As of late I find myself giving important people tours of the production floor and although it’s something we don’t offer just yet and I’m really not that good at it, I hope to someday be good enough to give a tour to Obama or even my mom. In the meantime I use these random acts of education to inform what I hope to someday be my version of the World Famous Timbuk2 Factory Tour.
Personally, I enjoy seeing the wonder and joy on people’s faces at being able to watch an actual product they use being made. It reminds me of when I was a child watching crayon or beer or vegetable packing factory tours on the PCN . I would be so amazed at how easily the parts came together in the end to make an entire ‘thing’ I might buy at Kmart. It was all so magical and all of those products so useful in my day to day life.
A highlight in my career as a factory tour guide came a few weeks ago when Marla, possibly our biggest fan from the great state of Texas, dropped by. She brought her friend Karen all the way from Austin and well heck, we just love ya. I’m not sure what I loved more – seeing them just so damn excited or the fact that they found their way to the factory using the ‘map bag‘ we use to ship our custom bags in.
Pretty sweet. Thanks Marla and Karen for stopping by!! And stay tuned for more on tours – we aren’t giving them out to the public en masse but will let you know when we do!!
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Great picture, I love that these ladies brought their map bag all the way from TX!
PS – it was good to see you miss keri!
OH! The picture reminds me of something that happened a few weeks ago. I was on the Samtrans KX going into the city. At SFO, a number of tourists from Europe boarded. I used to work in public transit, so I was helping them figure out how to get where they were going. One set was easy:Union Square. for the other group of three young Frenchmen, their walk from the bus stop was a little more complex. Thinking fast, I pulled out the Timbuk2 bag map I keep folded and tucked in one of the tiny pockets of my custom Classic, marked the route on the map, and gave it to the young men to take with them.
Timbuk2 saves the day and helps build global community!
Awesome story! Found myself in a similar situation at SFO yesterday but didn’t have the map bag. Dammit. Next time . . .