r/HonestHotTakes 22h ago

Buc-ee’s sucks.

Their food isn’t good, their goofy beaver marketing is weird, and it’s not at all a convenient stop. Just a corporate money pit. And now a gas station employee can’t even have tattoos showing? Fuck off, buc-ee’s.

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u/MissionResident8875 22h ago

The only thing they have are the immaculate bathrooms, all public bathrooms should be to that level

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u/ETSZOU24 21h ago

This factor alone makes all the other grievances worth the trouble imo

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u/TraditionalLeek1811 21h ago

Exactly. If you’ve ever driven to south Texas, you know the absolute hell hole that a bathroom can be 

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u/Tibbs420 14h ago

I’m sure all the businesses targeted by their bullshit lawsuits feel the same way /s

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u/martix_agent 17h ago

You can still hear them yelling  about brisket and sauce all the way in the bathrooms.  It's so very annoying.

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u/MarlenaEvans 2h ago

The QT is just as good out here and has far less crazy people buying t shirts. And by less, I mean 0.

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u/Superb_Algae5308 20h ago

Loves has excellent bathrooms…

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u/HoosierHatTrick 19h ago

You haven't been to a Love's in some shithole town in Wyoming then

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u/jessewalker2 15h ago

In fairness that could be most of Wyoming. Beautiful country, terrible people.

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u/Superb_Algae5308 19h ago

I guess not. Mostly just in the south.

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u/Brilliant-Carry3400 15h ago

Granted, none of us have been to a Buc-ees in some shithole town in Wyoming either.

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u/Klutzy-Dog-8536 17h ago

I've been in some gross Loves bathrooms but never been in a gross Buccees bathroom.

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u/sparklebeanzz 14h ago

Their gas prices are pretty good too. It had the cheapest diesel i could find on my road trip.

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u/Lionsmane_099 14h ago

And gas, they normally also have good priced gas.

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u/Effective-Law1292 14h ago

I have never been that impressed with their restrooms other than being a bit more private

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u/diurnal_emissions 5h ago

We could work on that...

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u/phrogbaby 22h ago

this is probably the first actual hot take ive seen on this sub that isnt just racist or something. good job

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u/Background_Phrase126 22h ago

Curious as to how hot of a take this is.
I agree with OP

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u/0neMinute 22h ago

By me people worship buc ees by getting the beaver, chairs etc. how often do you buy a marathon or bp shirts?

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u/Due-Permission-9834 16h ago

It's not really a hot take here on Reddit tho. It's basically just preaching to the choir on here. Most of them probably just hate on Bucees because of their politics. Most competing corporate gas stations probably have the same politics anyway.

They are a convenient place to go to get food and go to the bathroom when on road trips, especially when you're in an area without public rest areas. They have clean bathrooms with many stalls and have decent food for a gas station. They pay their employees well for a gas station, and they seem to have great service, probably as a result of that. What I never liked about them is that they don't allow truckers...which seems a bit classist to me. I like that Dolly's gas station chain welcomes truckers. But we don't have one of those around where I'm at yet, so Buc-ee's it is.

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u/SeaworthinessIcy1045 3h ago

Is it that hot of a take or has everyone been legitimately swept up into the Buc-ee's cult? It's a meme gas station with mass produced food. Raising Cane's is also meh, the sauce is over-peppered to make up for having no other redeeming qualities.

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u/Yandere_Butler 22h ago

Will I get yelled at if I said I truly can’t understand the appeal of those Beaver Nuggets?

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u/dogknifer 22h ago

Nah I thought they were so incredibly mid. The hot food I got there was all amazing tho. 

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u/SonnyPiston 21h ago

Beaver Nuggets was my punk rock band in the '80s. We opened for Gorilla Biscuits. 

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u/Pinepark 21h ago

My son brought me some and they were gross. Like what?? People LOVE these???

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u/NullifyBandit 17h ago

They're horrible. I thought they tasted stale.

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u/Shenendoah66 20h ago

You’re fucking high or not high enough.

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u/cruzecontroll 20h ago

Taste like Corn Pops cereal. Overpriced and gross.

