FBI in Supermarket I guess some FBI agents work in supermarkets. Today, I went to a supermarket and queued at a cash register. There was very crowded on that time. Then, a clerk had announced over a store’s public address system that “the manager, please take Number 17 !”. Only a child there questioned his mother adorably what the “Number 17” meant. Children are pure indeed. People working in store in Japan often use such kind of codes as if FBI agents in movie use password to veil what they talk. However, maybe, everyone around the queue and I identified easily what the code meant, why she had announced and what she wanted. Actually, she probably had said that “help us to handle customers! There are lots of them irritated already by the cash registers handling them slowly now.” At that time, I wondered if she should say that honestly without using the code. Saying honestly should be clear and should convince everyone there to wait calmly. However, I’ve found the aim to use the code later. The numbers themselves never have any senses, but the clerks probably use many numbers, for example noticing a suspicious person, who they have found, probably has also a number. So, by using a cord any time, they can make camouflages not to be found by him. Actually, they may always fight somebody being in a way like FBI agents.