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If you eliminate

the cause of accidents...

you're on your way to an accident-free

workplace and lifetime.

Safety works in your home also.

It works when you're-

Yo. You heard about

the robbery last night?

- No. Where?

- At the McDonald's over on Cayenne.

They came in at closing time

and put everyone in the basement.

Said they'd get shot

if they came out.

- And boom- 6,000 bucks.

- No way.

- Yeah. 6,000 in cash.

- In cash?

Hell's yeah. How many times you seen somebody

buy their McNuggets with a credit card?

- Good point.

- They said it was the third

fast-food place in Cody...

to get robbed in the last few weeks.

They hit Fuddruckers on Thursday night.

We're probably next.

All the more reason

for you guys to quit.

I mean, why do you even work there?

Not all of us can get hired

at the Banana Republic.

Yo! F*** y'all doin' in my truck?

Mike.

Yeah, the Big One's been great.

Really great.

Sales keep creepin' up.

There's been no drop off.

That's what we're hearin'.

- I've had this location 12 years.

- Yeah?

And you'd have to go way back-

maybe even to the original Teeny-Weenys

promotion- to see anything like this.

- You guys hit a home run.

- Well, hey, we all did.

Definitely.

Hey, Tony, have you ever-

Have you ever been out to the U.M.P. plant?

Uh, no, I haven't.

I've been hearin' some mixed things

about the place.

I've heard all sorts

of nasty stuff goes on there.

You have? Like what?

I don't know. Um-

I used to have a friend

who used to work there...

and he used to tell me

all sorts of things.

Did you know that's where

the Big Ones come from?

This was a long time back.

I mean-

Look, my friend could have

been full of sh*t.

Yeah, 'cause I was out there.

I mean, the place is-

It's spotless.

- Yeah?

- Oh, yeah. It's high-tech, state-of-the-art stuff.

Stainless steel everywhere.

People wearin' gloves and clean white coats.

I mean-

Well, might be a lot different now.

So, um, the friend-You think I might

be able to give him a call?

I don't know.

He split a long time ago.

I haven't really talked to him.

Well- Right.

My wife's got an uncle.

He can tell you all about that place.

- Does he work out there?

- Oh, no, no. He used to sell 'em cattle.

But he's a real... character.

You know, been on the ranch

a little too long.

You think he'd talk to me?

Oh, he'll talk to you.

Might scare you though.

He's a little intense.

I'll give you his number.

His name is Rudy.

Hey. Hey!

What the f*** you doin'?

What the f***-

Are you f***in' retarded?

Say it. "Grade 'A'." Say it.

- Grade "A."

- Thank you.

F***in' know you understand me.

You people act like I'm a f***in' retard.

- S.

- Get back to work.

Coco.

Yeah, like that. Like that.

Like that.

You know, if that safe in McDonald's

was holding six grand...

Tony must have at least five or six

locked away in there.

Maybe more. You think he goes

to the bank every day?

That's a good question.

Tim says that over where he works...

that they don't even have a safe.

That's 'cause nobody ever eats there.

That chicken fajita I had the other night

was some slimy sh*t.

Yeah, well, there's a reason

why it only costs 99 cents.

There may be five or six grand

in Tony's safe every night...

just sittin' in there, while we're out here

gettin' paid dick to mess with this sh*t.

Yeah, no kidding.

And Tony's a real prick too,

you know?

I always catch him

checkin' out Amber's ass...

and he's, like, five times her age.

Hey, the cops must have these places

totally staked out at night.

'Cause they're just waitin' for another robbery.

The best time to do it would be

first thing in the morning...

around opening time.

Okay. Here's how it goes down.

We come in here

first thing in the morning.

- It's still dark, no traffic.

- Uh-huh.

Everybody's feelin' calm and sleepy.

We'll be taking this order to go,

motherf***er.

If you got the balls, b*tch.

I'm supposed to go out to some ranch.

Maybe that'll be worth something.

I don't know.

Well, I'm meetin' with Harry

on Friday.

So I should be back on Saturday.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Put-Put him on.

- ...but the disease that spreads-

- Who's this?

Hello, Stevie.

Couple of guys invited me to a party

at the "U" on Saturday night.

You wanna come?

Do they know you go to Cody?

For some reason,

they think I'm a freshman in college.

Oh, I wonder why.

One of them is really hot.

Oh, I gotta work that night.

You work way too much.

You the one that called?

Yeah. Hi there. I'm Don.

Climb on over.

- Ever been out here before?

- Nope.

It's beautiful.

You ever been on a ranch before?

Yeah, when I was a kid, at camp.

How, uh- How many acres

do you have, Rudy?

Well, you wouldn't want to have to walk

your way outta here. That's for sure.

Come on up

and meet my new neighbors.

Aw. No.

Aw, geez.

- When did all this happen?

- Last couple of years.

Local rancher lost control

of the land.

Banks took it and sold it

to real estate speculators.

What the hell happened over there?

- Meth freaks.

- Out here?

They find a quiet little place,

start cookin'-

till somethin' blows up

or burns down.

Wow.

Past year and a half,

I've had two bodies dumped on my land.

Dead bodies?

One of 'em was rolled up

in this nice-lookin' carpet.

Scared the sh*t out of my foreman.

They dump dead dogs and cats...

and all other sorts of garbage

on my land.

Seems like I spend half my time

just defendin' the place.

I gotta go to court next week...

to fight off some private

corporation from Denver...

wants to build a toll road

across my land.

Eminent domain, my ass.

They got another word for it-

robbery.

You wanna open that up for me?

You should get a clicker.

Hey, Rudy. You know anybody

over at Uni-Globe Meat Packing?

- Sure.

- What do you think of 'em?

I think they're a fine bunch.

Really?

They'll slit your throat

for a nickel.

Nothin' personal.

They just want the extra nickel.

- Well, who do you know over there?

- I know all of 'em.

- I sold cattle to 'em for years.

- Oh.

More important, I know their type.

They are the meanest, toughest sons of b*tches,

and they're proud of it.

But that's nothin' new.

My granddad went up

against the meat packers in 1919.

Testified in Congress

about their price-fixing.

And after that, none of them

would buy his cattle.

U.M.P. and all the rest

tried to run him out of the business.

- Okay, but that was a long time ago.

- Yeah.

And the big packers are even worse today.

They're even bigger today.

- Really?

- And meaner.

Hell, old Dwight D. Eisenhower

would've shut 'em down.

He wouldn't have stood

for their crap.

Do you think they would knowingly

sell us contaminated meat?

Oh, come on.

Workers are gettin'

their arms cut off over there.

You don't know

who you're dealin' with.

No. No, I don't.

Please, help me.

I- I was at the plant.

It seemed clean to me.

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