Loved L.L Bean too much.

Loved L.L Bean too much.

On a month and a half long stay in Maine beginning of this fall I almost could always be found at L.L bean which just so happens to never be closed and was only a 4 minute walk from where I stayed.



you can almost live at L.L bean with the selection of items and they even have small food and drink vending machines as well.

L.L bean is like all the best of all the world's stores packed into something extraordinary and they appear to still be the best and reliable brand for certain items.

So it all was a terrible cold, quick shock to me when the staff decided that my constant presence at the store was becoming a problem for no reason.



eventually they pressured me more and wanted to know all the time if I found anything I liked.

but then they finally turned bold and started confronting me with several issues.

For one thing I had not made a single purchase not once since I had visited this store for 6 days straight and a few nights.

Then they told me that when people come to the store for a long time often without purchasing any items that is when they begin to be wary of a person.

but they told me my constant presence was also making their other customers nervous.

And one complained of harassment.

and if I did not intend to purchase anything that it was plain meaningless to be here in the first place.

They told me of how there were recent shopliftings of many items.

and I suppose that in a store where a simple shirt averages around 50$ then it would be cause for slight caution.

But they had no reason to be overly suspicious or bothered by me and i did not act suspicious or out of place.

And I certainly did not harrass their other customers.

I sat down on a few benches and beds but I was looking at my phone or the like.

Isn't that why there are benches and seats here in the first place!??.



They told me that I had been in the store too long and too often and they were removing me by probable cause.



Other customers came here for a fast and pleasant shopping experience and they had to make sure I was not planning trouble of some kind.

They've had people who had come into the store for long periods of time before and sometimes they were just being very frugal.

But sometimes they were pocketing items and stalking the store.

I was horribly offended and I did complain about the security.

Mind-you these are security guards who some may or may not be in uniform and some who carry a taser or pepper spray.

If anything that is what should frighten their customers away more than anything.

I have only loved L.L Bean more and more until that one day.

it was in fact a long time dream of mine to visit the store that started it all.

I must have dreamt of something totally unreal.

I have heard of people who have spent the entire night shopping here and never have had any such problems with the store.

but L.L bean has changed in too many ways.