I'm reminded of that scene in a later season of The Sopranos where a couple of Tony's flunkies pay a visit to the new Starbucks opening on the block for a shakedown and a kid stocking merchandise blows them off saying every last bean is accounted for by corporate and it's out of his hands. The thugs wander out in a daze.

Great scene, especially if you wanted to make a case for the benevolent influence of corporations on society. Power to the bean counters!