Why L.L. Bean is so damn cool
1. They hired me. Part time, working in their L.L. Home department (where they sell books, videos, furniture, bedding, food items, dishes, and various stuff). This is good, and given that my sifts will be from around 4:00 PM until midnight I get their shift differential bonus. Very nice. Still looking for a full time job in libraries, but this is great while I am looking.
2. They have a free concert series, with GOOD acts. Paula Cole (Where Have all the Cowboys Gone?) has already played. Future acts will include the Portland Symphony Orchestra (free symphony? wow!), Arlo Guthrie ("You can get anything you want..."), Great Big Sea (SQUEEEEEEEE!), the Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin (Sunny Came Home), and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (wacky neat jazz). Damn, that is some pretty impressive stuff to hear for free.
3. Amazing customer service. They will replace things that break over the course of normal use. I had a large Duffel bag with wheels on it, big enough to take a college student's dirty laundry from Iowa to Maine. One of the wheels broke off after about two to three years of use. I no longer had a receipt. I brought in the bag and the wheel, thinking they would mend it for a fee. They just gave me a new one. Took less than 15 minutes. Fabulous.
2. They have a free concert series, with GOOD acts. Paula Cole (Where Have all the Cowboys Gone?) has already played. Future acts will include the Portland Symphony Orchestra (free symphony? wow!), Arlo Guthrie ("You can get anything you want..."), Great Big Sea (SQUEEEEEEEE!), the Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin (Sunny Came Home), and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (wacky neat jazz). Damn, that is some pretty impressive stuff to hear for free.
3. Amazing customer service. They will replace things that break over the course of normal use. I had a large Duffel bag with wheels on it, big enough to take a college student's dirty laundry from Iowa to Maine. One of the wheels broke off after about two to three years of use. I no longer had a receipt. I brought in the bag and the wheel, thinking they would mend it for a fee. They just gave me a new one. Took less than 15 minutes. Fabulous.