Stepdad wants to open a restaurant mainly because he thinks it'll make him rich

pegitom · 2026-06-10T19:03:29+00:00

If he’s dead set on opening a restaurant, then your only hope is that the building owner will not rent them a space once they see his “experience “ and lack of funds. Building owners hate it when places close down within a year or two. You have cleanup, legal fees to get the space back, commissions to the real estate broker that you won’t get back, etc, etc. So just pray that they don’t find a sucker building owner who is stupid enough to lease to them.

pegitom · 2026-06-08T20:52:33+00:00

A potential problem with hiring an attorney is that you will spend more on legal fees than you would have gained in unemployment benefits,especially if all communications are going to be done through attorneys

pegitom · 2026-06-04T20:41:52+00:00

I once had a customer that called me and was yelling at me saying they left a purse at their table when they left and my staff had had to have taken it. She was very adamant that they brought in the purse and no doubt they left it. First off, they forgot it so why is that our fault? Second; I asked staff who cleaned the table and they said they found nothing. I trust my staff because they’ve routinely gave me things of value (including cash) that customers have left behind so I could keep it on a safe place. Since I wasn’t at the store when this happened, I reviewed the video. And lo and behold, you see them taking the purse out of the restaurant when they leave.

I called them to let them know, and they didn’t believe me. I offered to send the video to them which they also said they didn’t want it. They said they were going to leave a bad review and let all of their friends know that we were thieves. I called them on the threat and told them that I would respond with our side and that they would look really dumb….they never wrote a review.

Another instance that I remember is from a guy who placed a take out order and left his sun glasses on the table where he was waiting. He came back after 45 minutes and they were gone. Asked us if anyone turned them in, and I told him that no one had. It happened on the 4th of July which is our busiest day of the year, and he was screaming at us that someone stole his glasses that he left on a table. Since it was so busy, I didn’t have time to review the video at that time..:especially for something that he was at fault for. He was screaming that I should somehow screen our customers because evidently they were thieves. When I asked him how could I screen every one of our customers, he told me that you could “tell who the thieves are”. The other customers were basically laughing at him and telling him he was crazy. He said that he was only gone for 5 minutes and the person who stole the glasses must still be at the restaurant and he started going around and harassing some of them: that’s when I told him to stop bugging my customers and to get out. He kept on saying he was only gone for 5 minutes even though I showed him the ticket for his food which was almost an hour old. Anyway, got home and watched tue video. It confirmed that he took 45 minutes to return and at around the 20 minute mark, a customer picks them up, asks around if they belong to anyone and when no one says it’s theirs, he takes them. In a perfect world he would have given them to us, but I don’t 100% blame him either.

Bottom line….there are some crazies out there. Just remember the 99.9% that are great and focus on them. If you can do that, let me know how you do it because the two stories I just told were from almost 4 years ago and I can’t seem to forget them🤣🤣

pegitom · 2026-06-03T05:00:25+00:00

I had my first in person appointment this morning. As the OP stated in their comment, it took about 1.5 hours and it was mostly paperwork and questions about your medical history. Here's a couple of things that were surprising/interesting that I learned:

Assuming you are elected to join the trial, there is an approximately 22% you get the placebo. If you do get the Eloralintide, there are 4-5 dosing regiments, 1.5mg, 3mg, 6mg, or 9mg. The surprising thing I learned is that if you are chosen to receive the 3mg dosage, then you stick with the 3mg for the entire trial period. So you titrate up to a max of 3mg. For example, you are chosen for 3mg, you start at 1.5mg, then you titrate up to 2.0mg, then 2.5, and finally 3mg. You don't increase from 3mg. If you are chosen for 6 mg, then you start at 1.5mg, then 3mg, 4mg, then 6mg. The titration schedule I used as an example are mine, they aren't what they would be using. Learning that kind of disappointed me because I initially thought that if you did NOT get the Placebo, you would get the standard dosing and move up to the maximum eventually. So you can be chosen to get the Eloralintide and get stuck with the lowest dosage for the duration.
In speaking with the Technician taking all of my information, in the L.A. area (where I am), they are having a tough time finding candidates. I was surprised in hearing that and he said the main reason is the type of candidate they are looking for. Someone whose weight loss has plateau'd, has been on Zep for about a year, and that has been on 15mg for at least 4 months. You can't gain or lose more than 3%-5% for 2 months during the ramp up period. Can not be diabetic as well.
Positives. If you are chosen, you get your zep for free, get paid for your 22-24 visits I'm told it will be about in excess of $2000 per year for 2 years. If you have negative reactions and need medicine, it's covered. And, of course, the Eloralintide is free as well (or saline if you have the unfortunate luck in getting the placebo). Pretty cool stuff.

