>>219812599
If they see they can get away with short-changing the guy, they'll try to do it again in the future and maybe take advantage of him in other ways
It's still a cringe scene, but it makes sense that Mike was so insistent

>>219813594
Yes, Nacho was clearly trying to bully the Jewish pharmacist out of $20 to see how easy he is to push around. Mike appointed himself as the Jewish pharmacist's negotiator so he didn't let it happen.

>>219812599
That's how it usually goes, yeah. You don't want to appear weak in a situation like that.

>>219812599
>Breaking Bad makes a big deal concerning Walter and how dumb he is
>Why are we meeting at the junkyard? Did you watch too many movies? I make my deals at the mall
>BB and BCS have everyone meet at the most barren and abandoned places of all time after that, because it looks cool on camera
Why are you pointing it out and then just ignoring it?

>>219812599
mm-mm that so?

>>219813594
that answer is solid

>>219813786
That was S1-S2 of Breaking Bad which was still trying to be grounded despite the fake science like exploding meth. So they poked fun at the audience via Walt's naive, film-inspired idea of a drug deal.
After the show became a huge hit they just slowly embraced the dumb cliches they were avoiding or critiquing. By S5 the show is MCU tier and BCS just continues that way.

>>219813786
The point of meeting at public places was for the safety of Jesse's own ass. Nacho wasn't worried about getting killed by someone like Jesse, but Jesse benefits from having witnesses around to discourage the other party from attacking. Following that logic, it's believable that people like Nacho would pick somewhere with no witnesses to do business with someone like that pharmacist guy. I don't know how realistic that is, but it checks out as far as the show is concerned.

Also, Jesse was just some punk. He wasn't some big time criminal like the cartel guys. What the hell would he know?

>>219814596
In Breaking Bad, Tuco also made fun of Walter for meeting in the junkyard.

>>219814811
Tuco was an insane meth addict

You can’t let theee people take advantage of you. Happened to me once and never again.
>work at gas station
>customer who’s been coming in 3 days a week for the last 6 months asks to pay later for a 20 dollar pack of beer and says he’ll be back when he gets his paycheck the next day
>fine
>print out the receipt and hang it next to register
>doesn’t show up for over two months but I still leave the receipt up
>he comes back
>doesn’t apologize or say anything and presumably thinks I forgot
>charge him for the beer he’s buying and for the one he bought before and told him he still owes me
>I can see him get annoyed with me like I’m the bad guy
>he pays and slams the money down and I haven’t seen him since
Mexicans.

all the cartel/drug trade scenes in BCS felt so fake and silly. even more than Breaking Bad

>>219814845
So not even the cartel knows appropriate places to meet? Are you sure you're not just weaving mental gymnastics because your previous post was wrong?

>>219814596
Yeah, Walter is a known killer psycho. Nobody would meet him in the desert. They keep doing it because Vince loved how it looked. It's not supposed to make logical sense

>>219812599
I watched my grandfather walk away from a car purchase over A FUCKING DOLLAR. ONE. DOLLAR.

These old heads have to think they got the better end of the deal, nothing is ever on equitable terms at least at FACE value.

>>219815009
Anon, that makes perfect sense and your grandfather was correct. If a seller isn't willing to budge on a literal dollar, that means they're already fucking you hard on the deal.

>>219814991
>Yeah, Walter is a known killer psycho.
Yeah, to the viewer. Deckland knew he killed Gus, but even then he wasn't sure it was actually him. How would anyone know about any of his other kills?

>>219814921
Do you run the gas station? How were you allowed to make that decision? Wouldn't you get fired for the till being under?

>>219815801
Everyone aside from the main characters has ESP and precognition in the Kim Wexlerverse.

>>219815009
>I watched my grandfather walk away from a car purchase over A FUCKING DOLLAR. ONE. DOLLAR.
Tell us the story. Leave out no details.
The car, the price, the monthly payment plan, etc

>>219812599
better re-write: "You're short 20 bucks, but I'll be indulgent since its your first offense and such a small amount among us friends, which can easily be corrected... next time."

Instead:
> stares at him waiting for mere pennies
> mmhmm don't do this again
fucking autistic writing.