北美风情民俗之二:Open House

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大凡在北美生活过的人,对Open House这个词应该都很熟悉。

我第一次被邀请参加Open House是刚来美国三个月的时候,被我的英文老师邀请去参加她主持的Happy New Year Open House。那天晚上,我印象深刻的是老师家准备了不少好吃的,好喝的,门户大开,络绎不绝接待了不少人,其中大多数是住在老人院的孤寡老人。老师对我解释说,她平时兼做自愿者,在一家老人院帮助理帐,知道有许多孤寡老人节日时没有亲人在身边,难免会伤感,所以就为他们准备了这个Open House,让所有愿意来热闹一下的老人在辞旧迎新的时候有个去处。那天晚上,我不仅第一次有幸体验了Open House这一别具特色的家庭招待会的全过程,也被老师的博爱之心所感动。

后来在北美住久了,才弄明白Open House其实并不是特指家庭招待会,它更为确切的概念通常是指各种各样与社区、商务、租房、售房等活动相关的公众接待日。特别要指出的是,这种公众接待日是以无需预约,来者不拒为最主要的特征。


回想起来,这些年自己参加过的Open House还真不少。比如:中小学的Open House、社区大学的Open House、消防队的Open House、社区活动中心的Open House、健身中心的Open House、新建医院的Open House等等。此外,在租房买房的特殊阶段,每个周末看Open House更是家常便饭。因为不要预约,可以想进就进,所以看房子的效率特别高;又因为来者不拒,就没有碍着脸面,欠着人情的负担,所以在购房的初期,堪称是市场调研的最佳途径。

对于Open House的提供方来说,吸引最大的客流量,向来宾展示自己的最佳状态和形象,提供最有说服力的信息,有效地把自己展现出来,推销出去应该是共同的目标。为了达到这一目标,各行各业在筹备Open House时都会尽其能力,施展各自的绝招,因而常常会有精彩之处。这些精彩的亮点往往正是我们平时想看却不容易看到的,应该格外珍惜,不要轻易错过。

这些年,我在参加各种各样Open House的过程中,学到了不少原来是很陌生的东西,尤其是在体验异国文化时会有接近一层的直感。建议初来乍到的新人,在异国的街道上寻寻觅觅,东张西望的时候,不要错过了Open House,走进那扇门,开阔自己的视野。

比如:最近我去参加了当地一家新建医院的Open House,有机会参观了这家医院的手术室,其设备之新让我大开眼界。以前从来没有机会这么近距离、这么仔细地看手术室的设备,这是第一次。相信以后若不是特殊情况,会不会有这样的机会也难说。拍了几张手术室的全景与大家分享一下。

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