- That's Leelee. - Leelee.
So what's Leelee do? She's now the manager?
I think that he calls her the assistant manager.
He needed to find somebody who he could rely on
to do some of the tasks that I was doing for him,
which he found in Leelee.
- I'm Lee. Nice to meet ya. - Nice to meet ya.
- She seems friendly. - Mm-hmm.
You have a taste for something specific?
- Do you have a menu? - I don't have a menu,
but I can help you think of something you have a taste for.
- Aww. She's being cute. - No, she is cute.
- Can I actually try one of the Long Islands, please? - Sure.
Okay, so Derrick is gonna watch her make this.
So let's see what she does.
So you want me to use our batched Long Islands?
It's exactly the same. You just gotta sell it.
You don't have any idea how embarrassing that is.
It's not embarrassing.
Just say to them it's the exact same stuff.
- Okay. - Cheers.
And how does a Mason jar fit this building?
He felt that it was more the style of the bar.
So they told me they make Long Island Iced Teas really good.
So I ordered one, they made it.
It tastes terrible. It tastes like formaldehyde.
There's no way that...
you can call that a ( bleep ) drink.
That's terrible.
I don't care if it's five dollars.
I wouldn't give this away.
I mean, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
- I saw you poured it from the bottle. - Yeah.
- Can you make a fresh one? - Yes, I can.
- Absolutely. - Can you, please?
- Sure. - Okay, so that went back.
- A menu by any chance? - I am starving.
We don't. Our kitchen isn't open at this moment in time.
- I'm sorry. - No, no. Okay.
There's an issue with the kitchen I don't know if I'm able to discuss.
- Derrick: Cool. I will not pry anymore. - ( Leelee laughs )
Now I would think that the health department closed it down
or something if she said that to me.
Would you like some pretzels, hon?
I'm gonna get all over that.
Jon: What the heck is going on?
Casey: That's pretzels. He used to actually offer nachos.
- We have a huge kitchen. It's not being utilized at all. - Wow.
- So-- - He leased it out to somebody,
who was gonna utilize it for catering.
Hasn't had any food come out of it since he leased it to her.
Didn't put anything in the lease to say,
"If you're not producing in the first two months, you're out."
- Does she use it for catering? - No.
- Nothing. - So she's not using it at all.
She's not using it at all.
So how long has he not had any food there?
The entire time.
It hurts me to see him make such bad decisions.
- So you lost your best friend? - Mm-hmm.
- And he lost his best friend. - Mm-hmm.
You know, fixing that should be important to both of you,
and I'd like to think that I could play a role in doing that.
- I would love that. - What do you think about going inside with me?
- Let's go. - Let's go in and talk to him.
Okay.
From everything Casey has told me,
all of the problems in this bar begin with John.
So I'm gonna approach him,
address him heavily, and ask him why?
I knew that was gonna happen.
Um, how much did you charge--
( bleep )
Yeah!
- Mr. Taffer. - John.
- Very nice to meet you. - Great to see you. Hi, Casey.
- You know Casey. - I know Casey, yeah.
I talked to Casey. I'm trying to find out background,
so I was hoping the three of us could talk for a little while.
- Yeah, absolutely. - Good enough? So if you'd grab a seat,
- I'd love to sit and talk for a minute. - Yeah, yeah. Absolutely.
The two of you were very important to each other
- for a period there, weren't you? - Yes.
How are things since she's gone?
Has it been harder for you, easier for you?
No, no, no. It's been-- It's been very, very hard.
So where has the struggle been?
You're talking about-- to two people who wanna try to help you,
so the more we understand, the better, John.
The hardest part of this business for me
is getting people to walk through the door.
- Why didn't you call her? - Casey left me,
so I didn't think she wanted me to call her.
- Why did you leave him? - I didn't feel appreciated
and I felt like he didn't want my help.
Did you know that?
You told me you didn't want negative people in your life.
So what does that tell you?
That I was being an ( bleep ).
So what does that tell you?
That I wasn't appreciating you.
So did you know that I didn't feel appreciated?
Did you know that I felt like all of the work
that I was putting in felt like I wasn't doing anything
because I was trying to go against a brick wall?
- Yeah. - You were pretty quick to
"I was being an ( bleep )."
It didn't take you long to get there, did it?
No. No.
How often do you become an ( bleep )?
- Too often? - Yeah.
Is that you or is that the pressure?
You're not an ( bleep ).
Is this bar taking you down emotionally?
I feel like I'm just perpetually
one step away from a panic attack.
So what's happening
is you go do one thing, you can't deal with that.
Something else happens, you can't deal with that.
It compounds on top of itself,
and you make it through the day
by the skin of your teeth almost.
That's a hundred percent accurate.
This life is changing you.
It's turning you into what you don't wanna be.
It's gonna wipe you out financially.
It's gonna hurt you emotionally,
'cause you won't ask for help.
I do have a hard time asking for help.
Let me ask you a question.
When Casey left,
would you have rather she didn't leave that day?
Absolutely.
This is your moment to undo that.