The Sopranos - Patsy and Burt failed extortion attempt at "Starbucks"

[@kelleymcbride4633]

When organized crime meets extremely organized crime

[@jestfuldemigod]

lol Good one

[@locuraromantica]

hahahahaha! I loved this one! Yeah, and this extremely organized crime has the state in their favour too.

[@wades9327]

Bravo, top comment.

[@retroguy9494]

It really says something when not even the Mafia can shakedown the greedy American megacorporation! 10,000 stores in north America so they wouldn't feel anything. Every coffee bean accounted for in the computer. Managers let go if anything came up short. And they call the Mafia ORGANIZED crime! 😂

[@loualbino5536]

What wrong with Starbucks?

[@Magido89]

I love how the manager was like "I'm sorry guys but you have to extort someone else I'm just an ant in a soulless machine. I wish I could help you out"

[@TheTyke]

*Cog. Ants are not soulless, they are conscious living beings that think and feel as all do.

[@jh299110]

​@@TheTykeso they're soulless

[@j.menapace625]

​@@TheTyke Ants don't think or feel beyond "where's my next meal?", "I must move dirt", and "I must bite whatever is put in front of me". They're not scholars. Stop it.

[@jacksoncoddington9131]

⁠@@j.menapace625you have to be a scholar to have a soul? Who the hell knows what ants are thinking, if they have faith or other feeling other than basic sensory and survival. Almost any living thing that moves function and has a brain probably has a soul and lives for more than just food and dirt. I think your the one who isn’t a scholar and probably doesn’t have a soul

[@AncientHieroglyphic]

⁠@@TheTyke I’m pretty sure ants brains aren’t complex enough to be conscious.

[@johndoe-ox7ns]

“They have like 10,000 stores in North America, I don’t think they “feel” anything” That’s a good line

[@paulleckner8235]

He has no personal financial stake in the coffee shop. He strictly works for wages.

[@user-qx9fy8gu1w]

@@paulleckner8235 That's the point, he knows who exactly they are, but he's saying yeah you smash the windows and beat me up but there will be some other fella to take may place and the windows will get fixed ain't you won't get jack shit. Because I am expendable.

[@paulleckner8235]

Brilliant minds think alike.@@user-qx9fy8gu1w

[@toffeelatte6042]

​@@user-qx9fy8gu1whe's legit like "bold of you to assume they give a shit about me"

[@vycma9941]

Why u emphasize feel?

[@splinter360]

The fact they thought they could racket a franchise is hilarious.

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

it is a very good joke lost on a lot of people .It is like trying to extort a streaming service.

[@sinanengin5756]

@@Marvin-dg8vj Ehm Ehm "torrent" Ehm

[@schannel7138]

@@sinanengin5756 You don't know what extort means.

[@alexander1902]

It wasn't a franchise, it's a chain. Starbucks (or its version here) has no franchises and operates under a corporate chain. Hence why they couldn't extort them.

[@deadmeatjb]

I bet you can extort a franchise easy. Theyre already paying dues and fees and are technically small business

[@SL-cl9gt]

Would have been funnier if they each walked out holding a cup of coffee.

[@jamesdouglass2724]

Heh

[@SL-cl9gt]

@@jamesdouglass2724 do you have Tourette’s? That ‘heh’ thing ….

[@bassmaster867]

The manager couldn't start them a tab, that would have to through corporate in Seattle.

[@SL-cl9gt]

@@bassmaster867 anyway, they’d always be forgetting their wallets in the car.

[@mikep4823]

I have to say you do have a point and a very funny one at that LMAO....

[@Mets16x]

“It’s over for the little guy.” As they walk away disappointed that they can’t extort the little guy 😂

[@BMG19FUNNYDIE]

It's double meaning. Local mafia and small business.

[@stumarston6812]

They were trying to extort the big guy. That's why they failed. Little guys they can always extort.

[@chocobolinh8481]

Little guy mean "them" and other small businesses

[@DA-wv7dn]

ROTFL. very succinctly put.

[@Gatsun]

@@BMG19FUNNYDIE yeah no shit, genius....

[@miraculousmulatto]

"There was nothin they could do. Corporate was a made guy and they weren't."

[@robinrobyn1714]

I like that!!

[@neelabhchoudhary2063]

Nice reference

[@colinharter4094]

"Real PSL shit."

[@makeshiftvirus6494]

All we could do is sit back and take it

[@MikeDePaul]

I heard that in Henry's voice

[@LuxAeterna22878]

I love how out of everyone in the series this guy shut them down the fastest. He's not some made guy or cop or FBI agent, just an ordinary civilian. There were no threats or intimidations or posturing whatsoever, just a hard truth they couldn't escape.

[@rdichiro]

He was also smart enough not to act tough or street with Patsy and Bert even after he was threatened.

[@thecappeningchannel515]

​@@rdichiro Yeah. He knew they were mafia. May even have received cursory knowledge how to handle extortion, or why starbucks is not extorted, at some manager seminar before he got the job.

[@ColbyARussell]

Cops are also civilians. Police are not military.

[@FreePalestineJahRastafari]

Here were threats and intimidations indeed but hey it’s not his business

[@LuxAeterna22878]

@@FreePalestineJahRastafari I meant the store clerk didn't use any threats and intimidations of his own (like some of antagonists of the gangsters on the show).

[@robertbrauer6718]

I love how Dale's final explanation (that he'll get fired and replaced if even a penny is unaccounted for) is delivered with a notable attitude of sympathy. It's almost like he feels sorry for these mafia guys that they can't extort him.

[@DA-wv7dn]

"Guys, I wanna help you extort me... but I drive a Kia. The people you're looking for are in Seattle"

[@BloodMarine51]

@@DA-wv7dn Kias ain’t so bad anymore.

[@mikef6063]

@@BloodMarine51 Isuzu then. Happy?

[@BloodMarine51]

@@mikef6063 Yeah. That’s more like it. Lol

[@gregmalden9809]

@@mikef6063 Isuzu? I barely know you! Heh heh heh, you hear what I said, Tone?

