Random Acts of Spongebob

Chapter 2: Mart Manager

One day at the Bargain Mart, Spongebob was heading towards the counter while pushing a trolley he had in front of him; he had come here to get a refill of Gary's snail food as well as some other things that he could probably have for dinner. But as he arrived at the counter, he stopped short when he saw the long line in front of him. "Must be pretty busy today." Spongebob commented as he moved his head to see how long the line was: it turned out that the line went to across half of the mart, something that genuinely surprised Spongebob. He then tapped the shoulder of the person in front of him, Tom, who then looked down at the yellow sponge with a frown.

"Hey, you think you can do something about this line? We've been waiting here for hours!" Tom snapped, causing Spongebob to jump in surprise. He then had a closer look to see that sure enough, quite a few people in the line were complaining about having to wait for as long as they have.

"Come on, what's the hold up?!" Nat asked. "I've had to wait in this line since this morning! Will you hurry up?!" Harold yelled out as he and some other people were shaking their fists in frustration and yelling about their predicament. Spongebob then looked down to think wondering what to do about this, and then he turned to see that there was a closed counter just not too far to the right, and then he smiled having an idea.

"Hey, I know!" Spongebob said. With this, he rushed over to the counter with his trolley in hand and then jumped over to the other side of the counter, wearing the cashier outfit over his regular clothes. "Mart Manager Squarepants is at your service! Please step over this way!" Spongebob called, waving to the long line. The group then turned their heads to see that another counter was open, so they rushed over so they could get their items checked and not have to wait in that line any longer. "Thank you for visiting the Bargain Mart and we hope to see you here again soon." Spongebob said as he checked the items without any hesitance, and the line started to move faster than it had been earlier. Tom soon arrived at the counter and gave his items to Spongebob, who checked then off right away and then shoved them back into the shopping bags.

"Hey, thanks! It would have taken us forever to get our shopping done." Tom said, obviously happy with how fast this service was. Spongebob then smiled modestly and shook his head.

"No problem, my friend. Just doing my job." Spongebob replied.