Long westerville road in Columbus, Ohio the Schotten-stein's department store is a crumbling mess. The tan brick building sits in a weedy industrial corridor, not far from a mobile home park and a used car dealership. Shopping carts lie overturned on the cracked asphalt. If not for lights burning inside, the store might be mistaken for a board-up. Inside, a 5-foot plastic singing Santa Glaus has no one to entertain. Turkey fryers ($30) tower over sequined evening gowns ($50); displays of Hungarian Fish Rub, guava jelly and zip-up stiletto boots follow one upon the other. The speakers blare "Get shopping!"―as if anyone were listening. Some investors, apparently, are. Schot-tenstein's has lately been the target of sniping on Yahoo's message boards. "My family built this company, and I'll run it any damn way I wish," wrote someone posing as company Chairman Jay L. Schottenstein. "If we want to drive it into the ground, by golly, we'll drive it into the ground."
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机译：俄亥俄州哥伦布的长长的韦斯特维尔路（Schotten-stein）的百货商店简直一团糟。棕褐色的砖瓦建筑坐落在杂草丛生的工业走廊中，距离活动房屋公园和二手车经销店不远。购物车躺在破裂的沥青上。如果不是因为里面的灯火烧了，商店可能会误认为是木板。在里面，一个5英尺长的塑料歌唱圣塔格拉斯（Santa Glaus）没人要娱乐。土耳其炸锅（30美元）高耸在亮片晚礼服上（50美元）；匈牙利鱼磨，番石榴果冻和高跟短靴的展示相互依存。演讲者大喊“买东西！”，好像有人在听。显然，有些投资者是。肖特斯坦（Schot-tenstein）最近成为狙击雅虎留言板上的目标。一位冒充公司董事长杰伊·肖特斯坦（Jay L. Schottenstein）的人写道：“我的家人建立了这家公司，我将以我希望的任何方式经营它。” “如果我们想把它打入地下，那就把它打入地下。”
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