7-Eleven

Store is clean and always stocked but it’s the second time in a week this employee who work morning shift doesn’t make any coffee and when I confronted him he said he doesn’t care because he is looking for another job. I have been coming to this location for years usually at 5:30 am before work but I’m considering just going to the coffee shop a few blocks away.

This place gets super busy in the early am with people stopping in before work and school. The workers are all very friendly. However, the filipino lady will not scan each cup for the rewards program. Somehow she is under the impression that it is one scan per visit, although the rules clearly state «buy any 6 CUPS, get the 7^th free». So although I stop in to get myself and a co-​worker a latte, and all the kids a hot chocolate for a total of 5 cups, she would only scan 1 cup. Having 12 people in line behind me and no time to argue I just go with it. Now when I go if she is working I’ll just buy one cup of coffee.

This a pretty cool 7-​Eleven. I would certainly say they are a very busy store, but they keep it well staffed for the busy rush. I stopped by here to pick us some Lotto for the big drawing. I also picked up a small bag of Lay’s BBQ chips.
The service was very good. The girl who took my money was actually really funny. The store was well sticked and clean. This particular location also has gasoline.

The married couple who runs the place is absolutely awesome! She (Victoria? I know it starts with a V…) is just a big ball of sunshine, she’s absolutely charming, and knows almost every one of her «regulars».
I worked down the street and used to go there all the time to get Slurpees. One time when I went there I had forgotten my wallet in another purse (doh!) and she was so sweet and told me to just pay her the next day (and I did.)
One night driving home there was a dog running around in traffic so I said a prayer and stopped (all the traffic was stop-​and-​go cuz of the dog), called the dog, grabbed it and put it in my car. Since I don’t have a cell phone I stopped by 7-​Eleven and they were nice enough to let me borrow their phone to call the phone number on the dog tag. (FYI: the owner lived minutes away and had been searching for the dog. He was there to claim the dog within minutes. Yay!)
Best. 7-​Eleven. Ever.