
It will actually be within your power to experience A crowded hot slow consumer hell type situation
As not only meaningful but sacred On fire with the same force that made the
stars Love fellowship the mystical oneness of all
實際上,它會在你的能力範圍內,遇到擁擠的慢熱消費者地獄的情況
This I submit is the freedom of a real education Of learning how to be well adjusted
這是我提出的建議 一個自由 真實的教育 是要學習如何調整自己
You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't
That is real freedom that is being educated And understanding how to think
你需要有意識的決定 什麼是有意義的 什麼不是
這是由教育給予的真實的自由 並且去了解該如何思考
The alternative is unconsciousness The default setting the rat race
The constant gnawing sense of having had And lost some infinite thing
另一個選項是無意識的 像實驗老鼠般賽局
持續的啃食者你的意識 失去了一些重要可以無限的事情
I know that this stuff probably doesn't sound fun and breezy
Or grandly inspirational the way a commencement speech
我知道這件事情 可能聽起來不活潑也不有趣
或者是一個鼓舞人心的畢業典禮演講
You are of course free to think of it whatever
you wish But please don't just dismiss it as just some
Finger wagging Doctor Laura sermon None of this stuff is really about morality
or religion or dogma Or big fancy questions of life after death
無論如何 你當然是可以自由思考的
但拜託請不要認為這只是一些花俏 無用的道德或宗教大道理
或者某些死後才需要知道的問題
The capital T Truth is about life before death It is about the real value of a real education
真理是生活在死亡之前 是教育的真正價值
Which has almost nothing to do with knowledge And everything to do with simple awareness
Awareness of what is so real and essential So hidden in plain sight all around us all the time that we have to keep reminding ourselves overand over
這和我們的知識並無相關 這只是很簡單在我們的意識之中
意識什麼是真的並且重要的
並且不斷一遍一變得提醒自己
This is water
這是水
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groceries meaning 在 SARAH & JASON Youtube 的精選貼文
We've been wanting to Vlog the experience of going to the supermarket
But to the shop and to stay clean and to film all at the same time just seems like a load of effort and a load of worry
Having seen Dr. Jeffrey VanWingen's vlog about cleaning groceries inspired us to show you how we do it (how Jason does it)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCldCyQOF-hwkVXEsF5-oRFg
It's actually much more easy-going now, since the situation in Hong Kong seems to be somewhat under control
Nevertheless it's always good to be prepared, and it never hurt to do a little more (if you can)
You should take what we say with a pinch of salt
Jason does like to clean, more accurately, Jason used to like doing a bit of cleaning
Jason: I think I've done enough cleaning for a good many years, I'm looking forward to not cleaning anything soon
Sarah: not true, he's pretty OCD, pretty meaning "extremely, top 5%, cannot be saved "OCD, so you tell me if he'll ever stop cleaning???
Have a lovely lovely weekend
Happy Mother's Day
Maybe you can all do the dishes for your mothers or your wives or the future mother of your kids… You know what we mean???
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