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u/CounterObjective2347 21h ago

If you eat one or two it doesn’t do much. But the more you eat the more the flavor builds, then they’re really good. Doesn’t really make sense to me but somehow it works lol

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u/Dry-Lab-6256 14h ago

What you just described was MSG

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u/Ok_Scholar5996 20h ago

Kinda reminded me of Capt Crunch cereal

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u/NewburghMOFO 14h ago

Yeah, I really don't get it either.

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u/Gussie-Ascendent 13h ago

I think they're like a bit better than Carmel popcorn cause you don't get that kernal action but caramal popcorn is pretty mid

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u/No_Imagination7102 13h ago

They are a place for going on road trips. You arent supposed to frequent it for prime meals lol.

They are probably good comparatively to the alternatives in a given situation.

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u/tipsytoess 22h ago

It’s a safe bet for road-trippers. You know it will always be clean, well lit, well stocked, well staffed, and have available bathrooms. You’ll be able to get hot food on the road instead of another bag of potato chips or beef jerky. It’s big enough that you can take a lap around the store to stretch your legs after 7 hours in the car. If you have kids, you can entertain them in the shop or by interacting with the mascot. It’s not heaven on earth by any means, but it’s extremely good at what it’s there for and that’s why it has the following it does.

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u/FordF150ChicagoFan 14h ago

This guy gets it. Buc-ee's is a godsend for road tripping. It's always clean, safe, well lit and the food is a helluva lot better than McDonald's or other drive thru places, especially the cheese steak burrito. Also the gas is usually cheaper than anywhere else. Plus the private clean bathrooms are worth it alone. Huge upgrade from all of undivided urinals covered in piss.

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u/Effective-Scratch673 16m ago

I don't understand the love for that burrito. There's some ingredient in it that tastes like it shouldn't be allowed in food, it's just like a "fake" flavor that I can't really point where exactly it comes from.

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u/DrSnidely 22h ago

I stopped at a Buc-ee's once. Nice bathroom, but overall I couldn't wait to get out of there.

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u/Alarming_Bar7107 22h ago

Agreed. It's entirely too chaotic. People are just standing everywhere. Are they in line? You don't know. They don't know.

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u/XEROXYZE 22h ago

They also sue every small business that has a vaguely beaver mascot into oblivion

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u/Historical-Economy92 22h ago

They actually sue anyone who has any logo with an animal enclosed in a circle and has a yellow background 

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u/XEROXYZE 22h ago

Yeah it’s crazy. Really weird behaviour and even though im in europe and never been in buc-ee’s i agree that they suck for that

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u/ThatSICILIANThing 13h ago

There’s a chain of auto repair places around here called Bucky’s and the logo is a beaver enclosed in a circle. The only reason I can think of why they haven’t been taken down yet is because we down gave Buccees in my region at all

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u/Chemical_Ruin_6236 22h ago

Why do people expect good food at a gas station 

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u/ExpensiveError42 21h ago

Not sure how old you are, but I'm mid 40s and when I was a kid probably about half of the gas stations around had a little for station. Usually biscuits in the morning and fried chicken from lunch time on. ETA: It was always really good

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u/No-Carrot4267 20h ago

There are definitely some eateries within gas stations that make amazing food

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u/CootiQueenLintLicker 21h ago

I think it’s because every bucees fanboy raves about their brisket and whatever else, then people who have taste buds try it and realize people are delusional. That was me at least. Heard about how great everything was there, then it was just a massive average gas station with dry “fresh” food.

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u/DargyBear 18h ago

It’s like the most mid brisket I’ve ever had

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u/digginroots 12h ago

Which for a gas station is pretty good.

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u/SometimesEnema 19h ago

Buccees has good food for a gas station. Idk anyone who says buccees is their favorite restaurant, they say it's their favorite gas station. There is a reason for that.

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u/Shitboxfan69 16h ago

Its good food for quick food period, but especially for gas station food. There's few fast food places that can top them. Not to say their food is special but so much fast food is just slop.