[@DigitalWraith]

*Damn! You can't even make a dishonest living anymore!*

[@patrickgogan3517]

@Mike69 and big pharma

[@Turboman-kx7cc]

@@patrickgogan3517 and the government

[@Name-el9ps]

Haha This show was actually cringe in retrospect. Loved it then, but it hasn’t aged well at all

[@fabalmz894]

@@Name-el9ps hasn't aged well at all? Da hell's wrong with you

[@DanielHernandez-mn6ob]

Sam said it best in bugs bunny!

[@DemocracyManifest]

"They've got, like, 10,000 stores in North America, i don't think they'd feel anything" 😆💀

[@samirul223]

I'm dead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@corruptcsgo3354]

look at them now still smashing windows almost 2 years later omfg they shoulda kept the i ties for security

[@pjpj2051]

Insurance rates go up for all though.

[@SWIFTO_SCYTHE]

@@corruptcsgo3354 those mafia. Small time crooks. Break a window for a few hundred bucks a month in protection? Starbucks makes like millions of dollars a day legit and across america. Not drugs not prostitution not murder just selling coffee legit and free and legal.

[@corruptcsgo3354]

@@SWIFTO_SCYTHE you took what i said the wrong way was trying to be funny but you are just too serious, making refrence to antifa smashing windows for 2 years if the mob were security it would of had a quick public response. i trust some gang members more then i do police

[@FromThe36thChamber]

This scene is like such a perfect representation of how the mob was ultimately not really able to transition into the modern century

[@paddyoak1]

Oh; they’re doing just fine

[@thomasalvarez6456]

They’re doing fine, it’s just that everyone has to adapt. And the fictional Soprano crew took a while to adjust.

[@ItachiKai]

@@thomasalvarez6456they are not doing “fine” lmao

[@siskanotanexibisionist562]

​@@ItachiKaitheyre doing fine, theres just less criminal activity, theyre mostly running casino, and gambling now.

[@thomasalvarez6456]

@@ItachiKai They’re around aren’t they? Yeah it’s not the 1930s but they’ll get back. Drugs, gambling and racketeering is still up for grabs.

[@bassbole]

This may be my favorite scene in the entire series. Lots of people miss Mom and Pop stores for nosalgic reasons or maybe they were a small business owner. These guys miss them because they can't extort people as easily as they used to. Fucking brilliant.

[@richiehunt5097]

This was pretty much the end for the mafia. It didn't help that the numbers game went to the wayside with legalized lotteries or that shylocking got hurt by Payday loans and now bookmaking is getting hurt by fantasy leagues...the loss of local business to larger corporate business hurt the mob more than anything.

[@romainvicta9793]

@@richiehunt5097 And on top of that, mobsters who try to get gambling licenses so they can own/operate a casino are rejected. This is one of the reasons the Mob lost Vegas.

[@michaeljames4904]

@@richiehunt5097 That’s just the earnings’ side. On the other you’ve got multi-decades long drug sentences (Goodfellas), RICO prosecutions, and asset forfeiture on conviction (Johnny Sack), all acting as leverage for the Feds to flip wiseguys. In some meetings, on the Sopranos, there were more rats in the room than mobsters who weren’t, or wouldn’t eventually become, informants.

[@pjpj2051]

If the mafia was getting protection, Antifa would have destroyed zero Starbucks in the summer of 2020 love and mostly peaceful riots.

[@ourgreatsurrenderinchiefjo4245]

The megaresort era kicked off in 1989 with the construction of The Mirage. Built by developer Steve Wynn, it was the first resort built with money from Wall Street, selling $630 million in junk bonds. Its 3,044 rooms, each with gold tinted windows, set a new standard for Vegas luxury and attracted tourists in droves, leading to additional financing and rapid growth on the Las Vegas Strip. These new thieves wear cheap suits and run Wallstreet. There allowed to rob you and get away with it, then who knows maybe the govt will bail them out.

[@RUdigitized]

Mafia: were here to extort you Starbucks: that’s our job now

[@booklover3959]

Perfectly put. Thumbs Up.

[@nivekian]

Mafia: We are Here to Shake you down... Starbucks: ... ** Mafia: Hey, you hearin' me? Starbucks: ... "I'll need your Clothes, Your boots, and your canole..."

[@paulie153]

@@nivekian you meant braciole haha

[@thevampirecielphantomhive2342]

Yup corporations are the new gangsters

[@diamondlandscapingllc1998]

One of the funniest comments I've read on a Sopranos clip🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Jacob-ir6zi]

I think it's funny how he's giving them logical reasons as to why he can't give them money rather than just telling them to leave or something lol

[@OBroIchain]

He’s smart. Instead of being dismissive or condescending, he made it seem like he wanted to work with them but that his hands were tied. He made himself into a victim of corporate America just as much as they were.

[@XPureXProductionsX]

@@OBroIchain spot on

[@cov9290]

He knew who they were

[@7yep4336dfgvvh]

@@OBroIchain but he didn't lie

[@Jacob-ir6zi]

The real reason he explains it is so that the audience can understand too. It's expositional.

[@MK-we9sw]

Give this guy a raise or something. A franchise. He's here logically explaining to two mobsters why they can't extort him.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Can't get blood from a turnip. Can't beat down a man who is already beaten down.

[@KaelWrit]

that's the tragedy of it all. They don't have to show him any appreciation, and they won't. They'll pay him the minimum and fire him if it's plausibly legal and more convenient.

[@parapoliticos52]

Of course they can. Look how BLM did it. Or how chains order their employees to do nothing if they get looted.

[@bosambo]

That's the thing, if he was a franchisee he'd have a stake in the business and then they could actually extort him. In this situation he's better off just being a faceless employee number on a computer.

[@MK-we9sw]

@@bosambo good point.

[@fredrik8500]

“It’s over for the little guy” - guy who bleeds the little guy for a living

[@zawwin1846]

It’s all the circle of life.

[@LuxAeterna22878]

There's always a bigger fish, especially when it comes to some pygmy thing in New Jersey.

[@mattchomo]

​@Dylan Kelk a glorified crew.

