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I work hard at it.

I can make it happen.

So you feel passion for that store now?

I can't help you.

Then I'm going to do it, okay?

I need a salary or something.

Lawrence, please.

Your cash sales will be about 2,000 a week.

Take it out of that.

- Well, how much?

- However much you want.

- You all open again?

- Yes.

- Pumps too?

- Yes.

Is Lawrence back?

No.

- All right, I'll just go ahead on and...

- Hey, how you all do it?

Do you pump first then pay,

or do you pay first then pump?

Well, I usually pump then come in and

get my coffee and pay for it at the end.

Excuse me? Excuse me.

I only can take cash today.

Okay.

Twenty-seven new messages.

Tuesday, 1:
59 P.M.

Hi. This is Jumbo calling

from Delta Wholesale Beverage.

We been trying to get in touch

with you over the last couple days.

Haven't heard back from you yet.

We wanted to make sure that you

still needed deliveries at your store.

We sent two trucks by and...

Jorgenson's Dairy calling

for Lawrence Batiste or Darrius Batiste.

Apparently, no one has been

available at your store...

to accept deliveries

in our last three attempts...

What about the cancelled accounts?

I can call and have them...

and set them up for you

if you want me to.

I don't want to deal

with that place any more.

You have to.

Why do I have to?

Right.

Everything with an expiration date on it.

We're running low on beverages too.

So what do you supply to us?

So do I call you with that or fax it?

No. "Sykes."

S-Y-K-E-S.

No, he's not.

What up, player?

What's up, little man?

Hi, Uncle Lawrence.

Hi, James.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Delta delivered again?

Yeah, I worked it out with them.

I can go over those things with you now,

if you want.

Want to start

with the credit card machine?

I figured it out.

You did?

I called the number on the machine,

and they walked me through it.

You know about running the batch

at the end of the day?

Uh-huh.

Okay.

This is the paperwork for the store.

This is the rest.

It's not safe to keep anything

in the register overnight...

so we deposit each day.

We should make you a co-signee now...

so you can start writing checks

and making deposits.

Okay.

You should probably start checking the mail

every day for supplier invoices now.

Okay.

Did you figure out the gas machine too?

Okay, will this be all for you?

- That's all, thank you.

- Okay.

- And 22 cents is your change.

- Okay, thank you.

Here's a bag for you.

Thank you.

- Okay, have a good one.

- You too.

- Hello. How you doing?

- How are you, ma'am? Fine.

- Have a good day.

- You do the same.

So, we're good?

Uh-huh. Tomorrow then?

Bookkeeping?

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