00:04Lina?
00:05Yes?
00:06I'm Nigel.
00:08Nice to finally meet you.
00:10Right.
00:12I've never been here before.
00:14Great looking place, don't you think?
00:16Have you?
00:17Once.
00:20Would you recommend anything in particular?
00:22Not really.
00:24Fair enough.
00:25How did you find this place originally?
00:28A friend.
00:30Good friend?
00:31Sure.
00:33Expecting someone?
00:35No.
00:36Okay.
00:38Hi, good evening.
00:39Welcome.
00:40Can I start you two off with anything?
00:42Hi.
00:43Yes.
00:44Oh wow.
00:46I'm actually starving.
00:48Everything looks good.
00:51Happy to hear it.
00:52What do you love on this menu?
00:55I'm trusting you here.
00:57Okay.
00:58Well, the mushroom risotto is excellent tonight.
01:01The short rib is actually a personal favorite of mine.
01:04And...
01:05Ooh.
01:06Decisions.
01:07Yeah.
01:08Take your time.
01:09You are sweet.
01:12Wow.
01:14Sorry, is everything at the table all right so far?
01:17Oh, yes.
01:18Everything is fine.
01:20It has been an interesting start to the evening.
01:24Yeah.
01:25May I say something?
01:27About?
01:27Well, about the difference in how you just engaged with me versus how you've engaged with your guest.
01:33Excuse me?
01:34Look, I noticed it.
01:35Okay?
01:36I wasn't going to say anything, but when I asked how everything was, I felt it would be dishonest to
01:41pretend I had not seen what I saw.
01:42My behavior is my business.
01:47Of course.
01:47I do not owe anyone an explanation for my personal preferences.
01:53Huh.
01:53Preferences?
01:54Yes.
01:55Alright.
01:56Sir, would you like me to ask her to leave?
01:59Excuse me?
02:00Are you serious?
02:02Uh, I'm asking your guest.
02:04This is outrageous!
02:06Customers have rights!
02:08Yes, they do.
02:09Then do your job!
02:11I'm doing my job.
02:13Thank you, Garrett.
02:14Sir.
02:15I appreciate the offer, but I think I'd like a few minutes to talk to her myself.
02:20Yeah.
02:20No, it's your call.
02:22I'll be right nearby.
02:28What is actually going on?
02:31Nothing is going on.
02:33Something is going on.
02:36I'm just being real with you.
02:38Okay.
02:39I had certain expectations for tonight.
02:44What expectations?
02:46That's not a fair question.
02:48It is actually a fair question.
02:51There's nothing wrong with knowing what you want.
02:54Say what you want, then.
02:56I don't have to spell it out.
02:58You don't, but the room is kind of spelling it out for you.
03:03That's unfair.
03:04Where?
03:05Let me tell you a little bit about myself.
03:07Didn't ask.
03:08I know you didn't.
03:09I'm offering.
03:11If you must, go ahead.
03:14I went to school on the East Coast.
03:17Undergrad, graduate.
03:18I run a firm.
03:20Built a building.
03:22I've been in the industry for a long time.
03:25Okay.
03:27Look, I'm not asking for approval.
03:29I'm offering you information.
03:31Information about what?
03:33About me.
03:34Because whatever picture you built in your head before I sat down, it's not the one I actually am.
03:40That is a lot.
03:42It's the truth.
03:43You can say anything you want at a table.
03:46I can, and I'm still saying it.
03:49I can look you up when I get home.
03:51You can.
03:52Then we'll see.
03:54We won't see anything.
03:57We're not going to do this again after tonight.
03:59You do not know that.
04:01I absolutely know that.
04:04You know what?
04:05Can I be honest?
04:07Please.
04:07People like you tend to exaggerate these things.
04:14I've heard these claims before, and there's usually more to the story.
04:20People like me, huh?
04:22You know what I mean.
04:23I do know what you mean.
04:25I'm just being honest.
04:27That's a different thing than being honest.
04:31Hey, what's up?
04:35Table seven.
04:36Walk me through it.
