Abstract: A retail customer service annunciator/pager includes a base to recline on a retail tabletop; a tapered body extending upwardly from the base; a combination switch/light adjacent the apex of the tapered body, the switch/light alternately switching a visible light on and off when the switch is manually actuated. The tapered body provides within its outer periphery one or more open compartments to store condiments. The switch/light includes a translucent or transparent lens/cover that is engraved with a company identity indicium. The tabletop annunciator/pager includes a pager including a visible light that is selectively switchable on and off; and a wireless transmitter for communicating from the tabletop annunciator/pager to a remote receiver an on-off status of the visible light. A plural channel wireless receiver responsive to plural wireless transmitters includes a processor to determine the lengths of time the lights are in an on state and a display to annunciate or record the determined lengths of time.

Abstract: The invented retail customer service annunciator/pager comprises a base configured to recline on a retail tabletop; a tapered body extending upwardly from the base; and a combination switch/light adjacent the apex of the tapered body, the switch/light configured alternately to switch a visible light on and off when the switch is manually actuated, wherein a) the tapered body is configured to provide within its outer periphery one or more open compartments configured to store condiments and/or b) the combination switch/light includes a translucent or transparent lens/cover that is engraved with a company identity indicium.