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"Business-friendly" doesn't really sound like them at all after seeing that John Oliver episode on them attacking tons of other businesses over logos.
As much as I did want to visit one someday just to try a few things I dont think I will he going out of my way if the chance does arise. Also announcing your political allignment should be a death sentance for any company... nobody wants to know this info.
Business friendly just means lower corporate income tax I'm pretty sure.
Lower taxes, less regulation, less enforcement, maybe some union busting and general worker suppression.
Super shitty education system so you have a large pool of cheap labor
Or having the government pay for improvements that the business owners would normally have to do.
Also announcing your political allignment should be a death sentance for any company... nobody wants to know this info.
There's an app called Goods Unite Us which tells you what political parties different companies donate to, and it's searchable.
In case you do want to know that info.
You're not missing out. It's a touristy gift shop for a mascot with convenience store amenities and some mid food. I really don't understand why people love it so much
After the novelty wears off, I don't understand the appeal of Buc-ee's. It's a shitty convenience store, because it's not quick or convenient, and everything it has that other convenience stores don't is either shitty, overpriced, or both. You want food? Food is higher quality elsewhere, and about as convenient. Clothes? Higher quality and cheaper elsewhere, and about as convenient. The only reason to go there is if you want Buc-ee's branded souvenirs. The bathrooms are nice, I guess, but a decent convenience store like Casey's or QuikTrip has bathrooms just as nice and you'll be in and out much quicker.
Their bathrooms are nice, their food is good by rest stop standards, and their gas is on the cheaper side. It's a solid choice to stop at when you're on the road if you're unsure about nearby options. That's it. I don't get the white suburbanite consumerist cult integrating a gas station into their personality. It's like funko pop people but somehow worse
Their gas is super cheap compared to everyone else in my area. Like - I paid 2.99 a gallon there yesterday and another place nearby was like 3.79.
I actually don't fully understand why their gas is so cheap. I would think it was to get people in the store, but Bucees doesn't generally have the gas prices posted on signs like everyone else.
In Florida they post the price. I think it’s the law there because of the shady gas stations near airports over charging
I think another part of the equation is that by the time the novelty wears off, the local competition will likely be wiped out or be less formidable at very least.
Oh no! No giant gas station!? I'll have to make do with my locally run book stores, restaurants, coffee shops, and farmers markets! How will I live?!
Only the states that let them bully small businesses into bankruptcy.
It's my fault for thinking that buc-ees pay and benefits and seemingly positive attitude towards employment meant they werent shit fucks.
Isn't Buc-ees the company that's suing small businesses over cartoon logos they've had since before Buc-ees existed?
I'll never step foot in one.
Yeah, and they've gotten themselves into a beef with Beavercreek OH over it.
Personally, I'm glad they won't be coming to my state
Lol, these companies are so lost.
More small businesses is great!
Bucees is actually suing a bunch of small businesses for using any logo with a beaver right now. It's super fucked up. Fuck them.
The more I read about Buc-ees, the more I hate them.
actual cultural attactions and don't need to pretend their gas stations are one
Bro has never been to a Wawa. Or a Sheetz.
Okay. We have cultural attractions aside from our gas stations. Better?
Oklahoman here - small town youth literally go Walmart for date nights. So grocery stores, too.
My first and last experience with one of these places was many years ago. I didn't know it was anything special, just assumed it was yet another random truck stop gas station deal and I needed to stop for gas while on a long trip.
BIG MISTAKE
The customers themselves driving through the massive parking lot, it was like Mad Fucking Max, and that was enough to let me know that I needed to move on to some place else and never go back. It was literal non-stop absolutely bat shit insane drivers, running stop signs, laying hands on their horns and just letting it blare for a minute+ because a pedestrian dared cross through a crosswalk. People driving every which way down the lanes as though it was all one way or something. Squealing tires because people are going several times faster than the posted speed limit and then have to suddenly slam on brakes ... IN A FUCKING PARKING LOT.
NEVER AGAIN
I suppose learning this bullshit philosophy of the owners / management it all sort of comes together and makes sense. The worst kind of people as customers, the worst kind of people running it.
TN here - They don't have garbage cans or squeegees / window cleaners. The crap they sell is overpriced swill. The bathrooms are very clean. Food is fair and overpriced. I'd rather go to a Loves any day.
republicans and culture dont mix, they would rather wage war on culture.
That's not true, they have a strong Epstein culture.
So small businesses in blue states with beavers as part of their logo won't have to worry about getting sued? Sounds good to me.
Strange how they only open in blue areas of red states.
Oh no now I'll have to get my gas at Mobile. Or BP. Or Shell. Or Thorntons, Marathon, Citgo, the big grocery store - hell, Phillips made a return nearby, I could go there. Am I forgetting anybody? Eh, it doesn't matter, it's not like I can't get gas at any of the dozens of gas stations in every direction.
Buc-ee's ain't nothing but a tacky 30 year too late knock-off of Sheetz but with worse ownership.
I hate them for the same reason I hate Chick-Fil-A: they can't fucking spell and their mascots bother me on a fundamental level. Every other awful thing is just confirmation that I've made the right decision.
I remember when Buc-ees came to my state and everyone went “Hell, yeah, I’ll work at a gas station for $22/hr!” Pretty soon, word got around that you’re not even supposed to sit on your breaks. The people enthusiastically screaming “Fresh brisket on the board!!” Rapidly gave way to a tone that said “I am contractually obligated to say ‘Fresh brisket on the board’ at an at least mildly elevated volume.”
Still, I’m surprised by this story. The pay made a hell of a first impression, and the sitting thing made me think some kind of weird religious kink, but overtly political messaging was not something I expected. I’m just so used to “Fuckin’ burger-flippers want $15 an hour, you b’lieve ‘at?!” that Republicans never crossed my mind.
"I just need some shit I could get at 7eleven, but I really want the inconvenience of an old fashioned trip to the mall. I know... Sheetz! Or Bucees! Or Pilot! Or FlyingJ!
Is it really a bad thing that a company that decides to be political, will for political reasons cut themselves out from around 50% of the market?
I only wish more Fascists torpedoed themselves like that.