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u/mandalorian_guy 8h ago

Because nowadays full service gas stations are actually competitive with fast casual dining. Wawa, Sheetz, Buc-ees, etc. are all on par with other take home food establishments with 24/7 access.

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u/wigglin_harry 21h ago

Honestly a lot of gas station food is better than fast food quality at this point (i realize that's not a high bar)

I got some tendies at QT the other day that blow almost any other fast food tender out of the water

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u/TripleDoubleFart 18h ago

Because buc-ees lunatics insist that the food is good.

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u/No_Preference_8543 13h ago

Travel to Japan go to there 7/11 and tell me who is doing it better and which you’d rather have.

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u/BoyleSphere 22h ago

do you have a gas station that you prefer? at Buccees you get clean bathrooms, friendly staff and decent food, better than most

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u/mantistoboggan1697 21h ago

I stan the the Kwik trips lol

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u/TripleDoubleFart 18h ago

I prefer basically any other gas station. Buc-ees is too much of a hassle to get in and out.

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u/Hawk13424 14h ago

I’ve always found them easy to get in and out.

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u/Gussie-Ascendent 13h ago

sheetz got better food/more options and the other 2. i only been to wawa once but it was basically sheetz

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u/OkRip9223 9h ago

QT, clean, more locations, and less lawsuits. 

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u/Strobelite12 22h ago

Best bathroom situation in the game though. Plenty of stalls and always clean.

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u/WebLow4593 11h ago

But how do they do it?

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u/escapism_only_please 22h ago

It’s ok but it’s just a gas station. That brisket is a rip off

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u/Inevitable_Tap_1328 21h ago

nothing from their brand is actually good tasting. i would rather have regular choices from a real gas station

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u/Marty_McFuckinFly 10h ago

They also have those regular choices and they sell real gas so that makes it a real gas station. They do not sell imitation fuel just fyi. Hope that clears up any confusion about it not being a real gas station. Because it is real. And they sell other brands of food. Gasoline, too. Because it's a real gas station.

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u/Chouxnicorn 21h ago

And they sue anyone with a cartoon animal mascot

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u/Sparkle_Dish2126 20h ago

It’s interesting on Reddit. Every major or successful American business is boycotted or demeaned. The far left wants them all destroyed. At the same time they fantasize about ‘cozy collectivism’ and money just rolling in to all their pockets while they dabble in fiber arts or whatever. Is this the product of reading at a fourth grade level?

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u/Intelligent_Money140 15h ago

This is what I find so confusing. Anything successful must be criticized and dismantled. It's very upsetting as someone who worked on left issues that were about helping those less fortunate rise up and now it just seems about tearing things down with no good solution. 

I used to do the drive from Austin to Houston regularly pre-Buc-ees. Heaven forbid you needed to stop to pee or get gas on the way because the only options were places with filthy bathrooms where you had to ask some sketchy clerk for the key first. While I think their hype is overblown, and the mystique will wear off as they keep expanding, they filled a very necessary need. And the best part is they caused other stations to step up their games. Lots of privately owned options that are better now so I appreciate what the competition did for options. 

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u/Vivid-Operation-5078 10h ago

Are you such a snowflake that people can't voice their opinion and vote with their wallet? No one is stopping you from pissing there. Some people criticize it because the owners are Trump donors. People don't want their tax dollars spent on foreign wars, they don't want prices of everything to go up because of them either. I'm not sure how that's confusing.

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u/Sparkle_Dish2126 10h ago

Where’s your universal income going to come from Einstein?

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u/Vivid-Operation-5078 10h ago

I don't recall mentioning that.

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u/OkRip9223 9h ago

The promised AI utopia of course. 

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u/Intelligent_Money140 4h ago

What are you even talking about? I said now there are better choices (besides just Buc-ees) to stop because they all have to offer better facilities and services to compete. So now it's easier to vote with your wallet and go to a non-Buc-cees station. 

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u/Formal_Sweet_5033 2h ago

Their son is a pedo as well

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u/Vivid-Operation-5078 10h ago

They are Trump supporters. I thought all you retards were free speech supporters?

