Store 24

OK I’m an idiot. I see a store 24 and I think 24 hours store, well not in Somerville. I go and tear a nail off trying to open the door to the 18 hour store named store 24. Then I find a Green Cab driver taking a pee all over the parking lot, he seemed to be having a grand old time just watering that parking lot, yuk! So we ran and did what any fun loving college student would do, we had another round.

It’s 7.15pm and you just remembered that there isn’t any toilet paper in the house. Time to go to the store. But why go all the way to Shaws when there are so many convenience stores located in Davis?
As you’re walking out the door you realize that cupcakes would be DELICIOUS right now, and decide to buy some cake mix and frosting on your jaunt. You are certain that Hodgkin’s Spa will help you out. After all, they carry chocolate sprinkles.
You arrive at Hodgkin’s Spa to find chocolate cake mix, cookie mix, brownie mix, and white cake mix. You were hoping for yellow. You’re about to settle for white when you realize that they don’t have any frosting. Sighing, you leave for CVS, contemplating along the way why we all so blithely accept that our cake mixes are named after colors and not legitimate flavors.
At CVS you find no cake mix at all. Disappointed, you are about to buy your toilet paper and return home. Then you remember that you are addicted to raspberry lime sparking water and that CVS does not carry this, but Tedeschi/​Store 24 does. You cross the square.
Now to the point of this review. Tedeschi had everything that I wanted on this particular trip. Yellow cake mix (hidden behind white), chocolate frosting, the sparking water and toilet paper. I was in and out in a few minutes. What more can you ask for from a convenience store than that they serendipitously stock the particular things you happen to be craving (or actually need in a pinch)
Next time, they won’t be the last stop on my trip.

I don’t know why all the other reviewers are ripping this place. It’s a convenience store for crissake! What do you expect? These people are being paid just above minimum wage (and with no tips!) to do a service job day in day out.
Frankly, I think this Store 24 is alright. It has one of the least amounts of employee turnover of any of them I frequent, so the manager must be doing something right, and for the most part they keep all the merch well stocked and front faced.
And, from the vegan perspective they have lots of Sant’s sandwiches (several varieties are vegan) and they just started carrying EdenSoy soymilk. One qualm. I don’t think the open faced cooler does the best job, because I’ve gotten a couple sandwiches here that were close to their expiration date that were moldy. Just make sure there’s a week or so left before expiration and do a quick visual inspection of your sandwich and you’ll be alright. Hey, this isn’t a four-​star restaurant!

Me having quiet conversation with myself: Shit! I only have 2 quarters for the meter, I need 4. Hmmm, yeah nickles and dimes don’t work. Oh, I’ll just go over to Store 24. (Yeah, that much self conversation went on in my head.)
Walk into store, get in line… already taking too long with the person in front of me buying a roll of TP. (No idea why I was so impatient this morning.)
Me: Hi can I have change for a dollar.
Cashier: Blank look, eyes blinking (I’m really not sure if that was morse code or not.)
Me: OK, do I need to by something?
Cashier: The cricket sound effect going off in my head while cashier continues to stare blankly.
Me: Okaaaaaay, I’ll buy a pack of gum.
Cashier rings it up, then actually says you need to buy something else.
Me: Ummm why? I just bought gum. I just need 2 quarters for the meter. Here is $ 2, please just give me my change.
Cashier: back to blank stares, crickets getting louder.
Me: Staring back at her thinking OK I can play the stare game too. However also feeling the gentleman beind start to grow impatient.
Cashier: still looking at me with seriously nothing coming out of her mouth.
Me: No I’m not buying anything else.
Cashier: But if you want change there is a minimum.
Me: Yeah, right. And if I just came in to get gum this wouldn’t be the case. Don’t make me make a call to get my 71 cents of change. Give me my change please.
Cashier: Hands the change over.
Me: walking out thinking my god! 10 minutes to get a freaking quarter.
Moral of this story I am entertaining you with: Anyplace that makes you buy something to get change totally blows. The fact that they tried to make me buy a minimum for change is simply priceless.