FL-Orange

For whatever reason, I read this in John Oliver's voice.

What was the best that the mob has done for the community that you've seen? We always hear of the bad that the mob has done, little in the way of good things unless the family saw it as a favor for a future favor.

My wife's grandfather told me this story. He had a print shop down near The Old Homestead Steakhouse, the original (he used to trade print work for a tab). He told me that the shop was getting unionized, against the wishes of his employees. He tried to do what was right by his employees, even offering benefits that were unheard of at the time. Being that his family was from the Bronx he knew mob guys but never had any business with them. Unions were starting to get physical with his employees and when one of his guys or girls got hurt he reached out to one of his friends to help get the union off his back. All he said was that they took care of it and he had no other big problems from that point on until he sold the business, retired and moved to Florida. I'm sure his "friends" had a marker on him but he stated he never had to do any favors. I didn't get a chance to follow up on this story before Alzheimers took hold and he passed away shortly after.

That'll land you in.... oh nevermind.

invest while I had money.

2007/2008 me wish I had done that as well.

I'm happy that you are happy here. Best wishes.

How well have you integrated?
Would you do the same thing again knowing what you know now?
Would you do anything differently knowing what you know now?