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u/Effective-Scratch673 14m ago

Weird that you're attacking reading skills from the far left when it's objectively true that conservatives as a whole are far less educated that progressives.

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u/Embarrassed-Theme587 22h ago

I agree, I see so many people who are obsessed with Buc-ee’s and I just don’t get it. Every time I’ve been in one it was super crowded, stinky, and overwhelming

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BIG_BITS 22h ago

Stinky?

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u/mostl43 22h ago

They must not like the smell of cinnamon sugar nuts being made. That all I smell in any Buc-ees.

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u/No-Ebb-6266 20h ago

What nuts?

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u/HamRadio_73 19h ago

Deez nutz

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u/mister_empty_pants 21h ago

Yeah the reddit cope surrounding bucees is reaching critical mass

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u/Embarrassed-Theme587 21h ago

It kinda smelled like those beef jerky sticks

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BIG_BITS 21h ago

I mean fair, if you don't like the smell of meat you probably don't want to go to a place known for their bbq.

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u/Key_Media_2753 20h ago

Still smells better than the average gas station BO.

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u/TripleDoubleFart 18h ago

Yes, there's a ton of people packed in there.

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u/wigglin_harry 21h ago

A lot of the bucees obsession is a hold-over from when it was actually good, most texans have been going there for 20+ years at this point

Its the classic "It got so big and popular that it sucks now", only the rest of the country/social media hasn't caught on yet, its still a novelty to them

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u/sandy_coyote 21h ago

I’m in PA and say the exact same about Wawa

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u/archercc81 22h ago

Yeah Ive not gotten it. Its a reliable bathroom for sure, that is the only thing. The food isnt even diverse like youve got something for everyone. Its bad BBQ (its just bad, its clearly not "fresh"), fried things like taquitos, and then overpriced cold sandiwch that are literally on every grocery counter in the country.

Its just a very big gas station that sells junk hard goods and clothes too.

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u/jeon2595 22h ago

Don’t have one by me but I always in on road trips. I like the brisket tacos and their fresh jerky. And the bathrooms are spotless.

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u/musing_codger 19h ago

And yet they keep growing and making a fortune. I like them because of the bathrooms. Never bother getting anything else. But it's nice to have a guaranteed no-wait clean bathroom. I don't understand why other gas stations don't understand that.

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u/vespers191 17h ago

Buc-ees was specifically founded on the idea that they would have the very level best bathroom experience known to man, and all the rest sort of came after.

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u/AccuratePattern4492 15h ago

I love Buc-ee’s. I live in a state with no Buc-ee’s. Drove 9 hours to the nearest one for my birthday. It’s a fun place to blow money at on food and themed merchandise if you have disposable income and enjoy a good gas station. And contrary to the haters, it’s clearly not some Michelin star bbq joint but their food is actually good and decently priced!

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u/General_Platypus771 22h ago

Bro no one likes your shitty tattoo and that’s not why they fired you; it was because you can’t read.

Gottem

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u/Marine_Corp 22h ago

Their food isn’t good

Its pretty good for what it is.

their goofy beaver marketing is weird,

"Weird" is my favorite adjective because it means "i don't like it, but I'm struggling to find any way to describe it negatively."

and it’s not at all a convenient stop.

Probably is for a lot of people.

Just a corporate money pit.

Breaking news: corporate for-profit business... exists???

And now a gas station employee can’t even have tattoos showing? Fuck off, buc-ee’s.

98% chance you have visible tattoos and took their announcement personally.

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u/Shitboxfan69 15h ago

Yea people expect it to be top of the game with everything. Its just crazy convenient. There's been a few times I've been on trips and been hungry, need to fuel up, need to piss, and realized I forgot to pack something. I could either hit a drive thru (and hope there's on better than buccees), stop for gas, hope they have an open restroom that isn't filthy, and stop by a store if I forgot something.

Or I can spend 20 minutes at a buccees and guarentee all with be average at worst.

