The Long View

For years I had shopped at Circuit City, the Virginia-based electronics retailer, for a variety of products. News that they are filing for bankruptcy, however, comes as no surprise.

 When Circuit City fired experienced and knowledgeable retail sales staff a year or so ago but continued to pay its executives more than those at up-and-coming Best Buy, I stopped shopping at Circuit City.

When they hired a bunch of late adolescents to replace the knowledgeable older sales staff and turned Circuit City into a social club for kewler-than-thou kids, I decided, “As God is my witness, I shall never shop at Circuit City again.”