[@LuxAeterna22878]

@@mattchomo And the way that they do it is all fucked up!

[@scottbranson7872]

They are the little guy. Yep, localism is dead.

[@tsifubar9744]

This is one of the most significant scenes in the whole series. And it's not so much a failed extortion attempt as two wise guys trying to extort something that is impossible to extort. A change in the times. The fact that this is in the last season as well. It's kinda sad but it's the first little taste that the series is coming to an end. Extortion being the mobs "bread and butter" almost dying out. With the death of independent businesses and the rise of multinational, corporate chains...

[@nobad6134]

Hey. Garbage is our bread and butter

[@joefelice5062]

Of course, they still could just beat & rob this guy. They’d get the money in the register and the manager would just quit or be replaced - the real problem is that there is no monthly juice with the operation. They would get a few payoffs and the store would either close or there would be extra security put in place, depending on which option the corporation deems most beneficial to yearly profits. Either way, the mob wouldn’t get what they truly value, which is regular payoffs. You know who took over for the mob? Visa & Mastercard. They took the Shylock biz over and the mob has the crumbs now.

[@tsifubar9744]

@@joefelice5062 Exaclty my initial point. Extorting protection money isn't going somewhere once or twice to take cash out if the register. That's basically just robbery. They have no way of obtaining a weekly/monthly income from this place. That sort of thing doesn't work with corporates. Only with independent business. But you see.... "it's over for the little guy".

[@therealtampadude9175]

@@joefelice5062 Strongarm robbery? High risk, low reward. Not their style.

[@ronniewoodinsteadofmt2615]

@@joefelice5062 touchdown.!! Well said brother . Later

[@fearedgenius7020]

Patsy saying "It's over for the little guy" is malignant hypocrisy. The ONLY reason he's even going after the "little guy" is because it's low hanging fruit, easy pickings. He and his kind have been preying on the little guy for centuries. It's always been over for the little guy.

[@johnroscoe2406]

Well fucking said.

[@mr.mr.4772]

He's referring to himself as the little guy.

[@johnroscoe2406]

@@mr.mr.4772 It's double entendre. It fits from both perspectives and is meant to.

[@wedomusic9451]

@@mr.mr.4772 literally yes, but the theme is ironic

[@rebeccahicks2392]

"It's over for the little guy" is true though, regardless of who says it.

[@timdehoog5584]

Love how Dale was totally unimpressed with the threats from Patsy and simply said how big the company he working for is.

[@LuxAeterna22878]

"You guys can kill me and everyone else here and it wouldn't change a thing."

[@danielschick7554]

He doesn't get paid enough to deal with their amateur hour.

[@danielschick7554]

@@LuxAeterna22878 It's like that scene when Milhouse's dad gets fired Kirk: "So that's it after 20yrs so long, good luck. Boss: I don't recall saying good luck."

[@timdehoog5584]

​​​@@danielschick7554 He has fought Karens who posed more of a threat then Patsy and Burt.

[@CittizinKane]

They don’t care about your existence and will never, go about your day 😂😅😂😅😂😅😂 dale knew what’s up

[@democratssuck9856]

Leave it to corporate America to stop the mafia...

[@zackthebongripper7274]

Corporate America is a worse mafia. the Italian mafia was very beneficial in many ways and the way hollywood portrays them is flat wrong.

[@hoplite46]

Corporate America is the Mafia

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we’ll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag. I wouldn’t go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. There isn’t a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its “finger men” to point out enemies, its “muscle men” to destroy enemies, its “brain men” to plan war preparations, and a “Big Boss” Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism. It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country’s most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service. I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested. During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents. - Smedley Butler

[@alanparker9898]

Charles Schwab ova here

[@aaronaldrich4577]

Mike Jones who you tink runs dis jernt???

[@jonsnow5513]

What’s also ironic about this scene, is that their extortion practices end up squashing the “little guy” in the first place. And the only businesses that can stand up to them, are the big corporations…

[@Connect200]

The big corporations squash the little guy too. They have government connections and get bailouts on top of that.

[@Fika_Break]

The big corporations don’t care about their employees, the care about money. Losing a few dollars is more important than losing a few employees.

[@KarlHamilton]

Yes. That's the joke.

[@AlyssMa7rin]

@@Fika_Break this is such a bad take. Losing Employees is bad for business for the following reasons: Legal fees for any legal proceedings Restitution ordered to said Employee’s family Time lost while closed due to vandalism, etc Business lost due to time, and Bad optics in the local area Wider loss of business as word spreads throughout the grapevine

[@Bigmojojo]

@@AlyssMa7rin your reasons have no effect on companies like Starbucks, Walmart, Target, or even Subway for that matter.

[@claudiocorleone7856]

That manager actor was just perfect! Excellent acting well delivered lines comical. Brilliant scene well written.

[@metacob]

He did a great job portraying that resigned attitude... "you guys can't make me feel any more powerless than I already do as a tiny cog in a giant machine"

[@dawolf856]

He had that "you guys can't be serious" look down pat... he was great. He played off the 'veterans' well.

[@brentfarvors192]

@@dawolf856 "I make 35k BEFORE taxes; The only reason I come in is to not be homeless; Please; Burn it down...I'd make more on unemployment...?"

[@dawolf856]

@@brentfarvors192 They all were baffled. Them, realizing the act of going up against a corporate giant (the REAL gangsters) and him, amazed at their stupidity. LOL Great scene. Again, well played by all.

[@korawitbuttramee618]

I like how the pause he made wasn't because he was intimidated, but he was thinking how he was going to explain how corporate employment works to these two out-of-depth mobsters

[@holden6104]

I love how that manager drops the F bomb as if he is finally talking down to their level and understands.

[@seanswinton6242]

True. That F bomb and whisper giving them the lowdown is what did it for me!!😂😂😂

[@stevenpetsinis4598]

Good observation , very allegorical

[@ernstthalmann4306]

Its how these marginal types are​@@stevenpetsinis4598

[@icytadbull]

Bet the mob would have actually made more money if they owned a franchise instead of extortion

[@nikko.lottsahcocc6917]

Some places are easier to extort.... and the mafia does own several franchises... ever had your garbage hauled? YOUR PAYING THE MOB

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Extortion is far easier. Plus, the theft (taxation) is less than what the government takes (meaning the kick up is a smaller percentage). Plus there are far fewer regulations to deal with. Either way, one pays the mobsters. Extortion just pays less, which is why it is illegal (despite the government doing it on a larger scale).

