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Old 05-24-22, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
​​​Is datlas going to have to fight you to defend WaWa's honor?
WaWa is cute but no, no chance of comparison.

Actually, the closest thing would be a combination of a very nice Love's and the Blandford rest area on the Masspike. Those rest areas defined what a rest area should be for me, and the move from CT to CO introduced me to "rest areas" that are pull-offs to park in (with maybe a vending machine) and the need to leave the highway for gas and restrooms. Down here in the southwest it's at least usually just a quick hop onto the service road, but just for a junky gas station most of the time. Buc'ees is the exemplar of the ideal.

Most of those "right-sized" (I guess) gas stations also don't have enough off-pump parking, so you wind up being a shower tote one way or the other while you go inside. Terrible all around.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
you must be new here
Always have been, always will be. Prolly.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
WaWa is cute but no, no chance of comparison.

Actually, the closest thing would be a combination of a very nice Love's and the Blandford rest area on the Masspike. Those rest areas defined what a rest area should be for me, and the move from CT to CO introduced me to "rest areas" that are pull-offs to park in (with maybe a vending machine) and the need to leave the highway for gas and restrooms. Down here in the southwest it's at least usually just a quick hop onto the service road, but just for a junky gas station most of the time. Buc'ees is the exemplar of the ideal.

Most of those "right-sized" (I guess) gas stations also don't have enough off-pump parking, so you wind up being a shower tote one way or the other while you go inside. Terrible all around.
Some of the newer Interstate rest areas in Texas are really nice. The ones between Austin and Fort Worth in particular.
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Nothing personal on this end as I have nothing to do with the company. I'm just surprised that you would pass judgment without any apparent understanding of the business model.
I’ve never been to a Buc’ees, but I’ve read on BF that they have too many gas pumps.
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WTF!!! Image manipulation has now gone beyond reasonable or even worthwhile.

Good luck with that U-turn
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I’ve never been to a Buc’ees, but I’ve read on BF that they have too many gas pumps.

When I drove to dallas I stopped at one. Was hoping to score a bucce jersey but they don’t have those.
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I suppose expecting people to read what I post is asking too much.

Know your audience.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I’ve never been to a Buc’ees, but I’ve read on BF that they have too many gas pumps.
People park and leave their cars. Sometimes not to be seen for many hours.
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Old 05-24-22, 04:34 PM
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Although the bear does have a valid point. Those "service stations" do appear to be an typical example of 'Merikan excess, oversize consumption and crass commercialization. Although clean toilets and ok treated employees make up for a lot. (is $15hr + insurance for unskilled staff decent in US?)
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Yes.

A lot of unskilled labor is at $8-10/hr.
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Originally Posted by gnome
Although the bear does have a valid point. Those "service stations" do appear to be an typical example of 'Merikan excess, oversize consumption and crass commercialization. Although clean toilets and ok treated employees make up for a lot. (is $15hr + insurance for unskilled staff decent in US?)
Quite a lot. My employer just raised our minimum wage to $22, but that's easier in banking of course (though many tellers and admins made less than that). Critically, to have the size needed for a Buc'ees, they put them in the emptiness between the major Texas cities. In those areas, $15/hr with benefits is huge, and probably makes them among the best employers in town. I'm sure it gives them access to the best employees around. Probably many of them are in farming households mostly there to get insurance for the family.

ETA: Federal minimum wage here is $7.25/hr, which is shameful. There's a push towards $15/hr that doesn't have the political will to get through now, but some states (generally the liberal and wealthy states) did it anyway, and the late-pandemic employment crush raised a lot more jobs towards that anyway.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
There's already gas stations there sufficient to meet demand.
You should alert the company.
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The first time that I saw a Buc'ees was in 2016 between Austin and New Braunfels. I was absolutely gobsmacked and didn’t want to leave.

Never experienced any other place like it and we get around quite a bit.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
Quite a lot. My employer just raised our minimum wage to $22, but that's easier in banking of course (though many tellers and admins made less than that). Critically, to have the size needed for a Buc'ees, they put them in the emptiness between the major Texas cities. In those areas, $15/hr with benefits is huge, and probably makes them among the best employers in town. I'm sure it gives them access to the best employees around. Probably many of them are in farming households mostly there to get insurance for the family.

ETA: Federal minimum wage here is $7.25/hr, which is shameful. There's a push towards $15/hr that doesn't have the political will to get through now, but some states (generally the liberal and wealthy states) did it anyway, and the late-pandemic employment crush raised a lot more jobs towards that anyway.
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Yes.

A lot of unskilled labor is at $8-10/hr.
Aha. so Buc'ees is a win for everyone; staff, customers and especially the owners.

Btw. the minimum wage for adults is $21.20/hr here. of course our cost of living is high as well.
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I had a nice ride with 3 friends and afterward we had birthday lunch for one of the guys. I got my lunch paid for, too, lucky me.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
People park and leave their cars. Sometimes not to be seen for many hours.
The people or their cars?
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
The people or their cars?
Both. If they are in the store they are not seeing their car.
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$6 seats of the day. Pretty warm breeze blowing across the field, time to close that roof.


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Originally Posted by gnome
Although the bear does have a valid point.
It's a system that's worked well for generations: You pull up to the pump, get your gas, and if you want to do anything beyond a quick trip to the bathroom, you move your vehicle to a parking space. You don't leave your car at the gas pump for an hour. That's loco.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
$6 seats of the day.
You got ripped off.
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Great ride tonight. I was told a couple times That I am a monster. Booo! Also my Dad might be coming home on Thursday. He's been in a rehab place for a month after we almost lost him to an infection after a course of chemo. He passed out and fell down. Then he got pneumonia in the hospital. And that almost got him. Luck will have it my sister was in town and talked with the Dr., she's a Rn. In Maine where she lives. She asked for a chest xray. Sure enough, pneumonia. God willing, things will go OK.
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MOTD

24 May 2022

This bridge is crazy. Wonder if it's bicycle-friendly?

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
You got ripped off.
Diamondbacks over the Royals 8-6.

AND I didn't get hit by a Waymo.

Can't beat that!
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
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24 May 2022

This bridge is crazy. Wonder if it's bicycle-friendly?
No streetview of the span yet, but there's a nice shoulder on the westbound approach.


Streetview man has a clown hat and red balloon now? Creepy.
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