04:38It's a blind date.
04:39She sat down happy.
04:40He walked in.
04:41Smile disappeared.
04:42Okay.
04:43She's barely spoken to him the entire time.
04:45He's been there.
04:46And then I come over, and she lit up for me.
04:48She's warm, funny, full of sentences.
04:51How did you handle it?
04:52I just asked if everything was alright, and he let me know it was not.
04:56I offered to ask her to leave, but he wanted a few minutes with her first.
05:00Good instinct.
05:01Well, there's more.
05:02Of course there is.
05:03Yeah.
05:03She just used the phrase, people like him.
05:07In what context?
05:09Well, he told her about himself, and she said people like him tend to exaggerate these things.
05:17Is the guest still here?
05:18Yeah.
05:19Perfect.
05:23Oh boy.
05:25She's in trouble.
05:28Nigel!
05:29Younger.
05:30It's good to see you.
05:32Less good about the circumstances.
05:35Agreed.
05:36How long has it been?
05:38Uh, the fundraiser in the fall, right?
05:40That's right!
05:41Nice!
05:45Lina!
05:47Hi, uh, hello.
05:49I've been briefed on the evening.
05:51Briefed by whom?
05:53By my staff.
05:55Who may have noticed you were charming?
05:57Well, you were not charming to the man you came here to meet.
06:01I do not think that is a fair way.
06:03I also happen to know Nigel.
06:05Oh?
06:06I have known him for a long time.
06:08I can speak to exactly who he is.
06:11His work, his reputation, the kind of man he is in rooms I have personally watched him navigate.
06:17I did not.
06:18Whatever conclusion you arrived at within 30 seconds of him sitting down, it wasn't based on anything real.
06:26You do not know what I was.
06:28It was based on one thing?
06:30And we both know what that thing is.
06:32Whose side are you taking?
06:34His.
06:35His.
06:36That is not.
06:38That is absolutely fair.
06:41You're the manager.
06:43You're supposed to be neutral.
06:44I am the manager.
06:46Which is why I am telling you, you are being asked to leave.
06:52You cannot be serious.
06:54I am.
06:55I am a customer.
06:57You were a customer.
06:59I have been coming here for years.
07:01I know.
07:01You cater my events.
07:03I have.
07:04And you're going to throw me out.
07:06I am asking you to leave.
07:10You can walk out on your own.
07:13Unbelievable!
07:14The restaurant will not be charging you for anything.
07:16The restaurant would prefer not to have accepted your money here tonight.
07:19Wow.
07:20Yes.
07:21Wow.
07:22I will not be coming back here.
07:24I understand.
07:26Ever.
07:26I heard you the first time.
07:28And I will be telling people about this.
07:31You will tell the version that protects you.
07:33People who know either of us will know the real one.
07:36This is ridiculous!
07:39The door is over there.
07:47I am sorry it got that far before I knew about it.
07:52You didn't let it say there.
07:53That is the bar.
07:56For the intervention.
07:57For the years of being someone who sees me plainly.
08:00For tonight, specifically.
08:03You do not have to thank me for any of those.
08:05I know.
08:06I am going to anyway.
08:09Garrett?
08:10Yes?
08:11What you did tonight took judgment and integrity.
08:15Well, I just asked if everything was okay.
08:19You did more than that.
08:20You noticed something.
08:22You did not pretend you had not seen it.
08:24You gave the guest who is being mistreated the chance to tell me himself what happened.
08:28That's a good call.
08:30Well, thank you.
08:32Effective immediately, your role is being upgraded to senior server.
08:35With the pay to match.
08:38No, Bianca.
08:39I am not asking.
08:43Really.
08:45Good work.
08:46Thank you, sir.
08:47Garrett?
08:48Yes?
08:48Bring Nigel whatever he wants.
08:50On the house.
08:51For the rest of the evening.
08:55Absolutely.
08:56I'll be right back.
08:59Take your time.
09:00I will.
09:09No.
09:09Put.
09:10To the chairs.
09:10Ask me to kaΕΌda.