[@bingogango9935]

Shhh

[@39Hundred]

Tropical Magic Lmao I’m from Philly. Philly is obviously tiny compared to New York so there’s less money making opportunities for the Philly Mafia. Some members of the Philly Mob are going legit. They’re actually making a lot of money buying property, fixing them up and reselling them for profit. They’re doing pretty good especially with all the hipsters moving in.

[@niceprofile-k6i]

Tropical Magic they're not smart enough to run a successful franchise

[@omcorc]

One thing I liked about this show was that occasionally we’d see instances where the mob’s influence was nil. They could infiltrate plenty of sectors, and even use open intimidation and violence. But there’s just some sectors where they would never be able to shoe horn their way into.

[@2ane]

Yeah those guys were always just big fish in a small pond, incredible powerful when it came to bullying their neighbors but entirely out of their league anywhere where their names weren't recognized.

[@nathanielv775]

Agreed, reminds me of AJ’s rich girlfriend and how her house was absolutely insane. It really shows that there’s levels to this stuff.

[@seronymus]

Why not just rent a franchise and launder the profits?

[@johnnycashew9101]

What are you talking about

[@dewilew2137]

You gotta be high up in the corporate structure to make it work, and they don’t have those Enron-type connections.

[@mqbitsko25]

"You got a nice army base here, Colonel. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it."

[@NotShowingOff]

I mean the Taliban did make that ultimatum. Somehow I think the Taliban are more powerful than the mob.

[@matthewnewton8812]

Barely anybody got this reference. Brilliant sketch.

[@davidrixon3549]

Elsleepo Joe would give it to Taliban

[@joeswanson733]

you're right last i checked a base commander is o-6 (colonel) and up. so the mobsters in your scenario would have to even talk to a 1 star general. lol that would be funny. you've got a nice baes here, general. it would be a shame if anything were to happen to it" general: MP get these 2 clowns out of here.

[@vasvas8914]

Jesus I thought more people watched Monty Python. Shame

[@markb5403]

The guy who played the manager is brilliant, the look of exhausted, bureaucratic resignation when he says "It'd have to go through corporate" is really understated. The manager knows there's no end to the money behind his company and whilst earning probably minimum wage, he gives precisely zero shits if a few windows got broken because he's been worn down by the wheels of corporate America and dealing with the general public for many years.

[@seanswinton6242]

So has many watchers on this scene, this is nothing compared to people now. Especially during that pandemic!

[@truddy3971]

Corporations are people too! Psychopaths but people all the same.

[@razor6552]

Corporate America is billions of times better than if we had Communism. The tradeoffs are well worth. People risk their lives trying to escape a Communist country. People risk their lives trying to get here.

[@joearnold5836]

For real. You can tell he's truly not acting, but reliving a memory from a corporate hell job he once held IMO.

[@fellowdanbarber3323]

“..look of exhausted, bureaucratic resignation..” Ladies must get really hot n heavy with that sexy vernacular 😂 Man, nobody talks like that. Calm down.

[@RashaKahn]

Ironically, they shook down the little guy so much that they couldn’t survive against the corporate gangsters.

[@Filip-db2tn]

I don’t think a little guy ever had a chance anyway, but yes, they did starbucks a favor

[@bilsid]

Yep, the old golden goose analogy

[@pappapaps]

Neoliberal slow motion coup de etat did that. Not the mob lol.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Exactly. The REAL gangsters. Shake down corporate America? Yeah, the guys who call congresspeople and senators by their first names? The ones who probably know personally people at the FBI? Yeah, mob, you are out of your league. Look at what is happening right now to Donald Trump.

[@broaddusmarines]

I wouldn’t be surprised if this manager now works at corporate in Seattle in 2021. This guy was very smooth.

[@PointNemo9]

He was an actor

[@AlwaysSomeone]

@@PointNemo9 why would Starbucks hire an actor to manage one of their stores?

[@getschwifty9531]

@@AlwaysSomeone hahaha

[@neelabhchoudhary2063]

@@AlwaysSomeone lmaoooooo

[@hexf3248]

@@AlwaysSomeone Well, to be completely honest, most actors end up working in coffee shops anyway.

[@joemckim1183]

Leave it to Patsy to act like he's getting screwed because he can't shake down some coffee shop manager/

[@CCCoNeTiMe]

Wrong. He was talking about small business owners; and he was right. Love the amount of up-votes this comment gets though - just shows how fucking stupid people are.

[@hanklesacks]

snatch muk It’s both you clown

[@CCCoNeTiMe]

@@hanklesacks ooooooooooh!!!!!

[@dinxro3410]

snatch muk anyone on the internet can make an opinion and think it’s a fact without doing their own research. We live in an age of misinformation sadly

[@dannyduds1058]

@@CCCoNeTiMe beat me to it

[@SubdolphinX]

"They've got like 10,000 stores in North America...I don't think they'd feel anything". The manager in this scene was perfect! LOL!

[@legalbeagle122]

This scene showed the beginning of an end for the mafia.

[@mohamedsalah2368]

they should have transitioned , they are way better ways to make illegal money than "protection"

[@bmac9090]

A lot of organised crime is behind the massive rise in different kinds of fraud and scams. This type of mafioso is a dying breed but the mafia is still alive and well unfortunately. The mafia has adapted a few times over the last 100 years or so. When it started in the 19th century it was all about extorting lemon farmers in Sicily.

[@radicr]

It was over for the little guy, like Patsy said :)

[@KNByam]

@@mohamedsalah2368 They don't operate like they use to. I mean in this day and age of cell phones they would have to be so dumb to shake down stores.

[@Jba8179]

@Evil Pimp the American mafia is a shadow of itself, the Italian ones are still huge

[@askbats5407]

That manager handled like a boss.

