Marathon

I stop here occasionally to gas-​up the car. It’s somewhat of a sordid place, pump 6’s keypad was «touchy» making it difficult to enter in the ZIP code for my credit card, and it didn’t print the receipt either (I needed one, and had to go inside because the Cashier Has Receipt, so heads up on that (though maybe they’ll fix it soon)…
Aside from the condition of the pump, this place can be convenient for filling up on the needed purchases of cold beverages (soft & alcoholic), and snacks, and even further, get some DUNKIN DONUTS and Dunkin Donuts coffee right here, inside, (or from the Drive-​thru) there’s a little satellite store…
Fill’er up & also get your coffee & donuts here for that leg-​bouncing caffeine sugar rush kick start morning, and then get the alcoholic stuff for winding up (or down) in the evening. They strive to serve all our needs here…

ATTENTION ALL FOUR LOKO FANS:
This Marathon gas station sells not one, not two, but THREE different kinds of Four Loko tall boy flavors. You’re welcome.
For anyone out there who missed that part of 2010, Four Loko was a controversial cult beverage made of alcohol, caffeine and a bunch of other sh*t that pretty much should probably never be consumed by a living organism. There was a whole big stink about the FDA banning it, supposedly because it could kill you, but more likely because it was pseudo-​marketed to teens and impaired your ability to judge just how impaired you really were. I can tell you from one (very stupid) experience involving little olé me drinking 2.5 tall boy cans of Four Loko that you don’t feel drunk, it will feel like your heart is pumping out of your chest to the point where it’s impossible to sleep because the sound of your own rapid heartbeat in between your ears will keep you awake and the next morning you might feel fine, but by the time the afternoon turns into evening, you’ll be looking for ways to put yourself out of your misery and probably contemplate hanging yourself from the shower curtain… or at least that was my experience.
… Anyway, you can get in on all that action starting here…
As for the station itself, I have some beef with them involving an incident over winter where I really needed gas, and had a personal policy of only paying with cash. It was late, the lights were on but both front doors to go in and pay were locked. Lame + annoying + super pissed me off because this is one of those gas stations where you can pay with cash and gas will be like 8 cents cheaper a gallons than paying with a card, but because they were asleep at wheel or who knows what, I had to use my card and pay the stupid premium price for gas. Hrmph. I still want my 80 cents back.
Today, only after a brief protest by me about getting gas from this station that was quickly followed up with my realization that this is the only convenient place to fill up before getting on the highway due to it’s location on the left hand side of the street, did i agree to patronize the pumps that I was once burned by. I went in to pay cash and this time both doors were open, I peeped the mighty road soda selection where I saw the Four Loko, and had a really friendly exchange with the man and woman working behind the counter where I felt like we could partially bury the bad no-​service hatchet and work towards new beginnings.
I could see them becoming a 4-​star in the future with the conveniently attached Dunkin Donuts w/​drive through and their pretty stellar selection of beer (for a gas station)… but just for the record, I’m still not a fan of places that do the one price for cash, the other for card thing. I think whether cash or card, we should all be treated as equals. Stop the segregation. word.