Summoning Spell: Managerus Embarrassus

I’m at a department store with my mom, and we pass through a section near the back with a checkout counter. There’s a LONG line and only one cashier at the counter despite having two registers. Her attempts to page a manager or backup cashier are going unanswered, and we can tell some of the customers are getting a bit snippy and impatient.

As we walk by, we notice a man leading a second man with a nametag. They talk quietly for a moment before the first man loudly addresses the line.

Man: “Good news, everyone! I found a manager in the office! And I’m SURE he will be happy to open the second register or get someone else to do so!”

The manager had a deer-in-headlights look as the whole line turned to him. My mom and I ended up browsing some nearby clothing racks so we could watch the manager basically get shamed into summoning another worker by name over his walkie-talkie to take care of the second register. Only after she arrived did the irritated line allow him to slink off.

The customer who brought the manager joined a woman in line, looking rather smug. We were close enough to overhear him tell her he just KNEW the managers must be hiding out in the office. Not sure how he got the manager to follow him to the back counter, but hey, it worked!