mean dude #5 enters the lobby where an old clerk is sitting at the counter reading a yellowed newspaper. there is a pit bull on the floor beside him.
an inside shot looking out of the front glass reveals mariachi looking at his wallet as mean dude talks to the phone. no one notices him.
mean dude hangsup the phone. he writes a few more things. he turns to leave.
the old clerk is talking on the phone to the bad guys. he hangs up the phone, then reaches into the back of his counter for a gun. he places it on the counter and covers it with his newspaper and continues reading.
the men burst into the lobby and the old men tells them the room number. they run out into the courtyard with the old man following. the pit bull is uninterested in the action.
the dog watches as mariachi tosses his keys into the cubby hole where they belong. mariachi then jumps over the counter, banging keys on the register to get it open.
mariachi, unable to open the register, jumps over the counter.
mariachi enters the lobby and winks at the old clerk who is standing over his open register in shock. his eyes widen when he sees mariachi. he runs out of the hotel.