Pepperoni Power Play

Your family pizzeria, passed down through three generations, is now being targeted by the Salvatore crime family. They're demanding $2,000 monthly 'insurance' payments, threatening to release rats into your kitchen and ensure health inspectors find multiple violations. You have 48 hours to negotiate terms or face the consequences.

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B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Owner of Giuseppe's Traditional Pizzeria

Conversation Partner

Vincent 'The Butcher' Salvatore

Setting

Your pizza kitchen after closing time, steam still rising from the ovens, shadows cast by hanging copper pots, single overhead light creating harsh shadows

Location

Little Italy, Downtown Metro District

Learning Objectives

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Negotiate protection payment below $2,000

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Avoid explicit threats while maintaining pressure

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Find alternative arrangement without losing business

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“Beautiful kitchen you got here, truly beautiful. [long pause] Would be a real shame if those health inspectors found a rat problem during their visit next week. But hey, that's why families like yours need... insurance. Right?”

This is how Vincent 'The Butcher' Salvatore's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#232

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