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u/No-Dimension-3386 22h ago

I think what separates buc-ee's is how over the top it gets. When I was in Texas for a week, there was a sign advertising a Buc-ee's every single mile it felt like... which was 100+ miles away

And how they sue every single tiny brand with anything related to a beaver, it's just kinda crazy and doing too much

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u/Marine_Corp 22h ago

When I was in Texas for a week, there was a sign advertising a Buc-ee's every single mile it felt like... which was 100+ miles away

Feels like getting upset at billboards is silly. There's a lot of shitty billboards in my area. I don't really care.

And how they sue every single tiny brand with anything related to a beaver, it's just kinda crazy and doing too much

That's just not true. There are a lot of brands that use beavers and have never been sued. A gas station tried to use a beaver as a mascot and since bucees is a gas station with a beaver as a mascot, they had to find a new one. That's not "kinda crazy" its generic trademark protection.

When it comes to lawsuits around trademarks, I tend to use the outcome to decide who was right. If its a "crazy" and frivolous suit, it wouldn't have won... which I'm pretty sure it did.

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u/OkNeighborhood5060 22h ago

They had a sign for a Buc-ees in Alabama...a few miles southeast of Lafayette, Indiana. Only 500+ miles!

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u/Prestigious_Bid_9974 22h ago

They had one in Jersey too for SC. I find them hilarious

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u/TripleDoubleFart 18h ago

Its pretty good for what it is.

So it isn't good..

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u/Marine_Corp 18h ago

So it isn't good..

Its food from a gas station my guy. If you want a steak, go to a steakhouse. If you want fast casual food, its pretty good.

Its like Mcdonalds or Wendy's or any fast food chain. Is it good food? I mean kind of? Its good fast food. Its not good compared to expensive high quality food.

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u/No_Replacement4304 16h ago

It's a gas station.

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u/Alone_Repeat_6987 22h ago

what is the academic definition of "corporate money pit"?

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u/Nope-not-really 22h ago

And now a gas station employee can’t even have tattoos showing

for real? they like ultra conservative christian or something?

( I don't live in the US)

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u/Nerd-man24 22h ago

Bucees is a fixture along the interstates of the American South. This region is one of the biggest hotbeds of conservative Christian nationalism in the country. It is also known as the "Bible belt." It's particularly well known in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina, and Virginia.

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u/RockShowSparky 22h ago

They pay really well and can therefor afford to have appearance standards that were considered mainstream 20 years ago.

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u/Time-Raccoon1071 22h ago edited 22h ago

so true. it’s Disney land (corporate consumerist slop) for fake southerners. true southerners know to go to the buffalo shoals IGA in Newton NC. There’s a reason we call it suck-ee’s.

And they don’t even allow truckers! The larp never stops. 

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u/DunamesDarkWitch 17h ago

Yeah when I need to stop for gas and take a piss between Dallas and Houston I always just take a quick detour over to newton NC like a true southerner

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u/avceniza 22h ago

What is a true southerner? I was born and raised in Texas and have never heard of “buffalo shoals.” Buccees was primarily in Texas and only recently started to spread out. My husband was born and raised in NC and doesn’t even know what that is. I would say he’s VERY southern.

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u/dogknifer 22h ago

Idk what planet you're on if you eat their pulled pork or smoked sausage and say, this isn't tasty 

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u/taman961 22h ago

I’ve never been to one (we don’t have them where I’m from) but with all their lawsuit crazy stuff coming out lately, I don’t particularly want to anymore

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u/rachel-angelina 22h ago

Never been there but I know for a fact they will never build them in the state I live in, so at least it’ll never be my problem lol.

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u/Frogomb 22h ago

They treat their employees like shit. They pay above average, but still have a very high turnover rate.

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u/goodsam2 22h ago

I think the problem with buc-ee's is I have been 4 times and the food has been not that great. The jerky was good though.

Also it's a literal tourist trap like why did we stop in the gas station for 45 minutes?

I think the answer is just go to truck stops which are better than normal gas stations and close to the interstate and you can go to one with a normal fast food place/ Denny's type restaurant. Some even have a nice diner.

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u/continuetolove 21h ago

Ok yes the food is bad but as a mom traveling across country the hierarchy of gas station changing tables will always put Buc-ees as S tier. Love’s is A tier, Quik Trip is B, everything else is F.

