喝酒喝出创意：美国男子发明自助啤酒机
<p><span word="How">How</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="hate">hate</span> <span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="beer">beer</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="crowded">crowded</span> <span word="bar">bar</span>?</p><p>你有多讨厌在拥挤的酒吧中等待啤酒？</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="irked">irked</span> <span word="Josh">Josh</span> <span word="Goodman">Goodman</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="invent">invent</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pretty">pretty</span> <span word="obvious">obvious</span> <span word="solution">solution</span> -- <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="service">service</span> <span word="beer">beer</span> <span word="taps">taps</span>.</p><p>乔希·古德曼就非常厌烦这个，还因此发明了显而易见的解决之道：自助啤酒机。</p><p><span word="Goodman">Goodman</span>, 36, <span word="recalled">recalled</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="exact">exact</span> <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="late">late</span> 2008 <span word="when">when</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="frustration">frustration</span> <span word="boiled">boiled</span> <span word="over">over</span>.</p><p>36岁的古德曼回忆起2008年末，他的挫折感达到了极点的那一刻。</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="hanging">hanging</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="friends">friends</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Baltimore">Baltimore</span> <span word="sports">sports</span> <span word="bar">bar</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="Orioles">Orioles</span> <span word="game">game</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>. "<span word="We">We</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="couldn">couldn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="beer">beer</span> <span word="served">served</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span>."</p><p>“那是在一次金莺队比赛前，我和朋友去巴尔的摩（<span word="Baltimore">Baltimore</span>）的一家运动酒吧打发时间，服务员迟迟不给我们上另一杯啤酒。”</p><p><span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="annoyed">annoyed</span>, <span word="Goodman">Goodman</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="struck">struck</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bar">bar</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="losing">losing</span>. <span word="Almost">Almost</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="service">service</span> <span word="beer">beer</span> <span word="concept">concept</span>.</p><p>除了感到恼火，古德曼更震惊的是这样这家酒吧会损失多少收入。他几乎立即就有了研制自助啤酒机的想法。</p><p><span word="Within">Within</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="months">months</span>, <span word="Goodman">Goodman</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="PourMyBeer">PourMyBeer</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chicago">Chicago</span> (<span word="where">where</span> <span word="he">he</span>'<span word="d">d</span> <span word="relocated">relocated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="wife">wife</span>).</p><p>仅仅几个月后，古德曼就在芝加哥创立了<span word="PourMyBeer">PourMyBeer</span>公司（为了与妻子生活在一起，他迁居到了芝加哥）。</p>
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