My interest in purchasing a new television led me to Best Buy last night.
Best Buy has always been one of my least favorite stores. The "hip
hop" section is always filled with 500 copies of a single cd, and
usually it's something that doesn't even belong there like Carrie
Underwood. The kids who check receipts at the door act (and look)
like prison guards. The employees in the computer section will hand
you a printer if you ask for a new mouse.
But of course, the worst part of Best Buy is the inventory. Best Buy
is really one big display of what you may purchase from their web
site. They usually only have one or two televisions in stock and
that's so that they meet the minimum legal requirement to call
themselves a store.
Last night I thought it would be fun to ask the employee working in
the television section whether a particular model was in stock. He
immediately looked at the two cardboard boxes in front of the
television. He obviously thought I was stupid -- wouldn't I know to
look at the box at my feet? -- but then I realized that maybe he
wasn't the sharpest kid when he spent a good ten seconds looking at a
box for a television mounting bracket.
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