Pam hanging out with rabble like "it was a big rock" Croc and Firefly?
Maybe she hit 'em with the phero-mojo. A girl's gotta have meat shields.
Would have worked much better if it was a random encounter, like Eddie stops in for coffee, and look who's here ordering a triple expresso, extra sweet.
Or a crime in progress: "All right, this is a stickup! Gimmie all the the money in the register, a mocha latte, and one of those giant muffins. Holy cow, Eddie! What a coincidink! You want a muffin? Gimmie another giant muffin!"