Circuit City is where I had one of my most aggravating shopping experiences. I went to buy a washing machine and the salesman basically refused to sell it to me, answer any questions or even give me a price. My then 14-year-old daughter was with me and got a kick out of me screaming at the moron. She called this afternoon and asked if I was happy about the news. (A similar thing happened at Future Shop a year or so later--I found the VCR I wanted, but it was obviously the loss leader and the salesman refused to answer questions about it or to sell it to me. When I tried to look at it, he tried to physically block me. It was bizarre.)
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke