"Attention, SaveMart shoppers! A group of bloodthirsty zombies has invaded the store. Do not be alarmed, but please proceed to the nearest exit in a calm, orderly fashion. Leave all unpurchased merchandise within the store. Regardless of the circumstances, we will continue to prosecute all shoplifters to the fullest extent of the law."

This announcement met with several moments of shocked inaction, then an anthill of activity erupted in the shopping center, as if the pronouncement’s full meaning had hit everyone at once.