Meanwhile, "Hangman" Adam Page leaned against the bar sipping a horchata. He watched the disarray and had an idea.

“We need a union,” he said to no one in particular.

He printed some pamphlets and even scheduled a meeting — only to discover that “organizing” involved talking to dishwashers, line cooks, and delivery guys. People who, in his words, “use Boost Mobile unironically.”

He threw the pamphlets in the fryer and quietly wandered off to write vague tweets about cowboy labor ethics.