That may be so, MMario, but it does seem that bartenders and bar owners contribute to more deaths, sooner, than those in many other occupations do. And, again, I'm not just talking about death and injury but also about the many other ways lives are affected by drinking. I just can't fathom why anyone would go into a business whose goal is to bring more people in to drink more. I can't imagine wanting to watch the lives of my friends and neighbors change for the worse while I kept on pouring more alcohol for them to further worsen their lot. I can't imagine going to their funerals knowing I was the last person to see them alive as they were leaving my bar, and knowing for the rest of my life that my poor judgment – or the poor judgment of one of my employees – in not cutting off their drinks sooner was a factor in their death. I can't imagine watching each customer leave my bar and wondering if they were going to end the night in jail instead of at home.

But hey, that's just me. Maybe Lavender can imagine all that and can live with herself if any of that happens to her, as it's sure to do... sooner or later.