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What should the restaurant manager have done?

posted 3 years ago by DoubleRD77 (108)
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What was the best course of action for the restaurant owner? Should he have just kept serving them and put everything on Tommy's tab, and not worry about the money? Or let's say he asked for the money, and the original outcome of Tommy attacking him occured. What should be have done then? Would apologizing to Tommy at a later time have worked, and clearing his tab completely as a sign of respect, would that work? What could be have done to get Tommy to back off at that point?

[–] LennyNero (501) 3 years ago

I think he should have kept his mouth shut at that moment, and gone to Paulie to “reasonably” suggest that he can’t stay in business with Tommy bleeding the place dry.

However, he’s kinda fucked anyway, because Paulie doesn’t really care anyway. But if it was my joint, I would play it up to Paulie that it’s a joint worth having around in their social circle, and that it would be a mutually beneficial arrangement to pay off the debt. Hehe…it would probably be a shot in the dark, but I’d go in that direction if I was painted into that corner.

[–] Gd5150 (11966) 3 years ago

Once they walked in his best option was to join in on the insurance scam because his destiny became inevitable.

[–] JosephQCat (706) 3 years ago

This. You are screwed when your clientele consists mostly of wiseguys. They did not get to where they are by paying all their legit bills plus debts.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Kinda felt it was on purpose to get Tommy to put the owner in a position to ask Pauline for help and then take over the place

[–] daveyh (641) 3 years ago

see Heisenberg's "restaurant co-ownership was ridiculous" thread - blahblahblah's theory is correct according to that

[–] tonganprince (614) 3 years ago

He should have walked away and moved out of state.

[–] millsey72 (10947) 3 years ago

Its a plot hole. No sane restaurant owner would ask a mob boss to be his partner

[–] JosephQCat (706) 3 years ago

How can you just keep running tabs as an owner when your suppliers, labor, utilities, etc. expect you to pay ON TIME! Most clubs and restaurants do not run that kind of profit margin. One reason the authorities come down on protection rackets as they bleed a community dry in a hurry.