7-Eleven

This has gotta be the worst 7-​Eleven I’ve ever been to. I’m not saying this because it’s located in crackville, but because the customer service is awful. I come here usually once a week, and it’s the same thing every time. A line up of 10 – 15 people and 1 cashier. Meanwhile, the other workers are busy filling the food warmer with taquitos or some other kind of nasty food. Yesterday was the best though. A huge lineup as usual and only one cashier, meanwhile the manager is sitting behind the cash area in his office with the door wide open, watching the line up get bigger and bigger. Nice

Barely anyone comes to this location ’cause they don’t know that it exists, however, I love it ’cause I can get my slurpie without a line up. Fresh cold batch without the watery ends. The owners are super nice and friendly.

I avoid this 7-​eleven because the addicts are always out of control in here. The coffee station is always a mess from them. The line up for the register is always smelly with addicts arguing with each other or running out the door with merchandise. Props to the staff for putting up and dealing with this madness on a daily basis. Bizarro world.

You can’t be a 7-​Eleven and not be 24 hours, that’s like false advertising… well, this is the first one I know what is not open all around the clock! (You have been warned) So if you somehow come here during a time that they are locked, well it’s time for you to go find another 24 hour joint to get your fix.
The one cool/​odd thing about this store is the multi-​exits/​entances it has, you could walk right through this thing as a shortcut right into the mall, or out of it if you choose. It’s your standard 7 – 11, with their hot food (that I usually don’t see much of. do people really devour this stuff?) smokes hidden behind the shelf due to Canadian law, Slurpee machines on the side, other dried food groups consisting of junk food, a rotisserie of prepaid gift cards, a small rack of magazines (and if you look up you can find the porn covered up!), some nightly fuel ups like the energy drinks to get the party started, condoms for if you really believe you’re getting lucky after the party is over, and lotto for the dreams of being rich.
Just know this area can get a little rough at night, being close enough to that Hastings stretch you will have some pandhandlers asking you for some change going in and coming out of the store, it comes with the neighbourhood. This place is primarily busy when games or concerts are playing at Roger’s Arena. Not one of my go-to’s, but if you need something quick, and don’t expect much in terms of customer service, you can come here.

This 7 – 11 is not ur average one. This location isn’t 24 hours. Yes I said that. if your inthe area u can understand why it’s not a 24 hour location. I say this place is very colour full of all aspects of life .
It’s very safe to shop there

As usual, they seem to be located in convenient locations. This one is connected to Tinseltown mall, so 2 entrances/​exits, easy access to cut through.
Has your usual junk food, hot dogs, magazines, etc., well-​lit store, & a busy one too, esp. tonight after the Canucks game.
And when you’re done playing soccer or hanging out at the park here during the summer, this is the place to get your slurpee.

really sketchy 7 – 11 — i feel like it’s always filled with crackheads and bums. even though i live really close to here, i don’t feel safe going here alone in the middle of the night — so i never do (which is probably a good thing).

Looks like there is quite a bit of turnover at the hot food section.
There was a new guy working today, who kept fumbling and messing up the cash register. So there was quite a lineup.
The selection of products is just what you’d expect, with plenty of chips, magazines, and ice cream.
It’s a shame there aren’t more of these around Vancouver. (the store, not new guys who can’t operate the cash register)

One of many look alike and feel alike 7−11s in the world, this one is built with an access to tinseltown mall in chinatown and the street during the day. When I used to smoke I ‘d make the 10 minute trek down empty streets (anything south of pender is empty after dusk for some reason) to go and ask the clerk for a brand of cigarettes… then another brand of cigarettes… then another. I was so frustrated at their inability to display them, and the clerk obviously must have been as well because their automatic cigarette dispenser they have installed screws up enough times to be embarrassing.
If you come here late enough they actually close! Between 4 and 6 AM this store closes up to clean and restock. By 5:30 they’ve got a line up of bums and junkies waiting to buy another pack of cigarettes or phone minutes with their hard-​earned welfare money.
On a related note, this is the only store my friends have been caught shoplifting from, even when they weren’t shoplifting! It’s quite easy to figure out why the clerk would be this nervous working here, at the same time 7 – 11’s leave me with the impression that they expect to be stolen from. Perhaps that’s just a lingering memory from my teenage years.

While none of my peers seem to have any inclination to review 7-​Eleven, I cannot blame them. There aren’t too many indications of anything spectacular at 7-​Eleven, but this particular location deserves some accolades.
The reason for my outpouring of affection for my friendly neighborhood 7-​Eleven has little to do with the store itself, but more for the staff running the joint. See, this 7-​Eleven carries just the same products and services of any 7-​Eleven: ciggies, magazines, phone cards, Slurpee’s, hungry man dinners, ice cream, condoms, candy, questionable baked goods and sandwiches and so on. The difference is that due to the close proximity of one of the worst areas in Canada (East Hastings), this Sevvie (as my boyfriend affectionately refers to it) is often plagued with sketchy types, unsavoury characters and just plain creeps. Regardless of who enters this store and when they do it, the staff behind the counter are undeterred. They will backtalk, threaten and throw out the worst of them, all while staying remarkably calm and courteous. I am always in awe of their complacency towards the jerks who often inhabit the 7-​Eleven, maybe it is because they are used to it, but I like to think it is because they have the customer’s back!
Thank you 7-​Eleven for keeping me safe while I purchase veritable bits and bobs that I’m sure I don’t need!