7-Eleven

Ick.
Stopped here to get a cup of coffee. Two guys that were way too old to be wearing long shorts, tank tops and backwards baseball caps were hanging outside by the RedBox and eyeballing me. I wondered how the hell they purchased all of those (sleeve) tatts –those things are expensive but these guys looked like they somehow escaped the mirror-​less darkness of wherever they dwell and made it out into the sunlight during working hours for a change.
This area is really quite cool –always liked this part of SJ –it seems like the local flavor includes a variety of Megan’s Law/​AMW vermin hanging around, looking for easy opportunities.
Yeh, I realize I’m reviewing a 7-​Eleven. It’s just that this one is by far one of the worst.
The inside is an interesting showcase of their usual clientele’s tastes: Girly mags, cigs, cases of beer in the fridges, Lotto tix.
I got some coffee (usually ‘leven’s coffee is my fun, go-​to treat, but this was watered down, sickly crap) and got the hell out of there!

In this part of town, there are four 7-​Elevens within about a mile of each other. They seem to take the place of grocery stores for many of the apartment buildings around the area. This particular store is closest to me, so it had been my first pick. I say it had been, but it just can’t compete with the two a quarter of a mile away on either side of Winchester. Both of those offer a much better variety of items. This one on Payne does have several very friendly cashiers, but I tend to skip by it for the others, because I know that it will most likely have run out of sandwiches or not have the type of candy or soda I am in the mood for.

Yet another solid 7-​Eleven. Granted, I base almost 100% of my reviews on their slurpees (since slurpees are the best beverage). They had the flavor I was looking for, their service was friendly, and it seemed like a pretty nice 7-​Eleven considering the wide spectrum of 7-​Elevens out there.

One of the most complete 7 – 11 in town. People are very responsible.

i always buy lo-​terry ticket on this store with a smile and a good gesture from the cashier. but yesterday at around 1030 pm sept 25 2011,a new cashier from the counter looks an indian guy was very rude to me… it all started when i pay my ticket on the counter. this guy return my money and my ticket telling me the machine will not accept my loterry card for some reason i couldn’t understand. all he was saying is there is some number missing and the machine is not accepting it,.without any explanation he just turn away from me, i then check the no. on the card if i miss something but it look like evrything is completed. so i again call his attention telling him the no. in my card has been fill up properly and i ask him why my card is being rejected, well his reply is? «I DONT KNOW COZ I DONT PLAY LOTERRY’ (yes, and it was on a very rude gesture) still i was polite in asking him if he could try it again, explaining to him that i regularly fill up the same number with no problem at all. finally he was convinced to check my card again, insert it on the machine and the machine accepted it… i was waiting for him to apologize for his action and ruddiness but he didn’t say anything, he just take my money and give me back my change. thinking that this guy will not do the same thing with the other costumers i gave him some advice. I told him next time make sure your doing the right thing before turning your back to the costumers. you must know how to operate the loterry machine properly,“even» if you are not playing the loterry. because that is part of your job. again instead of asking sorry? he was so rude in telling me that he knows his job and his been working in seven eleven for long time… what an attitude of an indian guy. i told him you’ve been working on this co. for so long and this is the attitude you are showing to your costumer?? his reply to me? «YOU DO WHAT EVER YOU WANTED TO DO AND I DONT CARE» it sounded like his telling me to go ahead and complain and he doesn’t care at all… all i can do is walk out of the store inside a very rude employee of seven eleven… i just hope the management of seven eleven will have an evaluation of there employee, i use to buy lot of stuff on this store, but after what happen last night, i dont think i will come back, just to avoid seeing this indian guy again. ill just buy my ticket somewher…

The real rating would be zero stars if I could give them that.
I tried really hard to think of how I could turn my experience around into a positive one but there is no way so I’m going to try to make this as concise as possible and try not to put an expletives in here because otherwise I will get banned.
Every once in a while, I will go into ⁷⁄₁₁ to buy the same two items for my boyfriend who has a music studio across the street. He is a regular customer here and has never had any problems. I shouldn’t have to state this but since it has to do with race I will just tell you that he’s Caucasian. Anyway, I went in to go buy the items (water/​energy drink) for him and by now, I already know the total because it’s the same EVERY TIME.
This time however, I came to a different 7 – 11, this particular one. Well long story short, the guy was charging me about a $ 1 and some change more. Now, let me tell you– I’m not cheap… but it DID throw me off for a second or two when he told me how much I owed him. And. I kinda stopped and asked him how much it was. He repeated the price and I was like… «:oh. okay that’s just weird because I buy this all the time and it’s the same price down the street every time … «but okay I guess»…
So then I looked down to my purse and started rummaging for some change because I thought I was gonna be short. Now, I didn’t have so much of a problem paying the amount as I DID with what happened next.
— With me standing RIGHT IN FRONT of him, he begins to start talking (expletives) about me, IN FRONT of me — In Punjabi. At first I wasn’t paying attention because Punjabi isn’t my first language but I all too quickly realized what he was saying. …then DUH, it hit me– he has no idea that I’m Indian. Furthermore, he has no freaking clue, that I know what he is saying right now…
So then, I look up at him with some pretty ranging eyes because I was extremely angry that he was being THAT disrespectful in front of me…
(Btw, he was on the phone with someone through this whole process)
And I guess he finally put 2 and 2 together and goes, «oh are you Indian?»
–me «Yeah, and I would appreciate you not talking (expletives) in front of me !». I was so angry I just gave him all his stuff back and stormed out.
Not only is this establishment unprofessional, they are straight up racist. Next time you should censor yourself and think before you say something so ignorant. You had no idea who might be listening to your conversation. Ugh!..

The ONLY reason why I am Unilocaling about this 7-​Eleven is because they have Caffeine Free Diet Coke in their fountain drink selection. They also have cherry, vanilla or lemon add in flavors too.
I am not a big caffeine drinker but love fountain drinks. I often go out of my way to come to this 7-​Eleven just for the soda.
The workers are very nice too. I tell them all the time how much I love their fountain drink selection.
OK I’m done now. haha.