Question 3: How should you attract the waiter during a business lunch in Bangkok?

曼谷有一次餐，你应该如何吸引服员？

I try to avoid business lunches because I still have the afternoon ahead to contend with.

但我尽量避免吃餐，因为我还有整个下要应付。

Cheers, Paul. What a lovely place for a business lunch.

W：干杯，罗。 多么适合餐的好地方。

But never ask for leftovers after a business lunch or dinner.

但切勿在餐或晚餐后索要剩菜。

We would like to hold a business lunch at the restaurant.

我们想在餐厅举行餐。

I will never invite George to another business lunch with clients again!

Yolanda：我再也不会邀请 George 与进餐了！

Paul, what a lovely place for a business lunch.

干杯 雪莱 欢呼 罗 在这里吃餐真不错。

Nick, is there any data on the death of the business lunch?

尼克，关于餐的消亡，你有相关数据吗？

The suits, the business lunches, the ability to pay my own hotel bills.

西装革履 宴自己负担酒店的账单。

I told the woman that we wanted to " hold a business lunch" at the restaurant.

我告诉那位女士我们想在餐厅“举行餐”。

We learn in this podcast about making plans at a restaurant for a business lunch.

我们在此播中了解到如何制定在餐厅享用餐的计划。

Yolanda says, " I will never invite George to another business lunch with clients again" !

Yolanda 说：“我再也不会邀请 George 与进餐了” ！

It's perfect for a business lunch. It looks fantastic. If you were to bring someone here, they'd be pretty impressed, don't you think?

看起来美味极了。如果你带人来这儿用餐，他们一定深刻印象，不是吗?

Another example, one prominent woman executive confesses that at business lunches she always asks people what they did that morning.

另一个例子，一位著名的女性高管承认，在餐时，她总是问人们那天早上做了什么。

I'm really interested in the really bad business lunch because I've had plenty. Harriet, have you got a horror story?

我特别感兴趣那些糟糕透顶的餐，因为我经历过不少。哈里特，你有什么令人毛骨悚然的经历吗？

And Harriet, I know you're working on a FT special about the business lunch. What is the state of the business lunch post-pandemic?

至于哈里特，我知道你正在为英国《金融时报》撰写一篇关于餐的专题文章。那么，疫情后的餐现状如何呢？

Getting through a business lunch in which no one pulls out a phone to check their messages now counts as a minor miracle in many quarters.

很多时候，如果一个业餐中没有一个人拿出手机查邮件的话，就已经是个小奇迹了。

In part, that's because it used to be many years ago that businesses could include the cost of business lunches as a business expense.

部分原因是，在很多年前，企业可以将餐的费用计入业费用。

For example, are you hoping to get through a business lunch without embarrassing yourself, or are you thinking about how fascinating the conversation might be?

”比如，你是期望在一次业餐中不令自己尴尬，还是你在考虑彼此的交谈有可能会多么令人陶醉呢？

That is usually not a good idea, if you are at a business lunch, to order more than one drink; at least that's what some people think.

这通常不是一个好主意， 如果你在餐时点了不止一种饮料；至少有些人是这么认为的。