7-Eleven

Bought a lottery ticket from them, got half way home and realized that they gave me a lottery ticket that was drawn Wednesday and today is Thursday. Walked back to the store and told them you gave me a day old ticket (it had tape on it) and they didn’t told me they didnt know. Who would do that!!!
They gave me a new ticket but beware of them trying to take advantage of you if you aren’t paying attention.

I heard about a very disturbing situation that concerned a friend of mine recently. A boycott of this particular 7 – 11 is looming.

Went today for the free butterfingers promotion this weekend, but the store clerk says I need to buy a cup of coffee to be eligible for the free candy bar. I said thank you, but no thanks. Checked the info on the promo after I left the store and it clearly says «no purchase necessary»!! I’d post a screen shot here if I could, but I’ll just upload the photo.

Excellent for your quick and dirty purchases that keep your habits going. They’ve got a decent beer selection, your typical chips, jersey, hot dogs, and other miscellaneous junk food, along with more sensical things like water, coffee, or juice.
This particular 711 is in a good neighborhood, but a slightly sub-​par block compared to the rest of the hood. It draws a lot of solicitors and transients.
There is also a bus stop right in front that is serviced by the MTS 11 and the soon to be discontinued, 170. If you’re a local commuter like me, this is perfect. You can pick up a coffee and pastry to go while you wait for the bus. From the 1 – 2 minute interactions I’ve had there, the staff seems to be generally friendly too. Outside you can also find other common 711 things like DVD rental and water dispensing machines.

I just moved to the area, and it’s nice to have slurpees in walking distance. I took my friend one night and had a not-​so-​good experience.
While my friend was buying her slurpee, the cashier asked (in an accent very difficult to understand) if I had stolen anything and put it in my bag. When he first said it, I thought he was kidding… He was not. He then asked if he needed to check it. I replied that I didn’t steal anything. He then pointed at my wrist and said «What about that?» I replied, «My scrunched? I’ve been wearing this the whole time. Do you guys even sell scruchees?» Then he said something I couldn’t understand because of his accent. Then he looked at my friend, pointed at the lottery tickets in the counter and repeatedly said «cash only». We were very confused as my friend did not ask for lottery tickets, and we’re clearly to young to purchase them, we eventually just walked away after getting nowhere. Weird guy.

7-​eleven has an app that allows you a seventh cup of coffee-​tea-​soda-​etc free if you get the cashier to scan the code on my smart phone. Last night I got my second free cup ever at the store on Hawley and Adams. his particular cashier, who called himself Pancho despite not wearing a name tag, has been noticing that I always pay for the 99 cent big gulp, but when it comes time for the free one, I get the double gulp. To make a long story short, he called me a cheat multiple times at the top of his lungs in front of two of my new neighbors. If the app had said anything about the free cup needing to be the equal size of the other cups, that would have been fine with me, but it gave me the double gulp for free so this guy was beyond out of line. I don’t know what he was thinking but it certainly explains why he has been behaving aggressively towards me in the past two day: calling «next» to the customer behind me before my transaction was finished and forcing me to ask for my change instead of courteously handing it back to me. I put in a call to the 7-​eleven customer service number but the franchise owner has not called me back yet. I plan to go there all the time. It’s a block from my house and it’s where my bus stop is. It would be hard to believe this ever happened if I didn’t have so many years working in customer service, including two years at Quick Chek (in New Jersey). Thanks for listening.

I don’t like the fact that the guy locks the coolers at night and you always have to wait for him to open them. I now use the ⁷⁄₁₁ down the street.

day time staff is amazing and friendly. The grave-​yard shift employee «pancho villa» is rude and crass. I literally can’t stand going in when he is working. God forbid you have to ask him a question he will berate you and insinuate you are an asshole for asking him to do his job!!! I have seen multiple complaints here about his guy, why he is still employed here is amazing.

Best place to get what you need once the bars call, LAST CALL. LOL

Love this 7 eleven! Employees are friendly and the store is always well stocked. The only thing that sucks is the parking but that’s usually always the case for all other locations.

I use 7-​eleven as my ATM because my credit union doesn’t charge me so it’s like having a credit union ATM at every 7-​eleven in America. How is that for access? Unfortunately, the machine didn’t work the night I went.

This place is a joke and a scam. The clerk Sheferan is a thief. Paid for $ 5.05 purchase with $ 20.05. Sheferan the clerk claimed I gave him a $ 5. REFUSED to give me my change and said the only thing to do was come back tomorrow and watch the security video with a manager. They stole $ 15 right out of my pocket. Tomorrow they’re going to be sorry when the cops get involved.

One of the least shady 7−11s i know.
They keep it clean, no weirdness so far and although there is zero warmth in their service– It does the trick.
Opened 24 /​7, safe place to hit up an ATM and maybe even buy a donut at 2AM.
Convenient and safe.
There is even a red box outside, ample parking and well lit area.

