7-Eleven

It’s noon on a Monday, lunch, by most people’s standards, yet the hot food isn’t ready??? What is the problem?

Ice is out of the drink machine… it’s been a month… fix it already… I come here daily for a big gulp before work… now I just get a drink at the gas station close to my house… came by the other day… credit card machine was down… I just left and went to the gas station… love the people who work here though. only reason for my high rating

Strangely friendly 7 Eleven. Maybe not the greatest of hoods but it doesn’t keep the folks from being nice. They carry this decent selection of Mexican Aloe drinks amongst your normal 7 Eleven goods. Don’t be scurred, they dont bite here. 3.5 stars

I’m pretty shocked that anyone has taken the time to review a 7-​eleven… I suppose someone else has been drawn into the addictive fat-​trap that is your local 7-​eleven.
I used to think it was so great that I could walk just a few minutes– down the block and around the corner– for a nice slurpee or ice cream. So convenient, notoriously cheap, and fast.
The rude awakening came the day I realized my tummy was bulging a bit more than usual. I started to make connections. Which roommates join me (taught me, no less) about the «7-​eleven run», and which ones are suffering the same consequences?
No more! I say, no more.
I like you, ghetto 7-​eleven. You add entertainment every time I visit– with the man in the corner checking out the dirty mags, the gaping hole from where the car drove into you, and your own personal Apu.
Nevermind that, I need to stop eating this addictive food. No more!!!

You know all those rules about how calories don’t count when _​_​_​_​_​_​?
a. you eat food off someone else’s plate
b. you share dessert
c. you’re cooking (cookies have calories, cookie dough does not)
d. it’s a special occasion
Well, my personal «calories don’t count» is «when you are trying something you’ve never had before». Suddenly not only do calories not count, but it’s also less important whether something has partially hydrogenated fat and/​or corn syrup. I can’t be the only one that thinks this way, because the U.S. food industry introduces tens of thousands of new products EVERY YEAR, most of which have no staying power at all. They must know how many of us love to try something new and are pandering to that desire.
Sometimes I wish I lived in Japan where country size and population density make it easy to produce and distribute smallish runs of limited edition items in a place where gentei items are highly in demand. Since i don’t, 7 – 11 is the next best thing.
7 – 11, paradoxically open 24 hours, always seems to be so conveniently located and for me and this one is no exception. THE closest store to my house AND they are the most likely place to find limited edition candy bars, Doritos and sodas, and also where I can go ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT to get my Diet Rockstar fix or pick up a can of Starbucks Doubleshot or even get an egg salad sandwich or some emergency catfood. Really when you think about it, this place is like a little japanese style distribution microcosm and if I try hard enough I can find something new here every time and that means…
…the calories from anything I eat at 7 – 11 don’t count!