Reader j. sent us the above scan of a page from an L.L. Bean catalog. j. says:

Look where L L Bean advises you to keep your phones and gadgets!

They’re such trusting souls, storing their gadgets outside their backpacks for the whole world to steal. No wonder this is probably the worst complaint we’ve ever gotten about L.L. Bean. They’re obviously just too nice. Good for them.

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