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.