June 10, 2005
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This is like the schadenfreude ultrarare picture disk UK import for me

I can't tell you how delighted I was to read about Kim's employees gettin' busted for piracy. It's not because I'm necessarily antipiracy. And it's not because I find Kim's merchandise lacking--quite the opposite. It's because everyone who works at Kim's is an enormous fucking asshole. I know, it's practically a sterotype--the snobby record/video store clerk. But at Kim's, the behavior seems to be encouraged. I actually go there only as a last resort simply because as an attractive young woman I am unaccustomed to receiving sub-par customer service.

It's hard to pinpoint which part of this article is my favorite. There's this gem:

Then, all of the 20 or so clerks, managers and other employees who were working in the three-floor store, which sells DVD's, CD's, books and production equipment, were told to line up on the ground floor.
At which point they all promptly pissed themselves.

But then there's this part:

The employees charged with counterfeiting were identified as Theo Frimpong, 39, of the Bronx; Diana Kinscherf, 19, of Queens; Donald Stahl, 26, and Charles Bettis, 29, both of Brooklyn; and Craig Willingham, 32, of Manhattan.
There is exactly ONE suspect in that list who isn't too old to be working in a record store.

And I bet that she's also the only one not currently living with her mother.

Neener.

Posted by Dana at 12:26 PM

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Mmmmm....hot indie chix in handcuffs...

(I keed.)

Posted by: Vidiot at June 10, 2005 02:14 PM

what i like most about that article is the random comment from guy-on-the-street mike doughty. mike doughty? is chicago? is not chicago?

Posted by: reeves at June 10, 2005 03:19 PM

Exactly what is the age limit on gloating over the fact that someone spent thirty hours in jail over this and it certainly wasn't Mr. Kim?

Posted by: Josh at June 15, 2005 01:55 PM

Haven't you learned anything from Enron? The bigwigs never take the fall. And, hey, 30 hours is enough to gain down by law status in my book. Respect!

On the flipside, 30 hours is not nearly long enough punishment for those promoting that no-talent moran 50 Cent.

Posted by: dana at June 15, 2005 02:07 PM