点评:We visited the gardens and shops, which were lovely, and then went to the cafe for a cake before heading home. The cafe was closing at 5pm and at about 4.47pm the manager (as far as I could tell) started upending chairs and putting them on tables at the other end of the cafe. The two younger staff members continued after she went out the back. The two other groups of people left, getting the hint. I felt irritated that we were passive-aggressively being told to leave so we stayed, and one of the staff started pulling down blinds, looking pointedly at his watch and putting chairs on tables right next to us. It wasn’t even 4.55pm by this point! Evidently the people who worked there think that them leaving at 5pm is more important than caring for customers or closing at the actual closing time advertised. The lack of care and selfishness of the staff made our day end on a really sour note, which was such a shame - made even worse because we were there to mark the 20th anniversary of our mum’s death, as it had been a special place for her. We won’t be rushing back!
翻译:我们逛了花园和商店,都很漂亮,然后去咖啡馆吃了块蛋糕,准备回家。咖啡馆下午5点关门,大约4点47分,经理(据我观察)开始把椅子翻过来,放到咖啡馆另一头的桌子上。她走到后厨后,两个年轻的员工继续这么做。另外两拨人明白了他们的意思,离开了。我觉得他们用这种阴阳怪气的方式催促我们离开,很不高兴,所以我们留了下来。这时,一个员工开始拉下百叶窗,一边意味深长地看了看手表,一边把椅子放到我们旁边的桌子上。这时甚至还没到4点55分!显然,那里的员工认为他们5点下班比关心顾客或按时关门更重要。工作人员缺乏关怀和自私自利,让我们的行程以非常糟糕的方式结束,真是太遗憾了——更糟糕的是,我们是为了纪念母亲逝世20周年而来,因为这里对她来说是一个特别的地方。我们以后不会再来了!