7-11 - Thank you come again

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got a super footlong italian style sub
ripping off chunks about three inches long, adding some leftover hummus and jarred jalapenos
grabbed a freshly added one from the back of the rack, and it's impressive how nice the bread is when it's brand new
 
XYZpdq said:
got a super footlong italian style sub
ripping off chunks about three inches long, adding some leftover hummus and jarred jalapenos
grabbed a freshly added one from the back of the rack, and it's impressive how nice the bread is when it's brand new
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They ARE really decent when fresh. The problem is, they are usually (whenever I look) within days of expiry and sometimes already greening. The fresh hot food like pizzas, hotdogs and taquitos they are ordered to 'refresh' (aka throw out and cook new) every 6 hours tops. The cold case? fuck that, let it rot. 20 years ago there was even a big scandal where franchise owners ordered employees to re-tag sandwiches and subs that were expired with new dates.

I don't touch anything in the cold case unless I see it come up from the back.
 
there's not many things that hit the spot at right-before-booze-sales-stops as a large bottle of smirnoff ice and some spicy beef jerky
 
XYZpdq said:
there's not many things that hit the spot at right-before-booze-sales-stops as a large bottle of smirnoff ice and some spicy beef jerky
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I fucking envy Americans for one reason: you can get all your booze AND snackies in the same goddamn store.

It's finally gotten to where grocery stores in B.C. are allowed to stock wine and cider (not beer) but very few besides Real Canadian Superstore bother, apparently the licence required is stupid expensive and red-tape bound, and the prices are shit compared to a liquor store AND a manager has to be called over to authorize the purchase. Fuck's sake, WEED is legal in B.C. for a couple years now but you still can't buy liquor in a corner store.

Fucking leftover puritanical laws no one wants to touch to remove because ancient crumblies will be angry and might not vote for them grumble.....
 
The Un-Clit said:
I fucking envy Americans for one reason: you can get all your booze AND snackies in the same goddamn store.

It's finally gotten to where grocery stores in B.C. are allowed to stock wine and cider (not beer) but very few besides Real Canadian Superstore bother, apparently the licence required is stupid expensive and red-tape bound, and the prices are shit compared to a liquor store AND a manager has to be called over to authorize the purchase. Fuck's sake, WEED is legal in B.C. for a couple years now but you still can't buy liquor in a corner store.

Fucking leftover puritanical laws no one wants to touch to remove because ancient crumblies will be angry and might not vote for them grumble.....
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This entirely depends on state. Where I am you can only get beer and wine at these places. Liquor you have to buy at the liquor store. It used to be worse, you could only buy 3.2% beer anywhere but liquor stores, and not even wine, but we voted to change that a few years ago.

States like Utah are more similar to what you're used to, their liquor control is pretty intense. And then there were the places with dry counties like north Texas, no booze at all, but I think that's been done away with by now.
 
The Un-Clit said:
I fucking envy Americans for one reason: you can get all your booze AND snackies in the same goddamn store.

It's finally gotten to where grocery stores in B.C. are allowed to stock wine and cider (not beer) but very few besides Real Canadian Superstore bother, apparently the licence required is stupid expensive and red-tape bound, and the prices are shit compared to a liquor store AND a manager has to be called over to authorize the purchase. Fuck's sake, WEED is legal in B.C. for a couple years now but you still can't buy liquor in a corner store.

Fucking leftover puritanical laws no one wants to touch to remove because ancient crumblies will be angry and might not vote for them grumble.....
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Cat Menagerie said:
This entirely depends on state. Where I am you can only get beer and wine at these places. Liquor you have to buy at the liquor store. It used to be worse, you could only buy 3.2% beer anywhere but liquor stores, and not even wine, but we voted to change that a few years ago.

States like Utah are more similar to what you're used to, their liquor control is pretty intense. And then there were the places with dry counties like north Texas, no booze at all, but I think that's been done away with by now.
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yeah I had an in-law who moved down to my neck of the woods in Florida, and we grabbed some high life and pretzels at a gas station on the way to meet him at the motel while he got settled into the area
in idle chatter the idea that the beer was from a gas station came up, and I don't recall what shithole he had been living in but he was visibly stunned at the revelation of the idea "here in a free state you can buy beer at basically every gas station"
 
I don't have a 7-11 here where I live, but the closest thing at least to me is Mac's Milk- oh I'm sorry, Circle K. I always call it Mac's because it's what I'm used to. Shit's kinda overpriced (Ex. a can of Pringles for like 4 bucks) and it doesn't help that it's right by a grocery store that sells for way less, I usually drop bye to get a slushie or whatever.
 
