Convenience stores

ApostleofGrief

Koreans monopolized convenience stores dating back to the 70s, but in recent years persons seemingly of Mideast origin have taken over in Seattle. The Middle East looking guys either don't display the price, the price they have displayed is less that what shows up on the register, or they tell you how much it is (if there is no pricetag) but then when you pay the price goes up, or it is vastly overpriced anyway. I don't trust these guys AT ALL.

LesGrossman

This entire message board is naive and borderline racist. You have people starting threads after we offered a kid with “(dark skinned)” in parenthesis. It’s embarrassing. It’s almost like the majority of posters have never left Seattle/Western Washington which isn’t exactly the cradle of diversity.

ApostleofGrief

LesGrossman said:

This entire message board is naive and borderline racist. You have people starting threads after we offered a kid with “(dark skinned)” in parenthesis. It’s embarrassing. It’s almost like the majority of posters have never left Seattle/Western Washington which isn’t exactly the cradle of diversity.

Actually the diversity here is the guessing that goes on with prices if you shop there

DerekJohnson

There are good and bad experiences. There is a 7-11 in Woodinville on 175th Street that I will never set foot in again. I asked for a receipt and the guy acted like he didn't hear me. I asked for it again, and he took the receipt, crumpled it in his hand, and tossed it at me. He glared at me with eyes that burned with the intensity of a thousand suns.

I was like "Dude, really?"

ApostleofGrief

DerekJohnson said:

There are good and bad experiences. There is a 7-11 in Woodinville on 175th Street that I will never set foot in again. I asked for a receipt and the guy acted like he didn't hear me. I asked for it again, and he took the receipt, crumpled it in his hand, and tossed it at me. He glared at me with eyes that burned with the intensity of a thousand suns.

I was like "Dude, really?"

I learned from Europe that you always know how much something is first before showing your money unless the store is obviously legitimate. I can't stand the attitude that it's all a big mystery and trust us. One Seattle convenience store of the type I mention tried to charge $9.99 for an ordinary quart of oil. It had no price of course until I got to the main counter.

BennyBeaver

ApostleofGrief said:

DerekJohnson said:

There are good and bad experiences. There is a 7-11 in Woodinville on 175th Street that I will never set foot in again. I asked for a receipt and the guy acted like he didn't hear me. I asked for it again, and he took the receipt, crumpled it in his hand, and tossed it at me. He glared at me with eyes that burned with the intensity of a thousand suns.

I was like "Dude, really?"

I learned from Europe that you always know how much something is first before showing your money unless the store is obviously legitimate. I can't stand the attitude that it's all a big mystery and trust us. One Seattle convenience store of the type I mention tried to charge $9.99 for an ordinary quart of oil. It had no price of course until I got to the main counter.

The fuck buys oil by the quart?

SFGbob

Anyone with an older car most likely buys oil by the quart. What kind of fop has never bought a quart of oil?

sarktastic

I stopped checking oil about a decade ago. Worthless excercise when you run new cars with full synthetic. I always ask the shop to make Sure to check the oil level before draining it @ 25,000 miles or once a year, whichever comes first.

SFGbob

Force of habit, even with my new car I still check the oil when I gas up. Not really sure why, it never burns/leaks any oil but I do it anyway. But having driven plenty of older high mileage cars over the years I've bought oil by the quart since I started driving. I have a 4Runner with over 250,000 miles, thing runs like a champ but it burns about half a quart every 500 miles. Oil is cheap, engines not so much.

BennyBeaver

SFGbob said:

Anyone with an older car most likely buys oil by the quart. What kind of fop has never bought a quart of oil?

You answered your own question.

SFGbob

Okay, you're the kind of fob who most likely drove mommy and daddy's car(s) and who has never worked on your own car. Glad you've established what we're working with here.

BennyBeaver

SFGbob said:

Okay, you're the kind of fob who most likely drove mommy and daddy's car(s) and who has never worked on your own car. Glad you've established what we're working with here.

1. learn to use the quote function
2. read for comprehension; not only what I posted, but also what you posted. If you can muster the critical thinking of a 7th grader you might realize your mistake
3. fop or fob? Or FO, G?
4. set yourself on fire.
5. Profit!

SFGbob

Fop, my mistake. You bear all the markings of a fop. I read for comprehension just fine despite your inarticulate question.

The fuck buys oil by the quart?

You're stupefied that someone would buy a quart of oil, on account of the fact that you're some kind of fop or dandy.

BennyBeaver

SFGbob said:

Fop, my mistake. You bear all the markings of a fop. I read for comprehension just fine despite your inarticulate question.

The fuck buys oil by the quart?

You're stupefied that someone would buy a quart of oil, on account of the fact that you're some kind of fop or dandy.

Keep fucking that strawman ass!

SFGbob

Feel free to explain what you were really trying to say Beav.

ApostleofGrief

You check your oil if you ever killed a car by running the motherfucker out of oil!!!! Anyway the point was that it was about a 100% markup over a retail store. Convenience stores should markup, but not 100%...

SFGbob

The only people who have never checked the oil in a car are women and fops like Beav and someone under the age of 30.

ApostleofGrief

also older

SFGbob said:

The only people who have never checked the oil in a car are women and fops like Beav and someone under the age of 30.

I know. Older Japanese cars tend to lose oil, but they still run great. You have to have a bit of finesse with it though.

Sledog

SFGbob said:

Anyone with an older car most likely buys oil by the quart. What kind of fop has never bought a quart of oil?

The guy with the stolen bike.

Pitchfork51

It's how cabs were before Uber

You don't take card huh

Looks like I'll be leaving

Aloha and thx for the ride brah

BennyBeaver

ApostleofGrief said:

DerekJohnson said:

There are good and bad experiences. There is a 7-11 in Woodinville on 175th Street that I will never set foot in again. I asked for a receipt and the guy acted like he didn't hear me. I asked for it again, and he took the receipt, crumpled it in his hand, and tossed it at me. He glared at me with eyes that burned with the intensity of a thousand suns.

I was like "Dude, really?"

I learned from Europe that you always know how much something is first before showing your money unless the store is obviously legitimate. I can't stand the attitude that it's all a big mystery and trust us. One Seattle convenience store of the type I mention tried to charge $9.99 for an ordinary quart of oil. It had no price of course until I got to the main counter.

I like to drive an oil-burner and not be prepared by buying a case at Costco or O’Reillys, then complain about the prices at a CONVENIENCE store.

That’s what I like to do.

I also like to learn things from Europe. That’s what I like to do.