In my town the CVS has a self checkout unless you hunt someone down. So maybe OP was talking to themselves

From Google AI:

Never Feed After Midnight: If a Mogwai is fed after midnight, it will undergo a transformation into a Gremlin, a mischievous and destructive creature.

Gremlins? IDK. Down Syndrome? Definitely.

Give a person with down syndrome alcohol? I’d rather feed a Gremlin after midnight

When you think about it we’re kinda like worms. Stuff goes in the front end and shit goes out the back end. Day in and day out