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

And for $15 an hour, he can work for you too.

[@cavemanzach9475]

@@Delightfully_Bitchy My Starbucks manager made $68k a year.

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

@@cavemanzach9475 Before I make a comment: What did *you* think I meant when I posted that?

[@cavemanzach9475]

@@Delightfully_Bitchy I was saying that they make a lot of money.

[@dwightpowell6673]

@@cavemanzach9475 not much money.

[@golightning291]

Patsy shoulda just been honest and tell them where they were REALLY from, The Merchant Affiliates' Fiscal Inspection Agency

[@ExoTheDrakoXIII]

Underrated comment?

[@cecilkeith1951]

Look at this Riveting Advanced Training

[@martyjohnstone8226]

Haha! I like what you did there 🤣

[@matthewgilfus1640]

Mothers And Fathers of Italian Americans

[@LuxAeterna22878]

Modern Association of Familial Italian "Altruism".

[@andrejohnson6731]

I love how, on his way from the grocery store to buy eggs, he thought "Hey why don’t I stop and do a little extortin’ while I’m here" 😂

[@billome4921]

“We want a large bag of money…” “You mean a venti?”

[@JMarieCAlove]

Lol😂😂

[@poundtrader1414]

Mafia: It's over for the little guy. Wal-Mart: you damn right

[@DirtCheapFU]

Yeah... I saw that in front row seats living in Minneapolis. 90s we had Mall of America, Target HQ moved downtown, and Mega Walmart on Riverside.

[@poundtrader1414]

@@DirtCheapFU 👍👍

[@Cola64]

Home depot, Lowes , Costco etc

[@poundtrader1414]

@@Cola64 yep, they can say the same about the little guy, it over

[@DirtCheapFU]

You can almost see the unspoken backstory of the guy. He's like the new generation showing older generation the new way of things. And showed them respect.

[@bobbyfischerman4811]

You are black, right?

[@mikef6063]

@@bobbyfischerman4811 huh?

[@jerrymylove1754]

That was before everyone was staring at their phones all day everyday. You had to actually look people in the eye and talk to them. Everyday was an opportunity to practice conflict resolution and deescalation tactics. To see two people screaming at each other in public was a totally normal thing and it didn’t necessarily mean they were even fighting.

[@extremeking425]

respect? shut up

[@extremeking425]

@@mikef6063can you read?

[@juannaym8488]

The manager's pretty smart. All he does is give them logical reasons for why their racket can't work

[@verniks]

No shit sherlock

[@TW0man4RMY]

He has no real reason to give a shit if the place gets extorted or not; he just manages the place instead of owning it outright.

[@humanchannel9421]

He literally can't do anything. He's a hired gun. He probably would support Starbucks being extorted, but it's not possible.

[@coldestbeer]

All they had to do was say the manager mis-gendered them

[@ytv6770]

“Be a real shame if” Corporate America: “We’ll take it from here, Gill.”

[@KNByam]

Corporate America killed the Mafia without even resorting to extorting them.

[@NotShowingOff]

@@KNByam there was always a corporate America. The mob of the 30s did extort some stores. I’m sure Sam Walton paid them off when he founded The Walmart. The thing that killed them were the credit cards. The mob doesn’t have good computer hackers

[@KNByam]

@@NotShowingOff Well its kind of hard to strong arm someone for stocks.

[@1vicjustice]

Actually spat out my beer with that comment... Incredible.

[@lithara5302]

With huge franchises the manager was right. He cannot have $500-1000 missing every week or he would be fired and replaced. If it continued again with all the surveillance cameras these places have would end up getting some mafia members arrested.

[@ccx806]

Either that or corporate would just shut that location down

[@rolfen]

I think he impressed them with his attitude and they thought better let him be it is more trouble than it is worth indeed.

[@mrspoon6742]

Exactly it would be in this guy's best interest to quit his job rather than lose his job for theft or worse end up in jail

[@seanswinton6242]

The manager would be with them!

[@malayaleeking]

You rarely see Patsy flexing his mob muscle. The two times you do (this and when he speaks to Gloria Trillo) its amazing.

[@MrCHITOWN247]

Gloria was shook after her encounter with Patsy

[@willia3r]

Patsy did throw down with the protestors and the police at a Columbus protest. Also he was ready to fight Christopher Moltisanti at a construction site...in the process beat down another contruction worker with a pipe. Also Patsy was in a gunfight with soldiers from the Lupertazzi family, where Silvio got shot and left in a coma.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

yeah tough Patsy was pretty chilling

[@harrywakatipu2547]

It wasn't cinematic.

[@aepr84]

@@willia3r he ran like a bitch though when he was getting shot at

[@sgshumblecrumb6046]

Corporate is so gangster, the store managers aren't even the slightest bit afraid of Italian mobsters.

[@walterlv01]

"It's gotta go through Corporate" probably one of the most common things said in day-to-day business nowadays.

[@seanmckee9553]

Hilarious! He seems to empathize with the little guy as if he has been doing the little guy a favor over the years offering him "protection."

[@reallyhappenings5597]

it has a double meaning. They too are the "little guys"

[@sjacrane]

Little man syndrome gets owned by 21st century reality.

[@NotQuiteFirst]

Patsy doesn't realise that by extorting money from the "little guy" businesses, they were just increasing their operating costs, allowing them to be more easily undercut by the corporate businesses, so the mob have their own part to play in getting rid of the "little guy".

[@charlescarter4608]

They're talking about themselves. They Are the little guy.

[@oldschooldogy316]

Like someone else said they were talking about themselves. The little guy means lower ranking members of the mafia. They basically made their money through extortion and now with small businesses being replaced with these huge corporations who they cannot extort it's over for them.

[@HummaKavula-DontVoteForStupid]

_”Every last coffee bean is in the computer and accounted for”_ Translation: I work for bigger crooks than you

[@christianzafiroglu6705]

This may be one of the best scenes of that season and maybe the series. It’s analytical, very funny, and a perfect encapsulation of the decline of this way of doing crime. It’s no longer a way of life for “the little guy.” If you want to do extortion, you have to go big. And that’s not so easy.

