...Being put into my PLACE!!!!
Back when I was practicing Independent Law, (Before I became a Hitter for a large insurance company
) I focused on business and tax law. I tried to attract clients by charging very little to form a Corporation or a Partnership, I figured that I might get more referrals and be retained for different legal issues if my name got around in the Business Community.
One day, a middle aged Japanese-American man came in and hired me to help him open a restaurant. I was DELIGHTED!!!! I LOVE Japanese food, and a restaurant would be a good client to have. So I did, and was ESPECIALLY delighted when he selected a shopping center that was about a mile away from my home to open his business. I could WALK there on weekends, or at night, and pig out on sushi and sake and NOT have to worry about driving home!!!
We got the place open, I worked hard to negotiate a fair lease with the Owners of the Center, and after a lot of preparation, it opened. It was a Teppanyaki style of cooking, where about a dozen people sit around a large table that has the cooking surface on one side, and the Chef cooks right in front of you. On the first day, it opened with a blessing ceremony with a Shinto Priest, and I was standing in the back, holding a beer, watching. The Owner had invited me to come and dine, saying to not worry about anything, that I would be an HONORED GUEST! I was excited, I had never been an Honored Guest before. The kitchen got noisy, and the Owner, my client, looked over at me and GLARED and quickly motioned at me to head back. I figured that he wanted me to quiet the kitchen, so I quickly went back, and whispered to them that the Priest was doing a blessing, and they all stopped what they were doing. I went back out and thought..."So much for being an Honored Guest, I am just one of the Help".
Later, during the dinner, the Owner came over to me and placed a hand on my shoulder and said...
..."I was gesturing at the employee standing behind you, I wasn't telling YOU to quiet the kitchen"...
I laughed, and, unfortunately...had TWO more flasks of sake...
I called my H after I ate, and had him come and pick me up...I wasn't very sure if I could walk back home.
