i work at burlington, so acknowledge that the review likely includes some bias, though i'll try to…read moreavoid such fault the best I can.
service - service was the most notable aspect of my shopping experience. while waiting in line for check-out, ms victoria, a co-worker not on break at the time, saw me and opened up a second register to ring up my items. i especially appreciate that because, even though the line gets very long at the store occasionally, it was not at the time, but was a welcome accomadation that helped ensure me to get off from break in time. and then, upon walking out the check-out, my manager who was relieving security, kindly informed me, after i mentioned shopping for some khaki shorts to wear to work, that although shorts are not allowed in our uniform policy, that the options for what pants to wear are more varied than only khakis. and as a last statement on the service aspect, while i did not use the fitting rooms during my experience, such an accomodation, which i've noticed remains available until about 9am most nights, increases the level of customer service excellence at the store in my estimation.
selection - there was a moderate, varied selection of khaki shorts in the men section. while most of the available brands were not especially appealing to me, the southpole brand shorts, with khaki belt included, that i'd eventually select, did catch my eye, and reminded some of my youth when southpole was a decently popular brand. further, i had recently run out of daily face cleanser, and noticed such product available in the cosmetics section of the store, so got some to save me an additional trip to a beauty supply store. and finally, though such marketing strategies might be viewed as predatory, the candy on display in the check-out queue, among various electronic, seasonal, and miscellaneous items, gets me almost every time. on the shopping experience being described, the value pack of sour skittles caught my attention, in part because of advice the mod gave me earlier in the night about trying to prevent the sizing donuts from looking like skittles sections, in which all the various color sizing donuts mix together, with different sizes mixed up in a designated area. and so i got a bag of skittles at checkout to help remember that advice for remembering how to size clothing sections, and also to remember if sour skittles taste any good, to which i'd say yes but still prefer classic skittles or sour patch kids on the rare occasion i'm craving a sour candy.
value - all of the items i purchased were reasonably priced. the shorts were being sold at a little more than three times less expensive than the retail value, as shown on the original tag on top of which the burlington price tag was placed. and further, the face cleanser and candy were significantly less expensive than i'd expect to pay at a comparable wholesale retailer, though i'm guessing not a whole three times less like the shorts.
