Karen says she knows the owner and will get him fired, but he is the owner.

First, let me explain a few things here. This is not my story as such, but I got to witness

it firsthand. A good friend of mine is from a family that owns three very successful Italian

restaurants, with a pizza oven that uses actual wood, really top

of the line. So he learned the business basically from the day he could walk. When he was 25,

he had a good business idea, a place in the middle of the city that sells mostly slices out of a window,

but also whole pizza, pasta dishes and salad, and does delivery, plus a few

small tables inside if someone really does want to eat here. So he created a solid business plan

and had his eyes on a prime location. It's 50 metres away from the biggest parking area in the

city with 400 parking spots, where several times a year we have big city fairs,

and anyone who wants to go to the park strolls right by there. So his dad said he'd finance him,

but as a credit to be paid back in a timely manner. They agreed on everything, and a year later,

he opened up. The story takes place about two years after they've opened and the place is hot.

He's already repaid about 75% of the credit in a mere two years. Usually there's a line for the

slices, which are from a family-sized pizza like 60 centimetres across, and you get an eighth of

the pizza for two and a half euros to three and a half euros depending on what's on the pizza. We, me and my friend, are sitting on a table playing chess while his guys run the shop.

He had already worked a full 11 hours that day. Now in comes a baby boomer couple, and it was clear

as day that the lady with the you know which haircut rules this particular relationship with an iron fist.

They sit down on the table next to us, and after not even a minute, she rudely asked us why

she has no menu yet, and to get off our lazy butts. I already wanted to tell her I don't

work here, but my friend winked at me and walked over to their table, giving them our menus.

It's about time you get off your lazy butts.

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