[@AliceBowie]

It sums up the mafia in the 2000s, so it's kind of the best scene dealing with that aspect of the show. The other big part is Tony's family, and his internal life he's dealing with.

[@garrisonthad]

The decline of unions (embezzling), the rise of State lotteries (the numbers rackets), the decline of horseracing (inner city gambling), the decline of small mom and pop cash businesses (extortion), the use of credit cards (Loansharks) ethnic assimilation and the changing US demographics from cities to the suburbs, all spelled the end of the traditional organized crime.

[@santoslittlehelper06]

And with the fall of organized crime came the rise of disorganized crime. Judging by the deterioration of many urban neighborhoods, I'm not sure we're better off without a powerful mafia. At least the mafia was able to keep senseless violence under control.

[@piabrown1154]

santoslittlehelper06 Lol bullshit. Tell that to all the mothers and sisters who spent endless nights weeping into killed loved ones' clothing and what have you because maybe they vaguely disrespected someone or some shit idk probably happened all the time. Most violence is senseless when it's a chosen way of life. And it was indeed a choice regardless of certain birthrights and rituals feel free to debate me on that if you want.

[@santoslittlehelper06]

Pia Scarborough The violence and bloodshed is unavoidable. At least the mafia kept the best control over it all; as opposed, say, to the moulinyans who currently run America’s inner cities.

[@DEVILSBELONGINHADES.]

santoslittlehelper06 pussies started ratting on each other. Government became the mafias daddy. Lol

[@dagnabbit6187]

I commented on some of that in an above thread but you articulated it better , thad g and I learned more. You are 100 percent right but I do believe the Rico Act started the ball rolling . That and a man named Joe Valachi . I think JV even opened up about Omerta and the " Made" Rituals .

[@nunyabusiness3920]

They're like Austin Powers waking up in the future with no clue how everything works now 😂

[@Itsmytest]

LOL, this is an underrated comment.

[@MikeJones-jv3bc]

HOW ABOUT NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! LOL

[@notsoancientpelican]

the problem in america is that 99% of us have no clue about how it works. that's how we got to this point.

[@dirkdiggler2430]

Lol!! They were getting ready to demand 10 bucks a month for protection, thinking they were demanding a fortune.

[@DeBean970]

It's like Dr Evil demanding one million dollars

[@mcdouche2]

I was a production assistant on this show. I am the guy that released the pigeon at 1:34.

[@upstating]

I love your work.

[@Matt_Dagostino]

Can you also release the fly from your profile picture? It's irritating me lol

[@Matt_Dagostino]

What exactly was the point of releasing the pigeon? I get that it must add some sort of theatrical value and/or sets the tone for the next scene, but can you contextualize it?

[@Matt_Dagostino]

You're my favorite character in the show. I wish they did more with you

[@mcdouche2]

@@Matt_Dagostino what are pigeons? They are annoying pests that gather collectively in population centers whose only source of sustenance is the reliance on people’s ability to feed them. They also poop on everything. Complete disregard. Once the people stop feeding them there is no reason to remain. This is a simulacrum for this scene. The mobsters realized there is nothing there for them there anymore and leave.

[@Choptron27]

I like how he isn’t even standing up against the goons, or even for himself… he is expressing the fear of the entity that currently employees him, and the fact he cares about keeping his job more than being waxed, is a crazy level of fearlessness in the face of men in which the likes of them have never witnessed before…. It’s almost as if they recognize both how powerless one another are, and they leave in peace because home boy just gave them a life lesson without even trying….

[@M164eVeRy1]

They left because corporate was already shaking everyone down lol

[@Widderic]

Definitely one of my top 5 favorite scenes in this series, and the store manager deliveries his line so incredibly well. "Listen... every single fucking coffee bean is in the computer and has to go through corporate!" They're like "well shit... ok bye."

[@Nova_Zed]

“That's the way it is now: You can't find the heart of anything to stick the knife.” Elsworth “Bumpy” Johnson

[@troyjackson9437]

My sentiments exactly(.)

[@angshumansarma8425]

Well, you beat me to it..So, I'm gonna say..."Forget it Frank, No one's in charge"

[@yinliu5634]

I thought I seen a similar thing in another movie

[@samcorrado5329]

Oh yes, I remember that quote from the movie "American Gangster". Except that in reality it wasn't Bumpy who said it. It was Frank Lucas himself who said it.

[@garcalej]

“Don’t bother, Frank. Ain’t nobody in charge.”

[@theeyehead3437]

I love how the manager sounds almost sympathetic. Like "Aw, gee guys, I really wish you could help you out, but I gotta go through corporate."

[@RaphaelAnthony]

Tried this on my neighborhood car wash, they now give me a weekly "security" pay. Well, it's more like a discount everytime I get my car washed. Ok ok, it's the same "discount" everyone gets. Still though, I'll have my own crew in no time!

[@gwilliams4674]

Sil.. tell this guy what two businesses have been recession proof since time immemorium!

[@porridge57]

LMAO! That’s good. Can I join your crew?

[@TimmyMcGowan]

“Sure would be a shame if this punch card for buy 9 washes, get one free happened to get a couple extra holes in it”

[@porridge57]

@@TimmyMcGowan Lol!

[@bradleybrown8399]

Benny Fazio, is that you?

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

They're in the wrong racket. Charging $4.65 for a "Caffe Mocha" or "Caffe Latte" - basically coffee and milk with a bullshit spelling, and no refills - now there's a money making scam that every mob boss would kill for.

[@autismobinch135]

Honestly watching the mafia slowly die over the 2000’s is probably one of the best parts of the series

[@imxploring]

Old school gangsters trying to shakedown today's corporate gangsters.

[@purplesword4316]

they never had the makings of varsity extortionists..

[@polygonetrigonometrie8089]

purple sword 4 What if someone threw a shinebox into the window...

[@jamesgreenldn]

Their hands are too small!

