District Manager

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**"District Manager"** is the seventeenth episode of Season Three of *Superstore*, and the forty-ninth episode of the show overall.

## Summary

*Laurie, the new district manager, visits the store and decides to make some cuts to save money by firing Myrtle. Amy and Jonah plead with her to not fire anyone and search for other ways to make up the money. Mateo struggles to prove his skills on the cash register.*

## Plot

In the Break Room, Glenn nervously announces the impending arrival of the new district manager, Laurie, points out she's a woman and asks the staff to not act weird. She arrives and Glenn introduces her like she's a queen. Laurie is very business-like and curtly says she'll be at the store all day to look for efficiencies and tells the staff to get back to work. Justine, Marcus and Sandra watch Laurie work and make negative comments about her. Amy accuses them of misogyny and Jonah comments that many people think women make better bosses than men. He makes an analogy to Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire which angers Myrtle who challenges Jonah to name movies Rogers was better than Rita Hayworth in. He can't but Marcus does while mixing up the title names. A man drinks all the beers in a six pack and then re-shelves the empty bottles. (♫ The B-52's - Love Shack ♫)

Mateo approaches Garrett and Cheyenne worried about his low score at checkout. He claims Garrett's score is better than his from all the video games Garrett plays and then insults sci-fi, angering Garrett. At Coffee & Bakery, Laurie asks for Amy's help with the personnel files beginning with Sal. In Glenn's Office, Dina confirms with Glenn that they should keep her pregnancy a secret as Dina believes that some bosses don't like "preggos". Amy continues with the personnel review addressing Carol, Sandra and Justine. When Myrtle comes up, Amy jokingly insults her so Laurie indicates Myrtle will be fired. Amy tells Jonah that Myrtle is going to fired and after some questioning, admits its her fault. In Glenn's Office, Glenn tries to convince Laurie to not fire Myrtle without success. Glenn wants to wait until end of day to tell Myrtle and in the meantime, to show her a perfect day. At checkout, Mateo can't get the scanner to work on a food can. In the Break Room, he expresses his frustration to Garrett and Cheyenne. Garrett convinces him to change his checkout stats on Glenn's computer.

In the dressing rooms, Sandra is concerned for Dina's baby when she's asked to tighten a corset on Dina so that her pregnancy doesn't show. She asks Dina to consider padding herself so she looks fat everywhere. Glenn asks Myrtle what her perfect day at the store would be until Garrett interrupts. Amy and Jonah convince Laurie to not fire Myrtle if they can find enough savings to make up Myrtle's salary. In the Warehouse, Amy tries to help Jonah find some cost savings. In Glenn's Office, Garrett accesses Mateo's personnel file on Glenn's computer and changes his checkout stat (UPM score). Mateo wonders if the score is now too high but Garrett convinces him to make the score impressive. At the café, Glenn introduces TV weatherman Skipper Sailes to Myrtle who Glenn mistakenly thinks is Myrtle's favorite weatherman. Myrtle says another weatherman is her favorite and leaves.

Laurie approaches Dina with a question on the shrink reports. Dina grabs a heavy box of weights in order to hide her pregnancy and refuses to put it down. When Laurie ignores Dina's discomfort, Dina says she has to go to the bathroom but Laurie tags along while Dina continues to carry the box. Amy and Jonah enter the Break Room and tell the staff they need to take the coffee machine in order to save money so that Laurie won't fire Myrtle. This leads numerous staff to posit whether it is sexist to call a woman a bitch who is acting like one. In the parking lot, Glenn discovers that Myrtle always wanted to drive a Cloud 9 Delivery Truck so he gets her into the driver's seat of one. Laurie approaches Cheyenne, Garrett and Mateo about Mateo's very high UPM score. Garrett suggests that Mateo should demonstrate his checkout technique and Mateo realizes Garrett has set him up for failure due to him insulting sci-fi.

In the parking lot, Glenn and Marcus watch Myrtle crash the truck into Glenn's SUV. (♫ Fred Astaire - Cheek to Cheek ♫) At a checkout, Mateo stalls demonstrating his scanning technique including turning off the cash register until Cheyenne turns it back on. He then claims he was stung by a bee and runs off. A man holding cauliflowers can't open a plastic bag with one hand. (♫ Blondie - One Way or Another ♫) Amy and Jonah present the savings they've found to Laurie but despite impressing her, Laurie still wants Myrtle fired. With a pile of plastic bags at his feet, the man trying to open the plastic bag gives up in frustration and flings the cauliflowers and bag to the ground. (♫ Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out ♫) Dina, now padded to look fat, interrupts Sandra talking to Laurie. Laurie says Dina looks different which she takes offence to. Leaving the store, Amy curses about Laurie to Jonah. They see the delivery truck on its side and Myrtle shouts it was her best day ever. Glenn tells Myrtle she's fired and keeps chanting "best day".

