"Yeah, you're lookin' real busy right about now. What with the evening crowd rushin' in and all."

It's completely devoid of bite, more along the lines of witty commentary than anything else. Point being that whatever work needs to be done, he don't think that it's a real pressing issue. More liable to be an excuse to shunt him on outta here.

Means things still ain't falling back to their typical back-and-forth. Which is, uh, kind of a problem. Technically speaking.