Circle K

«Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.» — Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure
I’ve been going to this store for like 20 years (it used to be a United Dairy Farmers). Situated between the cities of Dayton and Oakwood, it’s a prime location, but the various managements they’ve had over the years have just never been able to get their shit together. It could be a cash cow, there aren’t any other nearby convenience stores in any direction. Despite the incompetence, I suspect they’re still making money hand over fist so they must think they’re doing something right. Rude and discourteous freakshow attractions for staff and the customers are split about ⁶⁰⁄₄₀ between bottom-​of-​the-​socioeconomic-​barrel scumbags and entitled rich assholes from the nearby Oakwood suburb. Tonight they were super busy, a line going out the door and two of the three barely-​employable «employees» were standing around talking. There was only one person on one of the two registers. So after spending about 10 minutes for a pack of smokes I said to the cashier «Look, I don’t mean to tell you guys how to do your jobs, but you’re very busy so why don’t you also use that other register?» To which Miss Appalachia curtly replied «They don’t allow us to do that.» So either she was lying for no reason (and with hillbillies you never know; those fuckers will lie about anything and everything) or the current management is just as incompetent as the last 20 years’ worth of (mis)management. Why even have two registers if you refuse to use them? Why not save some money and just buy only one cash register? Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Oh, yeah, and their prices suck too. Avoid. Or, if you’re a violent armed robber, by all means, have at ‘em. Since they are on the border, Dayton police will get the call and take their sweet time responding if you hit them and Oakwood cops are likewise incompetent pussies.