I thought that the Fence character was a pain in the ass too, he was a real jerk and was very rude but he does have his reasons, he was selling stolen property and these two guys come into his garage/shop and want to buy a tv set okay, then they want the other tv sets that are better in quality and ask a lot of questions about other things before finally deciding on just getting the black and white $50.00 set, this pisses the guy off because he wanted to make more money from them and he loses his temper because of it.
But he was being rude for no reason also, asking them if they trusted him when they all know that he is fencing stolen property, making the rude remark about how Otis had some college when he asked about the plug in the wall twice, uncalled for insult, cussing like a jerk when Otis complained that it was black and white, getting impatient with his rant about the camcorder and saying "What else would you do with it" after Otis asked if you can make your own movies with it, the technology was new in 1985 for that and a lot of people would not know about it yet, so asking a question is not a stupid thing.
His doom comes when Otis mentions that they were not planning to spend a lot of money and just wants a tv, then he asks which one and Otis says the fifty dollar one, after that the guy repeats it sarcastically and goes off on his rant again saying "The fifty dollar one!, you guys come in here and i show this, i show you that, and you creeps got a lousy fifty dollars to spend?! You guys should have stopped me a long time ago, take the fifty dollar set and get the hell out i'm a busy man!" then Henry says that "Well we were really counting on a color set." and the Fence seals his doom by yelling at Henry "Whats the matter you got sh@t in your ears?!The black and white is fifty dollars take it or leave it" and Henry decides to leave without buying anything because he is pissed off and his face drops into a look of barely controlled rage after this remark.
Then the Fence orders his own death by threatening Henry and Otis directly, Dont give me sorry you dumb ass! Did i stutter?! Give me the fifty dollars and get out!" Indicating that he was going to take their money even if they decided not to buy anything, oh and he did not even have a guy or weapon present with him at all either, yet he was still stupid enough to try to threaten two big guys into giving him what little money that they had, then does not consider the fact that he is working all by himself in that garage and that they might attack or kill him and leave with his own property.
The Fence was an arrogant bastard and a low level criminal himself, if he was selling stolen property in his warehouse how could he ever call the police and report it if he was being robbed? How could he threaten random guys with violence or rob them and get away with it if he didnt have a gun? Why would he be rude and threaten his criminal customers who could attack him or turn him in to the Police and have him get arrested and go to jail?
The guy was an A-Hole and deserved to die for being stupid, if he had been friendly and polite he would have lived and continued to make money, but his rudeness and threats of violence and robbery caused him to offend a Serial Killer and his best friend, both of whom were small time criminals and had already killed before, not a good idea, the Fence obviously assumed that both Otis and Henry were stupid because of the way that they acted and talked to him, yet he never considered how dangerous these two guys might actually be and that caused him to get himself killed, a stupid and dangerous mistake to make and in this case his last and fatal mistake, now he has hell to look forward to.
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