## Cast

### Main cast

America Ferreraas Amy DubanowskiBen Feldmanas Jonah SimmsMark McKinneyas Glenn SturgisLauren Ashas Dina FoxColton Dunnas Garrett McNeillNichole Bloomas Cheyenne LeeNico Santosas Mateo Liwanag
### Featured cast

Kaliko Kauahias SandraJon Barinholtzas MarcusKelly Schumannas JustineLinda Porteras MyrtleDanny Guraas EliasSelisha Shertickas SarahJudd Lawrenceas HenryMariana Toscaas HeatherChristopher Riordanas ChrisJennifer Irwinas LaurieJerard Kingsas CustomerMartin Kildaireas Skipper Sailes

## Running Gags

* Amy's name tag: Amy wears a different name tag in every episode. For this one it's "Kim".
* **Crazy Customers and music**: For all customer interludes and music see District Manager (music).
* Glenn's Cars: Glenn, Marcus and Roger watch as Myrtle fulfils a lifelong dream driving a delivery truck but she crashes it into the side of Glenn's SUV.
* Glenn's tie: Pink large cartoon clouds.

## References

* Jonah Googles to find out about Laurie.
* Jonah mentions Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did but backwards and in heels. This angers Myrtle who challenges Jonah to name one picture Rogers was better than Rita Hayworth in. Jonah can't name any of Rogers' movies but Marcus mentions Swing Time (which he calls "Big Time"), Top Hat and Flying Down to Rio (he calls it "Swinging Down to Rio"). Later, Myrtle drives to the song "Cheek to Cheek" from "Top Hat".
* Mateo angers Garrett when he says Star Wars and Star Trek are the same thing.
* Dina tells Glenn to keep her pregnancy from Laurie to which Glenn replies that everyone loves preggos, Legos and Eggos.
* Amy says a catch phrase to Laurie that mentions Arby's and then tells Laurie that Carol and Sandra are kept on opposite sides of the store as their situation is like Crips and Bloods.
* While tightening Dina's corset, Sandra tells her that actors Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence and Tyler Perry have all been padded to look fat in movie roles. Dina responds that if she didn't need Sandra's Hulu password, she'd kill her.
* Laurie agrees with Amy that Jonah looks like a male Tinker Bell.
* While using the computer in Glenn's Office to change Mateo's employee file, Garrett finds Glenn's church's Myspace page. Mateo believes the change is his Tonya Harding moment.
* As Glenn presents TV weatherman Skipper Sailes to Myrtle, she says she watches Craig Moeller. Craig is the real-life Meteorologist for St. Louis Channel 5 KSDK.
* Amy says she was mad at Jeff when he changed the vending machine supplier as the machines no longer had any Takis.
* When Jonah agrees with Marcus, Marcus calls says they are red pill brothers.
* As the staff debate whether it is sexist to call a woman a bitch when she's being one, Marcus ponders whether people would defend Hitler if he was a woman and Cheyenne posits Oprah hosting the Holocaust.
* Amy and Jonah's presentation to Laurie includes the donkey from Shrek.

## Trivia

* Stratus, Coffee & Bakery, Glenn's office, Glenn's monkey puppet, the Warehouse, a Cloud 9 Delivery Truck and Glenn's car make an appearance.
* The last names of several characters are revealed including Marcus **White**, Justine **Sikowitz** and Myrtle **Vartanian**.
* Glenn's church is called "Life's Works Church".
* Goof 1: As Skipper Sailes asks Glenn for a reimbursement for his cup of coffee, Ted is seen behind them working at the café. A second later as the camera angle changes, Ted walks into the café.
* Goof 2: In the Break Room, after Amy puts the coffee maker down (which isn't seen), it is pointing right. When Jonah says "I just mean if we had true equality ...", it is pointing to the front. It flips between pointing to the right and front three more times during the scene.
* Goof 3: At the beginning of the episode in the Break Room, Garret wheels his chair closer to the table. In the next shot, he is seen in the corner of the screen in a regular Break Room chair.

## Quotes

“*Breaker 1-9! This is Myrtle the Turtle sayin' keep it groovy.*”— **Myrtle**

## Video

Superstore - Are You Guys Seriously Weirded Out by a Female Boss? (Episode Highlight)