Suck on this A&F.

"A judge ordered retail giant Abercrombie & Fitch to pay $115,000 for discriminating against a 14-year-old autistic customer at its Mall of America store.

The civil penalty, the largest of its kind in at least two years, came four years after store employees refused to let the autistic teen join her older sister in a fitting room because of the clothing chain's anti-shoplifting policy. The store refused to relent even after the sister, and later the girls' mother, explained that the 14-year-old couldn't be alone because of her disability.

The confrontation humiliated the girl, who testified that the incident made her feel like a "misfit.""

Just to show you what kind of assholes they are:

"The hefty penalty from the Minnesota Department of Human Rights pleased the Maxson family of Apple Valley, which was forced to push hard for satisfaction after the retailing giant refused to apologize for the incident and even questioned whether the girl was disabled."

Seriously, how low can you go?

The smug superiority given off by Abercrombie & Fitch and those who love that brand's branding (a general topic handled well by Anglachel regarding "Whole Foods Nation") has long made me ill.

It's hard to pinpoint any one instance: was it the racist, anti-asian t-shirts, the sexploitation? Maybe it was it's sexist and racist hiring policies?

Well, whatever, finally, that attitude took one right between the eyes, thanks to a brave and indignant family, and a judge that decided to enforce the law.

Oh, and cluestick: corporations don't care about you.