I had a bookie for years. Total mafia guy. “If you ever need anything…money… you know.. Just let me know.” I never needed that “service” and my knee caps are still intact.
I grew up back east and avoided these types of guys like the plague. They scared the bejesus out of me…every time I saw them I was reminded of that line from The Godfather:
Someday, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as a gift on my daughter’s wedding day.