Once, I walked into a bagel place less than an hour before closing time. I expected the selection to be limited by then, but the inventory was even more depleted than I'd anticipated.
With grave severity, the cashier told me there had been "a large bagel-buying incident."
I resisted the urge to ask if there were casualties. It would not have been polite.
I still think The Bagel-Buying Incident would be a good name for a one-hit wonder band, though.
