Valero

Welp, it’s not every day I feel moved to give a gas station four stars but here we go anyway! Premium gas was competitively priced, so, yay? But I’m reviewing because one of the employees of this store went above and beyond last Sunday morning, IMO. As my husband fueled our car I went in to grab some much needed coffee and noted a large gentleman cleaning the doors I was headed for. He opened one for me, wished me good morning, and moved on to cleaning glass cooler doors. Unfamiliar with the layout I scanned the place looking for the all-​important caffeine. Again, he offered assistance in a friendly fashion. Like, genuine friendly. Like, he was back to cleaning doors and was just kind of smiling to himself and clearly having a damn fine morning in Galveston, Texas. (I guess if you’re going to work in a gas station, cleaning doors and windows overlooking the gulf at the Seawall is as good as you make it.)
As a bonus to all of this pleasantness they had freshly brewed Texas Pecan which I always forget until I see it and then I want to weep it makes me so irrationally happy. (Then, though I drink my coffee black at home, I proceed to dump nineteen different types of creamer into what was once a lovely, nutty brew, because «Ooooh, look, there’s so many! What’s that one? Shiny!» because I’m an idiot and I get excited at creamer options.)(My husband says I’m like a racoon; kind of smart and dumb and easily distracted all at once. I kind of think my animal counterpart would be a golden retriever, but when did this gas station review get so personal, anyway?)
The (owner?) guy manning the cash register could take SEVERAL pages from his co-worker/employee’s book, unfortunately, as he was altogether not pleasant. Maybe he just noticed me ruining a cup of perfectly good coffee and it irritated him, who knows.
Anyway, long story, short: Good on you, Valero Guy. Shine on.

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