SAN ANTONIO, TX — A 28-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday evening at a downtown San Antonio cantina after staff discovered her face-down — and partially submerged — in a 100-ounce communal margarita pitcher she had reportedly been drinking out of directly with both hands, having either ignored or never received the four straws the pitcher was served with.

Mackenzie Renee Bofinger had been celebrating Cinco de Mayo with three coworkers at Casa Picante on East Houston Street. The group ordered the restaurant’s signature “El Diablo’s Bathtub” pitcher — a 100-ounce frozen margarita designed to be shared between four to six people via straws. Witnesses say Bofinger took possession of the pitcher within five minutes of its arrival, refused to share, and “adopted it as a personal beverage.”

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Staff initially attempted intervention at the 30-minute mark, when Bofinger began consuming the margarita without straws by lifting the pitcher to her face like a soup bowl. By the 50-minute mark, she had ceased lifting the pitcher and was instead leaning forward into it, prompting one server to ask her coworkers, “Is she okay?” Her coworkers responded that they did not know.

“I came over because she had not moved in about four minutes. Her face was in the pitcher. Her bangs were in the pitcher. I said, ‘Ma’am, ma’am.’ She lifted her head, looked at me, and said, ‘I’m fine, I live here now.’ Then she put her face back in.” — Server Carmen Velasquez, Casa Picante

Management called paramedics out of concern for Bofinger’s safety. Paramedics determined she was breathing normally and was, in their professional assessment, “extremely drunk but in no immediate medical danger.” She refused to leave the booth, citing the pitcher as her “primary residence as of tonight.” Officers were called. Bofinger was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct after she allegedly attempted to take the pitcher with her, telling officers, “It’s mine, I closed it.”

Bofinger was booked into the Bexar County Jail. Her booking photo on JailReport.lol shows visible salt around her mouth and what appears to be a single lime wedge stuck to her earring. She was released on $500 bond Wednesday morning and reportedly asked the releasing officer if Casa Picante was open for brunch. It was not. She has been banned from the establishment for life.