As a member of the society of convenience store personell, one of the thing I have noticed about 7 – 11 over the years is, without a doubt, 7 – 11 definitely makes onepay for for the convenience part of convenience store shopping. I would not be surprised if the famed Simpson’s Quick-​E-​Mart was modled directly after this brand. That being said, 7 – 11 knows their business.
In spite of the «Insult Pricing» this chain has proprietary prducts down to a sciense from their roller grill and on-​site food prep, to the knock off pastry items, 7 – 11 offers a true mini-​mart experience. Need a caffeine fix? They heve it. Ran out of TP? Get your hind end over there. In the mood for microwave quality pizza and hot wings? This is your destination.
Service is almost always hit and miss, but at this specific location, the staff tends to be friendly and neighborly. Even the graveyard guy is pretty mellow as long as you don’t get him riled up about beer runs and other nefarious activities.
FOr those of you who pulled a Homer and forgot to go Christmas shopping, they are open 24÷7÷365, so you should atleast beable to get a ball on a stick or mini tea party set for the one you love but forgot to shop for.

They have a Redbox… that gets them one star. Now, never mind I had to contact the Redbox people because the screen was all jacked up. They didn’t fix it until I told them about 10 people walked away in disgust one night.
Enough digressing.
This 7 – 11 wouldn’t sell a lottery ticket one night after 9 PM.
I was as confused as the Lottery Commission was when I reported them. Well, after I complained on the company website, someone contacted me, said the issue would be fixed, blah, blah, I fell for it… I’m sure you can see where this is leading. Yep, the strangely «I don’t speak English all of a sudden» cashiers had no clue as to why they weren’t selling tickets and no one talked to them and… akkkkkk, fine, I’m never setting foot in here again.
Oh, and the hot dog stand, soda area… all dirty, not stocked. YUK. Yet, people stream in and out of here all the time, WHAT THE)*@#^%#*@#.
I want to hit the lottery just so I can go back and rub their noses in it and let them know what they lost out on. Well, that and the new car, house, trip around the world and stuff.
Oh, and the 7 – 11 down the block on Adams… owned by the same guy, I guess… no late night tickets sold there either.
Enjoy.

An inference of the content of the Normal Heights 7-​Eleven training manual from my experience of this morning:
Always greet the customer with a surly look that suggests you believe he will rob you then ignore him for a period of time, particularly if he greets you with a cheery good morning at 4:15 AM.
Allow the customer to stand for a reasonable period of time at the counter with the goods he wishes to purchase as you clean the hot dog machine with your back turned. It is particularly important not to acknowledge them in any way if they try to catch your attention.
If they wish to pay in coins instead of paper money for the $ 1.29 coffee refill, sigh audibly and supplement this with some physical manifestation of dissatisfaction.
Take the paper money from the only other patron in the store so they can enjoy a pleasant experience while you torment the other. (Actually, I appreciated this gesture, so perhaps it is not in the manual.)
As the patron is sorting the change, walk away from behind the counter and clean the coffee area. Only return after the patron has felt it necessary to raise his voice and assure you that he is indeed a customer and would like some service.
Continue to provoke as long as possible and answer his now heated questions with statements like «Right now I AM the manager!» and «Next time you pay with money». Raise your voice to the level required to get your point across. This is particularly effective if further patrons enter the store at this time as it will set the tone for their 7-​Eleven experience.
If you do your job well enough, the patron will leave forgetting to pick up the bananas that he had decided to purchase and had paid for. This will allow you to defraud or antagonize further customers with the same bananas.

Yah, yah… I know. Its a freaking 7 – 11 what do I expect?! Well, how about I tell you what I DONT expect?
I DONT expect to be asked for money, twice, before I even hit the door.
I DONT expect to be ignored with my crap at the register while two employees chat about how, «its too cold to smoke outside so here are my keys, smoke out in my car»
I DONT expect to stand in line waiting at a register when another employee mops around us people in line.
I DONT expect to be blankly looked at when I ask for a bag.
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I DONT expect much to change here.

Sketchy. I live nearby, and man. this place is sketch central. One night my buddy and I and our chicks ran up there to get some beer. I don’t remember what the guy behind the counter’s problem was but he didn’t like us. He doesn’t like anybody. Note, I have not seen him up there in a while so hopefully that kooky fucker is gone.
Anywho, next thing i know we’re running out the door and he’s chasing is with a bat. All i wanted was beer.
We jump in my chicks car and he starts hitting it with a bat. To this day, I don’t really know what happened. Neither does the dude I was with.
Maybe my buddy said something he didn’t like, but to chase us with a bat? I mean really?
I just wanted some beer.
Therefore, I am loyal to Nick at Corner Liquor. He’s local, knows me by my government, has a decent micro brew selection, and best of all. He’s never attacked me with a bat.
I did however, just get back from 7 – 11 and scored me some peanut butter snickers. these should be illegal. go fuckyourself 7 – 11.

Fail… parking was lousy and to top it off… I wanted a DIET PEPSI… it was hot out and I was parched.
What I received was a Big Gulp cup full of some sugary, cherry concoction… check your syrup lines!!!

I have a theory about any new neighborhood I move to. That theory is…
You can learn a lot about surveying your local 7-​Eleven.
You’ll get a pretty good idea of the kind of folks that hang in the hood. Not to sound like an elitist, but many times, the most highbrow of patrons frequent 7-​Eleven… so if the sleaze factor is low, you can rest assured you probably won’t get car jacked en route to your home.
Besides the aforementioned observation, it’s a pretty standard 7-​Eleven. All the Go-​Go Taquitos you can shake a stick at, and plenty of gum, pre-​made sandwiches, Low Rider magazines and questionably fresh java.
One major downside is the parking lot, however. It’s a mess. It’s always packed, and it butts up to the often busy Adams Avenue. Just make sure you use extra caution when throwing your whip into a stall. Capiche?