| One of my favorite childhood memories was | | | | automatic doors and breathing in the scent of the |
| going to Loew's Home Improvement stores with | | | | wood that is sold there. Like the days when I |
| my grandfather, who was a general contractor. I | | | | was a child, the store employees are still very |
| would go into the store with him once or twice a | | | | nice and they always seem to know what they're |
| week to pick up the materials he needed for a | | | | talking about. Unlike at other chain stores, I never |
| job, and to this day whenever I walk into a store | | | | hesitate to ask an employee a question. Without |
| I'm reminded of pushing a huge cart. Even though | | | | fail at Loew's Home Improvement stores, if the |
| I'd sometimes run the it into people or display | | | | employee I ask doesn't know how to help, he or |
| racks, my grandfather always let me push the | | | | she will find somebody who can. |
| cart when I asked him to. I remember him having | | | | I really get the feeling as though Loew's Home |
| a great rapport with the people who worked | | | | Improvement stores are bigger versions of the |
| there, and we were constantly stopping to talk to | | | | small town shops you see in old movies. |
| one employee or another. They always seemed | | | | Everyone's friendly and willing to lend you a hand. |
| extremely knowledgeable and kind, and I genuinely | | | | For me, Loew's Home Improvement stores are |
| looked forward to visiting with them whenever | | | | the only ones I'll go to for home related things. |
| we went shopping there. | | | | The store has really built a relationship with me, |
| To this day, whenever I need materials for a | | | | and I'm happy to take my paycheck there (even |
| project (which isn't very frequently, I'm not very | | | | if it isn't with my grandpa). |
| handy), I look forward to walking through the | | | | |