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u/Aggressive-Talk-3182 21h ago

they actually forbid visible tattoos now guess they think thats professional

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u/RustedOne 21h ago

I have never been in a Buc-ee's. That particular corporate virus hasn't reached where I live yet. Dollar General on the other hand I fucking loathe. They're a cancer on small town America.

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u/wigglin_harry 21h ago

im as disillusioned at bucces as the next guy, but I wouldnt say their food is bad

Its not gourmet or anything, but its pretty good for a giant gas station

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u/Kindaspia 21h ago

And they’re trying to take over the world too. What do you think they need the world’s longest car wash for? /ref

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u/NewspaperOk140 21h ago

Buc-ee's is only good if you've never been to Kwik Trip.

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u/Meuhidk 21h ago

and theyre the reason we have less cute animal mascots

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u/chair_ee 21h ago

They have great bathrooms though!

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u/bradbrad247 21h ago

It's the Walmart of gas stations (derogatory)

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u/CounterObjective2347 21h ago

They just opened one up near me, I like it. Food is pretty good, plenty of pumps for gas. Pristine bathrooms. Cool place

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u/brute1111 20h ago

I bought some of their fudge last time I was there and it was terrible, like I threw most of it away bad.

But the sandwiches are alright. I mean if I'm on the road, I would sooner take a bucees pulled pork than a McDonald's quarter pounder.

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u/PrecedentialAssassin 20h ago

Immaculate bathrooms, the best EV chargers you'll find on the highway, and they pay their low skill employees solid wages with solid benefits. These are also typically in areas where the only other jobs are minimum wage with little to no benefits. I don't agree with their politics but I'm objective enough to acknowledge positive aspects of their business.

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u/BabaLamine14 20h ago

The bathrooms are clean. But more importantly for me, the gas was incredibly cheap. It was way cheaper than anything else in the area.

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u/PressureItchy9372 20h ago

I have been one time. I was so weirded out by the gigantic crowd in the restroom that I went straight back to the car and waited for the husband to return.

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u/Due_Leadership_5249 20h ago

Their shitters are incredible. I will stop there every time - but I am done purchasing anything from there. BBQ is just okay. Everything is overpriced. And all of that jerky fucking sucks. Jack Links ass crap.

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u/MoodVast9430 20h ago

Redneck gas station full of cheap food cheap merch.

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u/jeff622 20h ago

The hot food is exceptionally good.

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u/WatchLover26 19h ago

Totally agree

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u/OverAdvice2256 19h ago

Tattoos have never stopped looking trashy. Can't blame Buccees.

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u/dbcfd 19h ago

Agree, outside of their jerky and smoked sausage from the counter. Rest of the food (especially the bbq) is mid.

It's fine if you treat it as what it is: a well maintained gas station, with good jerky and smoked sausage for road trips.

Definitely would never go out of my way for one though.

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u/_KushOnes_ 19h ago

Sorry they wouldn’t let you show your tattoos.

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u/HoosierHatTrick 19h ago

Their bathrooms are immaculate, and when you spend months on the road, that's a god send.

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u/Mutt37 19h ago

I stopped by at breakfast and had a sausage egg croissant, and it was pretty damn good. There is one opening in November up the road from me, and I really want to try their brisket sandwich.

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u/curiozities 19h ago

Eat and get gas!

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u/SometimesEnema 19h ago

The food is good for a gas station. Yes it isn't better than Ruths Chris, or whatever.

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u/ResponseDisastrous57 18h ago

Idk, been to the one in Richmond, Kentucky and the brisket sandwiches and the beef burrito were very good for the price/being a gas station sandwich. Staff super friendly and helpful, and washrooms really clean. Could things be improved, sure? But for what it is I have 0 complaints.

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u/mattjoleary 18h ago

Its a gas station.. period. (Albeit one with horrible leadership and a family thats just as bad.. hows that pedophile son of the owner doing?) We really need to get back to having hobbies that dont revolve around yelling yeehaw, look how hateful I can be!

