the best wine, but the least observant employees

Patty and I breeze into a liquor store for last minute supplies before the fireworks and are confronted by a very intoxicated woman and her… “date.” The alcoholic influence is evident because the first thing we see is this woman on her back in the middle of the floor. Since the guy helped her up (while she kept chatting, as though nothing was wrong), we moved along to the back of the store to make our selections.

When we strolled to the front of the store, the couple had buzzed off and I told the cashiers, “That woman was very drunk.”

“It’s true,” cashier #1 twinkled at me. “We have the best selection of wine anywhere.”

“She fell down in the middle of the store,” I further clarified.

Nodding and smiling, cashier #2 offered: “It’s much less expensive than if you go over the state line.”

“She was on her back,” explained Patty.

“Yes,” they responded in unison. “It really is the best selection and the best price.”