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Eventually, however, the rough edges returned.
然而不管怎樣，壞脾氣的人畢竟回來了。
Because most of his colleagues were used to it by then and had learned to cope,
大多數同事對此早已習慣，而且他們也知道如何應付。
what upset them most was when his ire turned on strangers.
最讓他們心煩的地方在于，喬布斯的怒氣會惹惱陌生人。
"Once we went to a Whole Foods market to get a smoothie," Ive recalled.
艾弗回憶說：“有一次我們去全食超市買沙冰。
"And this older woman was making it, and he really got on her about how she was doing it.
做沙冰的是個年紀比較大的女人，喬布斯抱怨她做沙冰的方式，把對方搞得很煩。
Then later, he sympathized. 'She's an older woman and doesn't want to be doing this job.'
后來他又很同情那個女人。說‘她年紀比較大，也不想做這種工作。’
He didn't connect the two. He was being a purist in both cases."
他根本就沒有把這兩件事聯系起來，一副全然與此無關的樣子。”
On a trip to London with Jobs, Ive had the thankless task of choosing the hotel.
在與喬布斯的一次倫敦之行中，艾弗負責挑選酒店，這是份吃力不討好的差使。
He picked the Hempel, a tranquil five-star boutique hotel with a sophisticated minimalism that he thought Jobs would love.
他最終選擇了亨佩爾酒店，這是一家靜謐的五星級精品酒店，有著精致的極簡主義風格，艾弗覺得喬布斯會喜歡。
But as soon as they checked in, he braced himself, and sure enough his phone rang a minute later.
然而剛一登記入住，艾弗就打起精神，準備迎接喬布斯的責難，果然，一分鐘后電話響了。
"I hate my room," Jobs declared. "It's a piece of shit, let's go."
“我討厭這房間，”喬布斯說道，“狗屎一樣，我們走。”
So Ive gathered his luggage and went to the front desk, where Jobs bluntly told the shocked clerk what he thought.
于是，艾弗拿上自己的行李，來到前臺。面對一臉驚愕的服務員，喬布斯直截了當地說明了自己的想法。
Ive realized that most people, himself among them,
艾弗意識到，包括他自己在內的大多數人，
tend not to be direct when they feel something is shoddy because they want to be liked, "which is actually a vain trait."
如果覺得某樣東西很拙劣，通常不會直接說出來，因為不愿招人厭惡，“這其實是一種虛榮的性格。”
That was an overly kind explanation. In any case, it was not a trait Jobs had.
這種解釋過于寬容。不管怎么說，喬布斯沒有這種特質。
