7-Eleven

The old tweaker guy Mike or whatever with the ponytail who works night shift can’t even count a few pennies for some reason? I’ve been waiting in line at other locations like the one on Chambers in El Cajon and watched the MANAGER happily count out a bag of change for this woman who was struggling. This fool decided he was gonna push my younger brother’s $.50 in pennies aside and call up the next person in line. The lady who walked up told the guy she’s paying for my brother’s coffee for that tweaker being such a dick. When he’s in there high as fuck at night he won’t even look you straight in the eyes. Low life pieces of crap who wanna give normal people a hard time.

It is a 7 – 11 folks. There are slurpees and easy-​to-​grab processed food items. Best part about this location is that is it by a pretty decent Mexican food place and there is a Red Box outside. Perfect for those stay-​home Friday nights when you are craving carne asada chips and just want to be home and watch a movie. That’s normal, right?

I’m in this store practically every day. The hardworking staff are always polite, keeping the store as clean as possible and well-​stocked. While quick and efficient, they’re far more sociable, have better attitudes, and are in general more professional than the incredibly rude Southern California «norm» that usually passes for «customer service.»
The «Coffee Angel» in the morning is the most important person in Lakeside, in my opinion. :) This tiny lady lifts coffee containers as big as she is and does a great job of taking care of that part of the store.
This 7-​Eleven DOES have a major problem, though. There are loads of homeless, alcoholics, meth heads and other substance abusers that hang around outside, day and night. One day last year, there was even a hypodermic needle (presumably used) left just below the counter clerks’ eyesight level, above the candy in front of the register. Terrifying.
There’s no local police force in Lakeside, only County Sheriffs officers that don’t seem to want to be bothered with what goes on out here. Considering this store always seems to be well staffed, I wonder why the owners couldn’t post a security guard outside to clear loiterers off. As it is, they treat this 7-​Eleven like it’s their headquarters.

Ew how rude, I have kids that needed a bathroom and all you could say is «BURGER KING has a bathroom».

This 7 Eleven is located right on a very busy intersection right near the 67 freeway entrance, so one would consider it ideal, as locations go. I stopped in to pick up a 32 oz iced tea and a Super Lotto ticket.
The first thing I noticed was that they carry the usual suspects, such as a Red Box, bulk ice, and a Glacier Water dispenser (
). I noticed a stack of San Diego Readers, so I picked up one to read (
). The unsweet iced tea was pretty good, perhaps a little flat, but for $ 1.39, it a good deal. The store was well stocked and organized, but the floors needed a little pick me up (
).
The service at the register was good. The two girls were chatty but nice and had the line moving along with smiles on their faces.

My cell phone ran out of battery and my written directions failed me. I stopped by this place and asked the cashier «James» for directions on how to get to the freeway that I needed. He gladly wrote down the directions for me and I ended up home nice and safe. Big thanks to James!

Good location off the main road area. I would agree that this place has a lot of odd people all around it, but it isn’t like its 7 Elevens fault. Anyway the check out lady was sorta rude which was lame given I was polite. I did like that they had a fresh selection of fruit and other healthy treats which were not picked over, and the store itself is neat.

Iffy, sketchy, & feels like someone’s gonna get jumped at any moment with lots of people loitering in & outside of the store.

Trailer trash need employment too. So the nasty blond girl at the 7 11 on Mapleview and Maine got a boo boo on her finger. Apparently it is all green and dripping pus everywhere. She made it a point to inform all of us waiting in line. No chili dog today, thanks. She is also in the process of a major break up back at the trailer park and couldn’t hardly tear the phone from her ear. It was a wonder I got my oj at all. She was so busy talking on the phone she barely found the time to accost me for daring to tell her she was being rude and her conversations on the phone should probably happen on her break time. She then followed me outside to continue the harassment. No wonder Cletus isn’t satisfied with this mediocre pile of garbage. What ever happened to customer service? Bubba N in the other review is right, great location but at what cost? The help there is nil at best and standard Lakeside at it’s worst. No need to complain to the management, they are just as trashy. The old lady Pepper is one of the rudest people I have encountered and she is in charge. No wonder the employees don’t give a care, with terrible examples like Pepper and Trailer girl leading the charge. But the Rodeo folks never seem to mind, and that’s all that matters, right? They come around once a year, but I have to live here all year long. Glad there is a Sevy right by my work. They are always cheery and polite. And it’s in Lakeside too! Hmmmm…

heaps of homeless & tweekers loitering about ²⁴⁄₇. bare minimum/​mainstream beverage selection. i’m a proud dirtbag, yet i was the classiest bloke there xmas evening. i was filling out my lotto scantron & felt like fleas or some parasites were jumping on my legs, but it was probably all in my mind cuz this is a skanky/​white trash 7-​Eleven. i only go to this location in a pinch. no need to flag/​delete this review, this store is a cash cow due to great location.