[@heroedeleyenda05]

purple sword 4 sir, you've won this round. Go take a victory lap

[@tucko11]

Polygone Trigonométrie it’s over for the little guy

[@farmasyst]

That Black manager went to Seton Hall.He was 7 ft tall

[@WaldoCarmen]

This show blended ridiculous and crude humor with philosophical and existential themes in a way that nothing has since. This is more the former, but any of the dream sequences are just mind blowing to me. Never seen dreams more accurately represented

[@morerobotwarscontent1476]

I worked on retail for almost ten years. I kinda like how these mobsters were both horrified by Starbuck's hiring practices and that they took not getting what they wanted better than a lot of Karens would.

[@magavelli3199]

How dare you call these men "Karen's"... lol

[@apseudonym]

@@magavelli3199 they didn't

[@NotShowingOff]

Mobsters as we like to call them are still business men and men of opportunity.

[@adamantiiispencespence4012]

It's just business. Everything is personal with the K people you mentioned.

[@YD-uq5fi]

Karens exist because old-school mafiosos are gone. A mafioso like Patsy would tell a Karen to "shut the fuck up and listen".

[@BluJean6692]

I always loved this scene because it reminds me of local noblemen trying to talk tough in village overtaken by some great empire, or the way that knights and lords had to cope with the rise of commoners in government and military during the renaissance/early modern era...

[@babalu7737]

But ther it was more like Dude we are more try it and lose

[@wannabehendrix]

He got one thing right, "It's over for the little guy."

[@paramonov1984]

That its over for small private businesses, everything is becoming corporate owned.

[@TKEGOODIES]

Are you talking about the little guy in Ozone Park

[@jakep1979]

TheGooners11 ya wanna smack with a tin foil hat?!

[@neuernutzer8881]

TheGooners11 geez, you have had your 15 minutes of fame long ago, now go away from the electronical device you bought from a corporation.

[@thegreatluxor8807]

TheGooners11 - 100% accurate statement.

[@SlickRick135]

"North Ward merchant protective cooperative", sounds legit. LOL!

[@dropsixteentvtv4149]

I hope Dale got more acting gigs. His minute of screen time was one of the most memorable and well acted in the entire series.

[@solamon77]

I know this is a Sopranos meme at this point, but I really honestly do wish they had done more with Patsy. Dude was one of the scariest guys on the show.

[@saltyabcdef3202]

low key scary.

[@johnherbert1431]

It won't be cinematic

[@nigabastard1268]

Who the fuk are you? Ralph Bunche over here???

[@dewilew2137]

I never felt that way at all.

[@TonyDanza4Lyfe]

You loud mouth fuck!

[@madeconomist458]

This is without a doubt the most neoliberal moment of The Sopranos, or perhaps in television history. Someone who has all his savings tied up in a single store (a 'mom and pop' business, if you will) can be intimidated pretty easily, and ultimately those costs are borne by the business owner, his employees, and his customers. OTOH you just flat out can't do that to a mega-corporation with 10,000 stores that's owned by millions of shareholders in 6 continents.

[@Danielharry0512]

Damn bro you really tried your best to sound smart here😂😂😂

[@gbwiz]

its over for the little guy

[@kb4903]

Yeah because of leeches like these guys.

[@mirazusta2002]

What does that mean? I mean, does Patsy intend to whack the manager?

[@kb4903]

@@mirazusta2002 no but they took off of hard working small businesses for years. Would you keep working? People would give up and the corporate faceless titans take over. It’s their own fault for not doing a real mans job.

[@mirazusta2002]

@@kb4903 Thanks for the input man, I think the whole thing is pretty tough. Great show!

[@tucko11]

Let’s say , for sake of argument , a brick went through the front window...

[@markoutwithmark]

I love how we're made to feel bad that our buddies can't extort people anymore.

[@rockyaoki8929]

The manager was a made guy and they weren't. There was nothing they could do. They have to sit still and take it.

[@spuriusscapula4829]

and that's that.

[@benjafovi1cr328]

the poor "wiseguys" cant extort starbucks LOL.

[@nikko.lottsahcocc6917]

GO STARBUCKS, SHUTTING DOWN SMALL BUSINESS AND MAKING SHITTY COFFEE SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL... GO STARBUCKS... STARBUCKS IS FOR THE PEOPLE AND MAKES AMERICA A GREATER PLACE FOR ALL!!

[@benjafovi1cr328]

adolfo marinzano amen to that. but there are other Smaller chains that make good coffee.

[@dagnabbit6187]

I disagree although i am not much of a fan and have to have their least potent Starbucks Coffee . I prefer milder Coffee like Dunkin Donuts . Starbucks is for the Hard Core Coffee Drinker and Students who have to pull an All Nighter . It isn't for people with delicate stomachs or susceptibility to the Jitters .

[@jiricirtek9596]

hard core coffe drinker and starbucks has been used in 1 sentence ? Get out mate

[@KishorTwist]

But their large chocolate chip cookies are very respectable and also very expensive like the rest of their menu.

[@StickerWyck]

It's like the 1930s tries to extort the 2000s but gives up confused. "In the computer?"

[@t4705mb6]

What the manager was ACTUALLY saying: *"Do you really think the CEO gives a flying fuck about his employees!?"*

[@SrmegaCabra]

I love the sense of exasperation that manager Dale conveys when he basically tells them to fuck off since they're nothing compared to Starbucks 😂

[@xxczerxx]

"It's over for the little guy", this is one of the most profound scenes in the entire show.

[@Syracuse_315_Orange]

“They got like 10,000 stores in North America, I don’t think they’d feel anything” 🤣🤣🤣

[@brandonisner5214]

This is one of those scenes where it pulls me back into reality, and reminds me that this is a show about the bad guys.

[@genapp3603]

when Ralph beat Tracee to death were you just sitting there nodding like yep understandable she spoke outta turn

[@brandonisner5214]

​@@genapp3603 No, I was with Tony, who should have snapped Ralph's neck after beating the hell out of him.

[@Emanuel-bm9vn]

@@genapp3603I mean she was hooah 🤷‍♂️

[@leeroyuckface6893]

​@@genapp3603hahah right

[@edoardobarsotti902]

"It's over for the little guy" it always cracks me up 🤣🤣🤣

[@KennethJAdams]

I love how Patsy goes to extort money from a business while holding a carton of eggs. Just running some errands.

