Experiment #5 - Magical Realism

Experiment #5 - Magical Realism

Subway Restaurant + Glasses That Hypnotize Others

As a news broadcast:

In tonight’s news, KKMC has learned of a rather odd story.  

Employees at a local Subway restaurant have been hypnotizing their customers.   

Sources tell KKMC news that 5 employees of the popular restaurant chain have been wearing glasses that somehow have a hypnotic effect.

These glasses look like ordinary glasses our station is told and customers have been completely unaware.

The way these employees have been able to accomplish hypnotizing customers is by posting an employee just outside of the front door to pass out coupons to unsuspecting customers as they approach the restaurant.  

This initial interaction with an employee wearing the glasses begins the hypnotic process.

Once inside the restaurant, the employees at the order counter complete the act, fully engaging the customer who now becomes open to suggestion.

Window shades were pulled down to conceal what was happening inside.  

Once a customer is fully under hypnosis, the customer begins to do things that an employee has prompted them to do, such as dart around the restaurant clucking like a chicken, sing like Axl Rose from Guns n Roses or do the worm on the floor.  

Subway employee antics were abruptly halted when the Mayor walked in, unknowingly bypassing the employee posted at the door who was occupied elsewhere.  

It has been reported that Mayor Reynolds witnessed a group of customers doing the conga around the restaurant while in their underwear with employees cheering them on.

Observing this strange sight, the Mayor immediately turned off the source of the music, located near the entrance, surprising employees who were unaware of her presence.  

When asked what was happening, the employees quickly confessed to their shenanigans.  

The Mayor ordered the employees to command the customers to re-dress themselves and to bring them out of their hypnotic revelry.  

Customers were completely unaware of what had happened and the Mayor insisted the employees not tell them what had occured to save their dignity.

She also ordered the employees to give each customer a free meal under the guise of “Customer Appreciation Day.”  

The Mayor confiscated all of the hypnotic glasses and assigned each employee to complete

500 hours of community service.  

The Mayor noted that if any employee failed to comply with her punishment of community service, they would be subjected to performing the conga in their underwear at the next 4th of July parade.  

Each employee graciously accepted the terms of the Mayor’s punishment.  

KKMC contacted the Mayor’s office for a comment on what she intended to do with the glasses.

A spokesperson for the Mayor’s office simply stated, “She intends to put the glasses to good use”, no further details were given.  

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