Originally Posted by MisterV View Post
I'm sure alan wanted to make a good income from the business, both because "Hell, you can never have TOO MUCH money," and also to prove to the TV network that canned him that he was still relevant, still in the game.

So keeping busy is not the issue here, the issue is to what degree have his casino losses and the time he spent in casinos affected his ability to run his business and to speak truthfully to his son about it?

He says that technology has made his business obsolete, and while that may be true it has no bearing on his bald-faced lying to his son about his failure.
THINGS ARE SOOO SOOO SIMILAR

Patrick had ice cream stores and they all went under because of "the economy"

Alan has a business that is failing , not due to his lack of attention to it, or mingling of business funds with gambling funds....nope..as with patrick its external factors that there is no control over.

Didint allan teach his son not to get into business ventures with gamblers....especially gamblers that claim they never have a winning year.

If its true that alan was giving his son a sweetheart deal for just working 2 days a month ...then he just needs to walk away and consider things are even since he was overpaid for a period of time. Lesson learned about getting into bed with losing gamblers....even if they are your father.

But if it wasnt a sweetheart deal and the son earned every penny...then the solution is simple......for a period of time..instead of throwing 200-500 in a craps table...he throws that money in an envelope and mails it to his son. Ever week.

So if the money is really owed, then alan has to decide fif the craps tables take precedence over his financial obligations

And if the sweetheart deal was for real as alan described....then both sides can walk away as things tend to even out in life.

simple