"Okay, but I'll warn you it will be incredibly boring." And most likely unneeded, his secretary had probably just gotten lost in paperwork mountain.

The waitress returned them with their orders and no bill, "I heard you had work so I just had it placed on you bill, Matthew." She explained as she placed the deserts in front of them, "You can just leave as soon as you finish."

"Boring is better than getting lost." That's all he says before the desserts arrive. He just tilts his head a bit as he listens to the waitress. "How often do you come here?" Random question time is a go!

(bad post is also a go >_<)

"A lot." Canada confesses sheepishly. "I usually come twice a week sometime more often." Canada then takes a lady finger, "Enough that I can tell which cook is on duty by the food alone, today you had Miss Rosenburgh."

William/the Confederacy chuckles a bit. "Hey, once you find a good place to eat...go to it often. I hate when I find a good place to eat and they close down." He kind of pouts a bit. "A lot of bbq places have done that." And some of them had awesome food. "Long as it tastes good..." He starts to work on the fried ice cream.

"Your barbeque places are going out of business?" Canada asked after finishing another one of his lady fingers. "Is this a recent occurence?" Last time he had talked to America, before the split, his economy had been booming.

"Not all of them....just happens to be EVERY SINGLE ONE I LOVE!" He kind of flails a bit. "I think it's mainly bad location for them though...and small businesses always have problem. With funding or people bickering and the like." He just shrugs a bit. "The ones that are bigger....aren't always as good." He shrugs. And don't forget, America likes to exaggerate. Alot. He must be the hero!

"Size does not promise quality." Canada agreed, "In fact to my knowledge size usually comprimises quality."

"Yep. That's true. Look at Wal-Mart. It's a necessary evil. In some places it's one of the biggest employeers. That's what makes me sad....or when it's the only grocery store. There needs to be competition." It bothers him when corporations like that make it impossible for the little guy to survive. "Though I think Johnson and Johnson still makes good quality things..."

"I don't really have an opinion on which large outlet is better, I normally support the smaller companies." Canada interjected. "And so far it appears to mostly work."

"Well...it's not like I can abandon the big corporations. If they went down...some towns would be left with nothing and would just dry up, you know? I can't let that happen, but I don't like that things have become so towns are dependent on just one store." He stretches a bit. "But that'll take a long time to change if it can be."

"But what if they don't have that time?" Canada asked. "Maybe Wal-Mart goes bankrupt and has to close suddenly, what will those small towns do?"

"That would be scary. The idea of Wal-Mart going bankrupt. My people wouldn't be the only people hurting. Wal-Mart owns other stores and is a major thing in some areas." His face shows that he does not like the idea of a bankrupt Wal-Mart.

Canada nodded, "It would be similar to Tim Hortons going bankrupt over here. That shop is part of the lifeblood of Canadians."

"It wouldn't be so bad if Wal-Mart didn't destroy any competition they had. Is Tim Horton's like that?" He tilts his head a bit. He doesn't really know anything about the store....other than an exists. He doesn't know if it's a super center like thing or not.

"It does put a lot of smaller coffe shops out of business. It is not a large super center like Wal-Mart more like a larger version of Dunkin Doughnuts.' Canada says trying to find the right way to explain Tim Hortons.

"Well....so if it did go out of business...there would be a lot of Canadians without caffeine that would be very unhappy?" That's the way William is seeing it. "It wouldn't be like, where can I get groceries now?" Since many people don't have cars and the like...it's whatever is closest.