[@uttaradit2]

did he pay for them eggs ??

[@jeremydewitte6912]

In the previous scene, they are trying to extort this industrial chicken farm, a regular victim but are told the company has been bought or something and it’s over. He angrily takes some eggs then they go to this coffee shop to try to find a new business to extort

[@robertthomas2601]

1:10, he now knows he's dealing with wiseguys, and knows he has to just tell them how it is.

[@KNByam]

He's giving them a lesson on how things work in modern day. With computers and math profits and expenditures are already calculated before the store even opens, so if monies are not accounted for then the assumption is the manager is incompetent and thus they will be replaced. That then leads to questions if it happens a second time in a short period.

[@timothy4011]

WRONG. He knew 18 seconds in.

[@JohnSmith-zk8xp]

@@timothy4011 WRONG if he knew 18 seconds in he wouldnt cut them off to get to the point (donations???) you fuckwad

[@flyingdutch9818]

Mafia: “give us money” New Mafia: “Grande Mocha Latte, bitch?”.

[@TheLivedeath]

Give me 1,000 dollars.

[@sgs2413]

Up in da club

[@The_OneManCrowd]

@@TheLivedeath One thousand more??

[@Jameslawz]

When organized crime meets Microsoft Excel.

[@jfk8540]

“it’s over for the little guy” says the scumbags threatening the little guy into paying you to avoid property damage or injury

[@fredrickzoller5643]

Congratulations you get the joke

[@xxczerxx]

Exactly -- that's the irony. There is so much irony/hypocrisy in that statement alone it hurts. The mob made a business of extorting the "little guy" (local businesses) for years with protection rackets. Patsie shockingly views himself, as a member MOB, as "the little guy", as if he was working an honest living extorting businesses -- and I also get the impression he's showing a kinda faux-camaraderie with small business owners, right after trying to basically rob one, which just tops it off.

[@devanman7920]

Best scene of the whole series. Literally sums up while the "life" is over for these guys.

[@adambycina1817]

Caffeine: bigger than H and mafia-proof. What a racket.

[@seanl764]

Drugs are only banned if they make people unproductive. You can't be very productive and contribute to the biggest racket of all, government taxes, while on drugs.

[@rambojohnj.6117]

@@seanl764 Wrong. Drugs are illegal because: 1. They serve no medical purpose. 2. They are highly addictive. Your opinion doesn’t matter, fella.

[@seanl764]

@@rambojohnj.6117 In your logic, Nicotine should be illegal. Opium, Marijuana, all have medical uses, but they are illegal drugs since you can't perform well at your job if you are addicted to them, while you can still perform well at your job if you are addicted to nicotine.

[@rambojohnj.6117]

@@seanl764 You have missed the point. Tylenol is a drug also. So is anti itch cream.

[@mrhamneggs5295]

@@rambojohnj.6117 Fascist!

[@Matt_Dagostino]

"They've got like 10,000 stores in North America, I don't think they'd feel anything". Lol

[@onetimer44]

What he said about discretionary funds and every bean being accounted for was exactly what I was thinking

[@oldcountryman2795]

Petty crime will become impossible in a cashless society where every transaction is traceable.

[@fremthemukanasatalharajajn4526]

Resources are the greatest thing to knock off

[@zakvondaniken9327]

Tin foil Hat

[@michaelmedvesky8126]

this guy was at the sopranos convention in NJ listed as "starbucks manager." i imagine it was a pretty long line to get an autograph or a photo.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

This one scene on a hit show gave that actor a residual income stream for life. Not huge but permanent.

[@costco_pizza]

@@reallyhappenings5597 Do the actors still get paid from the show?

[@Grimreepa220]

@@costco_pizza Yes they get paid Royalties. DVD Sales and HBO max and what not.

[@AC-gm6dr]

@@Grimreepa220 nice

[@kesuya]

@@Grimreepa220 Drea De Matteo said she doesn't get any royalties. And if she doesn't, there aren't a whole lot of people from the show who do.

[@jamesmorton7852]

"Its over for the little guy" such a great line

[@AndyG0027]

lmao i walked how he walked in there with a cartoon of eggs... as if this was just another chore on his shopping list.

[@joemckim1183]

I didn't notice that until you mentioned it, it's a great little touch that they added to the scene.

[@tyler0896]

Oh shit I didn't notice. Eggs always foreshadowed death in the show. Usually. At least something really bad, but usually death. A whole dozen? Gotta represent the death of the mafia. Good god damn catch, thanks!

[@tyler0896]

And 10 bucks says they CG'd that pigeon in. Think of the birds in the sky after Adriana went. Ned Stark, countless other examples of birds representing souls parted from bodies.

[@Grimreepa220]

3:00

[@austinmcmahon254]

A cartoon of eggs? Freaking Walt Disney over here.

[@tonybone7205]

What if someone throws a fcking shinebox on your window.

[@liamdonaldson3393]

Tony Bone he never had the makings of a varsity shinebox

[@fjuraa]

Then they would be arrested and jailed for twenty fucking years

[@bigal5921]

Hahahahahahaah

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

''It's over for the little guy.'' They were trying to pull a racket that worked well 40-50 years ago with the mom and pop shops. This takes place in the 2000's, Starbucks had like 10K stores around North America.

[@loumojo8965]

How do you know this information???

[@loumojo8965]

@Woody Meggs but how do you know this????

[@bn8954]

The Wiseguys weren’t so wise after all. Outsmarted by a Starbucks manager.

[@jsilva4847]

Hahahahaha I love the pathetic self-pity at the end.

[@joeschmoe3665]

Patsy and Butch were always great on screen just because they looked like such non-threatening schmucks but as soon as they opened their mouth that facade just crumbled

[@YD-uq5fi]

This was an awesome scene. Mafiosos trying to shake down a Starbucks? LOL!

[@aaronlauretani8921]

This is the most powerless any of the Sopranos family members ever appeared in any scene in the show outside of a prison setting.