![]() ![]() You can take your letter and your whiplash collars and stick ’em where the sun don’t shine.” Close your business, change your name, or you can see me in court and face punitive damages after I’ve shut your operation down. “Sir, I’m certain there’s a misunderstanding.” “Then abide by the letter or we’ll see you in court.” The three-piece suit comes on the phone: “Have your attorney contact me…” So either he takes my call or I’m gonna call you every 15 minutes till you get too old to hold your water, and I don’t go to sleep until 3 a.m.” I know he’s busy, but he’s no busier than I am. “Ma’am, I’ve been patient and polite and you’ve been curt and rude. Twenty unaccepted calls later, I tell his dominatrix. He left early, he’s in conference, in court, outta town, on the toilet, lunch with the mayor, gettin’ communion from the archbishop.yada, yada. Her three-piece-suit boss was always too busy. Secretary’s answer is always firewall short, Manhattan snotty. (Left) Photographs of Hollywood stars, including James Cagney, adorned the walls of the former Cagney’s restaurant in Myrtle Beach (Right) Cagney starred in the 1931 gangster movie, “The Public Enemy.” And ’splain the 4-foot photo of Cagney on the wall has a disclaimer under it stating we have no association with Jimmy Cagney or any other famous person. I’ll call em up’n politely ’splain we have a national trademark on the Cagney’s Old Place name. Some Manhattan mouthpiece claims we’re using James Cagney’s name without his permission. Martha, my girl Friday, my business everything, hands me a registered envelope, says, “I had to sign for it.” I scissor it open.īarin’ its teeth at me in 14-point Arial is one-a those cease and desist, eat dookie and die letters that back up your bowels and drop your heart down among your liver ’n stuff. Much more than 65 percent and your bottom line is usually suckin profit wind. We shoot for 60 percent with those two major costs, rarely hit it. The brick walls are going up at our other restaurant, Flamingo Grill.įood cost running around 36 percent. No longer hadta borrow from banks to survive shlump winters. Even had to add an additional dining area, game room and a Dancin’ Room. ![]()
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