As I recall, even back in the 80s lobster was pretty pricey. So how could he afford them? Did he buy the lobster tails with a credit card or did he have Chet buy them for everyone? My guess would be the latter.
shareWell when he got to the cabin, he did say Chet was gonna *beep* a solid gold brick when he saw them...So he sold the brick and paid for the lobster tails, and suck my wake lol
shareIn a deleted scene they show him purchasing them with his credit card while sweating buckets wondering if his card would go through or be declined.
shareA lot of yuppies in the 80s did things "On the slate" which just means running up a tab of various sorts. Roman was a money man so he'd now how to squeeze extensions, overdrafts and more money out a credit card than most.
In other words he *beep* the lobster tails.