attention deranged shoppers

so i'm in Best Buy standing in line waiting to purchase a dvd when an angry customer storms passed the checkstands. upon exiting the warehouse-sized store he yells "I HATE this store!!!". he then turns to us six or seven folks waiting in line and says "Don't buy ANYTHING from Best Buy! They don't know anything and there's no one here to help you!!!"

it was so silent you could hear a pin drop. the angry dude had put a dent in the happy shopping vibe of the consumerist marketplace.

strangely i love these situations - i like seeing how people react to mild violations of social norms in public places. anyways, i should have taken his advice and left the store - it took about fifteen minutes for two checkstands to check out five people.