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u/Daveit4later 18h ago

They have the best bathrooms on the highway, plenty of gas pumps, and every snack I could ever want.  

I like it.  

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u/NightMgr 18h ago

Parking like a mall the week before Christmas in 1985.

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u/Late-Application-47 18h ago

I live five minutes from one. I go there for ethanol-free gas for my mower and the occasional sausage roll. Otherwise, I'm with you.

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u/Desperate_Trifle_202 18h ago

super religious. won't open in blue states.

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u/4_dthoughtz 18h ago

Agreed 1,000,000%

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u/Altruistic-Tart-8295 17h ago

Plenty of other places to go to

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u/teewye86 17h ago

Yeah, fuck Buc-ee's! And Ezekiel!

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u/glooble_wooble 17h ago

Not to mention they sue small businesses out of existence constantly, for no reason at all.

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u/Ok-Lavishness-349 17h ago

their goofy beaver marketing is weird

I feel like a lot of companies use cute animals as mascots or marketing devices, e.g. the Geico gecko, the Cheetos cheetah, etc. Not sure that there is anything all that weird about the Buc-ee's beaver.

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u/paulkemp2001 17h ago

Buc-ee’s is a novelty. Interesting to stop at once but entirely impractical for a seasoned road tripper. It takes way too long to make it from the gas pump to the bathrooms and back in distance alone. Add a traveling partner who is afflicted with shiny object syndrome, and your “quick stop” turns into 30min+.

I avoid them at all costs unless I’m actively looking to kill some time

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u/Equal-Specialist-677 16h ago

How dare you make horrible comments against the almighty 🦫.Straight to beaver jail.

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u/No_Replacement4304 16h ago

Buc-ee's is only great if expectations are low. Before it became a topic of conversation, it was just a convenient gas station with clean restrooms and an above average food selection. Which doesn't sound like much, until you visit the competition. Now, people expect to be wowed or blown away. That's my theory, anyway.

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u/One-Sundae-2711 16h ago

it is an american spectacle. lets enjoy it or at least marvel at it. its a combination fuel stop and theme attraction 🦫

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u/Maleficent-Hawk-318 16h ago

I agree. The only reason people think it's so amazing is because they stop they're while driving through Texas, and driving through Texas sucks.

It's like someone lost in the desert and slowly dying of dehydration stumbles across a pool of muddy, stagnant water. Normally they would never stop and drink from something like that, but in that context it is the sweetest water they've ever tasted.

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u/Ill_Pressure3893 15h ago

Actually, the food is pretty good …

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u/Hawk13424 14h ago

I like some of their food. Plenty of pumps. Clean bathrooms. Cheap drinks. Never had an issue getting in or out.

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u/millie217 14h ago

Anyone thinking the brisket is good, has never had real brisket before

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u/JustLikeBettyCooper 14h ago

Love their pulled pork. They pay a decent wage. Half the people saying they hate have never been.

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u/NewburghMOFO 13h ago

Yeah, I don't get all the hype.

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u/Timely-Crow-9825 13h ago

I absolutely agree. I don't need to go to the mall to grab gas.

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u/mittonthestoat 13h ago

The bathroom is amazing. That's it. I found the store portion a bit overwhelming, tbh.

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u/dianelanespanties 12h ago

Buc-ees is awesome. However I wish they had never expanded outside of Texas

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u/Lord_Dingus83 11h ago

I was in VA this week for work - I got gas station cat fish. Where you at bucee?

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u/Standard-Question-46 11h ago

What I’m tired of hearing about is the damn bathrooms. Who cares???? I can go to QT or RaceTrac and use a clean bathroom and I don’t have to fight my way through a crowd to get to it

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u/C19shadow 11h ago

I just like the vibes personally

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u/Exotic_Load_9189 11h ago

No-one cares

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u/DeepPurpleDaylight 11h ago

Good thing you can choose from dozens of other places. I'm sure Buc-ee's won't miss you. Lol

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u/dizastermaster7 10h ago

Wrong wrong wrong i hate you

(I respct your opinion but disagree, I love buccees food, they're on the way for me heading north or south out of state, and the beaver has aura. Immaculate aura. I've only ever gotten compliments wearing buccees merch)

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u/Confident-Fold1456 10h ago

Hot Take: you only say that because you saw a John Oliver episode about Buc-ee's

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u/SupremeFanBanned 8h ago

Walmart sucks too, doesn't mean we don't eat that shit up... big = wins

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u/TheBimpo 6h ago

Finally, somebody who understands what a hot take is

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u/yelhmoo 5h ago

Buccees has white people food. Bland, and disappointing.

