Oh. It's one of those customers. Were Albert an actual employee of McDonald's, he'd refer her to the manager, but given that he's the only one around, it seems he'll have to deal with this himself.

"Well, we've stopped receiving shipments of food, so I have to ration the sausage patties so we don't run out too fast," he explains. "Unless you want to give me something in return for them, but right now I'm running a free operation."

So I make the rules is implied, but he doesn't make it explicit.