7-Eleven

This place is disgusting. It’s also a complete rip-​off. Go half-​a-​block in any direction and pay HALF as much for any item. I walked in today and it smelled like there was a rat rotting under the ATM or one of the shelves. Never buy dairy here. There was some spilled milk, or maybe a refrigerator went on the blink but the entire store smells like rotten milk. Maybe someone dropped a milk container and it spilled all over the floor, under the shelves or under the tile. You tell ME what it smells like. I looked over my shoulder to see if they were ALSO trying to sell food at this location. Yikes! They were. Maybe it was rotting food. I dunno. But I wouldn’t buy any food from this place.
Wanna buy some beer. Enjoy the 2x markup. Everything ends in .99! Think your 6-​pack of domestic canned beer is only $ 12.00? WRONG! It’s $ 13.00! Fifteen dollars for a pack of smokes. So I wouldn’t buy any of that kind of stuff here either. This 7-​Eleven is just gouging anyone who shops here. The owners/​managers are opportunists preying on the nearby Brown Line train stop and college campus.
I’m not a diva. I shop at lots of 7-​Elevens. By 7-​Eleven standards this place is a disgusting rip-​off. The cashiers are surly. My eyes bugged out when I saw the price for my meager items today and the cashier just kept saying, «Ya, ya, for the items, ya, that’s the price. It’s okay.» What the…
If you have the means go a short way up to the new 7-​Eleven on Diversey and Ashland. The cashier there is friendly and the place is very clean and well kept and doesn’t smell like rotting rat carcass. The prices at the Ashland location are appropriate for any convenience store, there’s never a line and they have everything. Also, there’s a Honeybaked Ham sandwich shop in the same plaza, or a Subway if you prefer. Not sure how well those two are getting along…
ZERO stars. This 7-​Eleven is gross. Don’t even walk in the door. I could still smell the rot blocks away after I walked out. I think it was stuck in my nose or got into my clothes.

The guys are always very rude no matter if you ask them how you are doing or not because they won’t ask you how they are doing. There is always a poor guy outside working selling newspapers for them. Kinda sad really. If you are going to make the guy work then at least pay him minimum wage so he doesn’t have to beg. Seems like a lot of the employees are always having bad days. I also think it’s pretty sad that we are in America and they speak different languages to each other. Come on its America speak some English at work. I will no longer shop here even though I live right down the road.

This is one of my favorite spots to stop by on my way home from a fun night out. I’ll stop by here and pick up a microwaveable burrito and some chips. Mmmmm fourth meal at 7-​Eleven.

I head here whenever I’m on my way to Nori. Simply put drinks are less expensive and they seem to have what I want. No issues here, always great service and a good selection on items to choose from!
Not sure why people dislike this location so much, but I’ve never had a problem.

Yowza. There’s a lot of hate for this 7−11…
This place is cool for a 7 – 11. They have my favorite Vitamin Water flavors, they have slurpees, it’s clean and the cashier was friendly.
It is what it is, dudes.

Oh c’mon.
Do you really go to 7 – 11 expecting valet, coat-​check, bathroom attendant and red-​carpet worship?
Really?
This isn’t the Ritz, it is 7 – 11: Strictly for slurpees, and monthly impulse copy of Vogue and maybe some of those fat-​free strawberry fruit candies that my Boyfriend devours by the bagful.
There is an ATM inside that frequently has abandoned cash, left behind by someone who has had too many. Does that make it better, or worse?
I’m still trying to figure it out.
Employees have always been cheery and gracious to me.
I do love the occasional slurpee…

Hey 7-​Eleven lady,
When I pop my things on the counter and give you money and ask a bag because I said I am trying to get on the bus that is right outside and stopped at a red light, I would appreciate it if you would give me a bag instead of just shoving my goods back leaving me having to grab all the stuff, try to stuff my money back in my wallet then making a mad dash out.
Of course by the time I get out of the store the bus has already left, at which point I can only break out in a hurricane of obscenities. Next time I will stop at a gas station instead of this ho-​dunk 7-​Eleven with half of its shelves unstocked.