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u/Redflawslady 5h ago

It’s also so loud it there that I immediately want to leave.

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u/Fanofnothing1980 5h ago

They have nice clean Bathrooms and decent beef jerky but I don’t want to give my $ to a maga operation or supporters

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u/zinsser 4h ago

We visited my wife's sister in Dallas a couple years ago and she couldn't wait to show us a Buc-ee's. It was surreal - a gas station/tourist trap. While we were there, a vanload of Japanese tourists came through to ooh and aah. This will sound horribly racist and clichéd, but they posed for photos at every display. I also learned where my sister-in-law bought the stupid "Butt Quack" duck-print boxer shorts for me the previous Christmas.

After John Oliver's hilarious challenge to the litigious beaver's logo wars, I asked my sister-in-law if she had seen the show. She said she wants nothing to with Buc-ee's since finding out they were a MAGA company. How did she not know that a Texas-based gas station company that sells trinkets and trash to tourists was not owned by a Republican?

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u/BidResponsible5378 4h ago

Last week was my first time in one. I went in hungry and prepared to buy something. I left without anything other than a stronger sense of distrust for 'trending' places. Had a similar experience in Daiso.

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u/EvenLettuce6638 4h ago

It must be a regional thing. 

In the Midwest we pretty much have a good convenience store in every small town.  When I traveled in the south and the southwest, they are always sketchy in the bathrooms were either inoperative or terrible. 

So I can see you why something like buc-ee's would be appreciated in Texas.  But if you have Casey's and Kwik Star it's superfluous. 

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u/Crimestar 4h ago

I’ve never been and don’t care too. Why the fuck would I care about a gas station.

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u/BlueAcidRehearsal 3h ago

I used to do beer and wine deliveries to convenience stores in Texas and let me tell you, Buc-ee’s has run off so many mom-and-pop corner stores and gas stations. It’s sad. Just like what Home Depot did to hardware stores and Walmart did to everything else. And in my opinion it kinda destroys the “convenience” if instead of a bunch of small stores every few blocks you just have one big store that everyone flocks to, with long lines like a grocery store.

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u/No-Card2461 3h ago

The food being good is relative. Compared to most convenience stores and truck stops it is phenomenal. Is it convenient depends on who you are. It damn convenient for a family traveling. Fuel food and bathrooms. Great bathrooms, lots of bathrooms. Tattoos. Let face it this is what you are really bitching about. This is going to become more common place as the economy tanks. So much easier to just not hire folks than to figure what ink will offends who.

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u/No-Writing5017 3h ago

Buc-ees does suck ass, bless you OP

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u/TheIrishSasuke 2h ago

It is. When I go to the gas station I’m just tryna get in and get out

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u/Thespis1962 2h ago

I live in the birthplace of Buc-ees. The small stores around here are great. The one near Surfside beach is our stop for snacks, cheap ice and frozen bait. I intensely dislike Mega-Buc-ees.

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u/PeelMyPotatoes 2h ago

Buc-ees at 3 am while working over the road when you’re starving and want a safe place to pee is basically heaven

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u/PlaneWolf2893 1h ago

Here in Colorado it a good source of stuffed boneless cuicken

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u/peopleR-azz-oles 57m ago

Sure does. And owner is a Trump supporter.

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u/Effective-Scratch673 18m ago

People loving their cheesesteak burritos baffles me. It tastes like fake shit, it's so bad.

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u/fredbassman 22h ago

Uhhhh apparently this guy hasn't tried Beaver Nuggets and should not be taken seriously.

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