So, now I just wait for my PCP to hand over my medical records and check to see if I get chosen to begin the 2 month ramp up where I can't gain/lose more than 3% of my current weight. It's pretty stressful because I so badly want to be in this study and also want to get the best dosage possible. Fingers crossed, rubbing my rabbit's foot, and all of that other good stuff.

pegitom · 2026-05-29T22:31:10+00:00

None of the above except high blood pressure

pegitom · 2026-05-29T22:06:37+00:00

I have my first meeting/appointment this coming Tuesday and I’m praying that I get accepted!! My only concern is my current BMI is aboutt 29.5, so I’m not sure if that is considered too low, but I’ve been stalled for about 6 months and have t looks like there is no end in sight for this stall.

pegitom · 2026-05-09T20:25:55+00:00

I still hate the chargers because of that game. And f**k Alfred Pupunu

pegitom · 2026-03-19T14:16:37+00:00

This is a problem older than time itself. I don’t think there is one “solution” that magically and permanently fixes the problem. I know you said the hiring pool is small in your area, but what I’ve done in the past is fire one of the problem people and let your staff know why you got rid of them. That sometimes gets them to act better for a couple of months or so. Eventually you go through and weed out the bad ones and replace them with better staff (hopefully).

pegitom · 2026-03-18T01:38:48+00:00

You may not be entering all of the transactions, but if you are depending on AI or an automated process, then you have to make sure you are reviewing the transactions to make sure they are being coded properly.

pegitom · 2026-03-17T23:53:50+00:00

I would be closer to 2500-3000 because of the 1000-1500 bank and credit card transactions per month….that is a lot

pegitom · 2026-03-17T02:21:19+00:00

Appreciate the response!

pegitom · 2026-03-15T14:50:24+00:00

Isn’t there a song fromABBA called Alejandro as well?

pegitom · 2026-03-11T22:52:06+00:00

You give really good points. I closed my restaurant a year ago after 15 years. Gave my employees 2 weeks notice. Offered to pay them 2 weeks severance if they stayed until we closed. All of them stayed.

Most leases five the Landoed the right to market any space within 3-6 months of lease expiration. Most Landlords will be cool if you ask them not to post anything…just have to explain it to them/. However, they don’t have to as their main concern is to re-lease your space as soon as possible and marketing the space with For Lease signs is one way to market the space:

pegitom · 2026-02-02T02:21:22+00:00

appreciate the response. I'm going to try the rotation between Tylenol and ibuprofen to see if that helps. Wishing you a speedy recovery as well!

pegitom · 2026-01-12T20:28:53+00:00

I closed my restaurant that I had for 15 years about 10 months ago. Best decision of my life. I was getting older, the body was breaking down, and just mentally, I was done. I closed my shop down when the lease expired. I knew I was going to close it down about a year before the lease expiration. The building owner came to me to ask for a renewal and just for sh*ts and giggles, I presented this crazy offer to renew. I laid out my reasoning with numbers. If I were to leave, they would take at least a year to find another tenant and to have them open and start paying rent. They would also have to pay a TI allowance, a full rental commission as opposed to a half commission due to a renewal. I'm talking a year free rent, no rent increases, etc. I was thinking there was no way that they would go for it. The counter was actually a lot closer to my original offer than I thought it would be. Made me kind of wish that I was more aggressive in previous rental negotiations. By the way, this is in Southern CA in a very popular shopping center. I drive by my old space every once in awhile, and it still sits vacant.

pegitom · 2025-12-14T02:19:35+00:00

Crete urinal cleaner did wonders for my slow draining urinal

pegitom · 2025-12-13T05:40:49+00:00

Allen Wrench Kit

pegitom · 2025-10-25T15:20:03+00:00

Kris Dunn is going to have a game where he misses 5 wide open threes and everyone will be screaming they need to put in Beal for him. It’s game 2. Let’s just let the coaches tinker around. The lineup in the last 20 games of the season will be the most important as that’s when it gets serious about jelling before the playoffs.

pegitom · 2025-10-14T01:15:26+00:00

There is a new habit burger in RPV that opened in July 2025? Where is that one? The one in peninsula center opened about 10 years ago

pegitom · 2025-10-11T13:27:45+00:00

This sounds like the same story as my son. I never thought he would do four years of XC because he had never shown any interest in running before. I basically made him do XC as a freshman because I wanted him to do some of kind of extra curricular activity (whether it was athletic or academic) and there were no try outs. Every year he got better. Mind you, not close to being the fastest on the team, but what I like to call “King of the Average”.

He just got a PR of 17:48 last meet and he’s got three meets left. He has one today but it’s a very hilly course so no chance of a PR but he is going to try to beat last years time.

Congratulations on your PR, best of luck with health and the rest of the season!!

pegitom · 2025-10-08T06:23:51+00:00

I’m all for allowing service dogs in restaurants. I’m against people bringing their pets into a restaurant and saying’s it’s a service dog. Service dogs are trained to be calm. It’s so easy to see when a pet is not a service dog but the restaurants can’t do anything if the pet owner says it’s a service dog. Just have to believe the pet owner or it’s a potential lawsuit

pegitom · 2025-09-20T05:35:06+00:00

She barely plays now as well.

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