Yukari Yakumo said:
I don't have a 7-11 here where I live, but the closest thing at least to me is Mac's Milk- oh I'm sorry, Circle K. I always call it Mac's because it's what I'm used to. Shit's kinda overpriced (Ex. a can of Pringles for like 4 bucks) and it doesn't help that it's right by a grocery store that sells for way less, I usually drop bye to get a slushie or whatever.
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OH! So THAT'S what happened to Mac's Milk, or just Mac's by the time I was old enough to go there by myself. They became (or were bought out by) Circle K. Good to know! I still call their slurpee a 'slush cat' out of ancient habit.

Mind you, I don't buy anything else there unless I have to because YUP even for 'convenience store' they are highly overpriced.
 
The Un-Clit said:
OH! So THAT'S what happened to Mac's Milk, or just Mac's by the time I was old enough to go there by myself. They became (or were bought out by) Circle K. Good to know! I still call their slurpee a 'slush cat' out of ancient habit.

Mind you, I don't buy anything else there unless I have to because YUP even for 'convenience store' they are highly overpriced.
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I'm surprised that there's someone else besides me who knows about Mac's/Circle K, My best recommendation is to just go to the grocery store instead if you want your goods because I'm not spending 5 bucks on a fucking pack of pop tarts.
 
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Yukari Yakumo said:
I'm surprised that there's someone else besides me who knows about Mac's/Circle K, I best recommendation is to just go to the grocery store instead if you want your goods because I'm not spending 5 bucks on a fucking pack of pop tarts.
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Heh, not only do I know about it, I actually worked at the Mac's close to my high school for all of 2 days at the age of 16.
Until I got a better offer from Hasty Mart, a similar but more local chain of convenience stores and bakery. (Out of business by the early 90s.) And MAN do I have a couple of hairy stories about working there. They are on the 'Horrors of Retail' thread on the farms here if anyone wants to give em a read.
 
The Un-Clit said:
Heh, not only do I know about it, I actually worked at the Mac's close to my high school for all of 2 days at the age of 16.
Until I got a better offer from Hasty Mart, a similar but more local chain of convenience stores and bakery. (Out of business by the early 90s.) And MAN do I have a couple of hairy stories about working there. They are on the 'Horrors of Retail' thread on the farms here if anyone wants to give em a read.
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The guy who works at the Mac's a little ways away from my house has a deep Indian accent and it's hard to understand sometimes, so whenever I buy something I just go "hmm yep alright thank you" and leave.
 
RoboticRichardSimmons said:
7-11 does not exist where I live. The only reason I'm aware it exists is partially because of this thread and that Japs love it for some reason.
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7-Eleven probably existed where you live at some point. In the late 1980s/early 1990s they sold a bunch of stores and sold a portion of the company (later completely) to their Japanese franchisee, which has kind of made 7-Eleven its own thing in Japan. The differences are basically night and day. From what I've read, they have seating at 7-Eleven in Japan. There are some stores in the U.S. with seating, but they're few and far between, and only like that because they were acquired from another chain.
 
Shit kept me alive during high school. Two big bites, with ketchup, onions, cheese...some times that chili shit. Big gulp and a big snickers bar.

Was more healthy than the shit they feed you at school.
 
Where I live, almost every gas station is a RaceTrac (Bigger Wawa with ice cream, minus menu for food). The last time I went to 7/ll was a year or two ago from 7/11 Slurpee day, planning to again this year.
 
Xarpho said:
7-Eleven probably existed where you live at some point. In the late 1980s/early 1990s they sold a bunch of stores and sold a portion of the company (later completely) to their Japanese franchisee, which has kind of made 7-Eleven its own thing in Japan. The differences are basically night and day. From what I've read, they have seating at 7-Eleven in Japan. There are some stores in the U.S. with seating, but they're few and far between, and only like that because they were acquired from another chain.
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I miss when most 7-Elevens had nikuman labeled "meat-filled yeast roll" or something but it was really clearly cheap convenience store nikuman straight outta nippon
one up the block has a pretty good deal on PBR tallboys, four packs two for seven bucks
I haven't seen PBR at $3.50 a 4 pack in I don't even remember how many years
 
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