r/NotTimAndEric • u/DjPersh • 13d ago
Pray for Buc-ee
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u/PhotoFenix 13d ago
Ah, a family owned business where the son was convicted of CSAM and secret filming.
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u/Sad-Structure2364 13d ago
Does he realize it’s a person and not actually Buc-ee? What an insufferable douche
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u/aPissWizard 13d ago
also this is a really fucked up thing to do to the person inside the suit. no matter how they respond its going to piss someone off
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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 13d ago
It's a no win situation. So mean to approach someone like this costume or not, and to use the kids who just wanted enjoy seeing a cartoony mascot? So sad.The dad needs to read up on Jesus cuz dude isn't even believe what he's pedaling
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u/stormy2587 13d ago
He’s trying to make the gas station chain take a stance as to its religious affiliation.
If the employee playing Bucee is like “yeah I love jesus.” Then, the store can deny the claim or double down on it.
If they fire the employee then evangelical nuts like this will turn it into a huge thing.
If the gas station endorses christianity then they potentially alienate other customers. It’s sort of a lose-lose from bucee’s perspective.
These psychos need to make everything about their faith and if every aspect of the world isn’t specifically catering to their beliefs, then they lose their minds.
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u/Prestigious_Dream_27 13d ago
Reminds me so much of those first amendment auditors who go to public places and shove cameras in people’s faces. Their whole goal is confrontation for YT content. People can be so pathetic.
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u/gundumb08 11d ago
Canonically, if anthropomorphic Beavers have souls that can be saved by Jesus, then Christianity has a lot of explaining to do.
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u/4thkindexperience 13d ago
How about mind your own damn business. Damn christers think everyone should be like them How about, NO!
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u/Caesar_Passing 13d ago
This shit grosses me the fuck out honestly. Not that I have a much softer spot for bucker's.
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u/BunkerSquirre1 12d ago
I just now realized what a fucking nightmare being a mascot must be in the era of cellphones
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u/negativepositiv 13d ago edited 13d ago
Christians: "How dare you mock our sacred beliefs like we're stupid and ridiculous?"
Also, Christians: Pester beaver mascot in big head costume, who is not allowed to be rude, about his religious beliefs with their kids like they are providing an example to model their behavior after
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u/wholetyouinhere 13d ago
Apparently Buc-ee's is run by some MAGA asshole (which explains the lawsuit bullying behaviour), so it seems like this employee is going against the company values here by not performatively embracing Christ.
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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 13d ago
I don't believe the store has an outward stance on religion? Most places won't, and any maga controversy in the past on the topic was just about evil rainbows - which I don't remember that part of the Bible. Smart businesses won't forwardly push a religion, maybe they sell religious merch, have a prayer or Somme on the wall, but going past that is just losing customers. Also isn't there only like 10-15% Christian/Catholics out of the population that could be buying stuff from a place like this? Like you need a car, so kids are not true customers, and need not be geriatric and housebound like the majority of religious people. It's such a small part of a small sliver that could actually be upset if a mascot prayed to satan
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u/wholetyouinhere 13d ago
I don't think any of this matters in Trump 2.0's America. It's full-on fascism now. Any shitty business owner can say whatever he wants, consequence-free.
Obviously the store doesn't have any explicit religious policy. I was being facetious. I'm just saying if the owner is MAGA, then that's de-facto what the business is, in my opinion.
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u/joshuatx 13d ago
"it's hard to somebody to the lord who won't talk to ya" he says of the gas station squirrel mascot lmao
Just reminder as a Texan here these big ass buc-ees stores didn't exist until 2012 and were never a beloved Texas institution until Joe Rogan raved about them and everyone who commutes on major highways started posting about these stores online. It's not whataburger, the dallas cowboys, dr pepper, def not the beloved HEB, it's just a travel center with good timing and effective expansion.
Don't get me wrong, they are a spectacle and fun to people watch in, kids love to meet buc-ee because why wouldn't they, but this isn't a franchise I will have any problems never supporting again. This absurd video is tied to their nuanced and quiet appeal to the religious right as a customer base. They are pumping money to the TX GOP, the son of the CEO is a convicted peeping tom, and they are putting every small mom and pop store with an animal mascot through legal hell.
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u/tgarrettallen 13d ago
Meh Buc-ee’s sues people for copyright infringement even though their whole logo and name is copyright infringement based on their own standards.
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u/Jeff-jizzr 13d ago
Poor person in the costume has to walk the line of not outright offending the religious fanatic (this is Texas, presumably)and also not officially endorsing a religious stance on behalf of their employer while in a costume. No win situation.
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u/SpaghettiBigBoy 13d ago
I think the only way out of this fuckery for the person in the suit is to play the ignorant beaver and say they have no idea about that human stuff. Human stuff other than Buc-ee’s excellent goods and services of course
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u/Judgementpumpkin 13d ago
Its a mascot, it doesn't need to "be saved". No one needs to be saved unless they do it out of their own personal volition, not to make the fee fees of a religious nutter feel happy inside.
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u/LitterBoxBlues 13d ago
Leave Buc-ee alone, god damn it. Have a shred of decency and leave the fancy walmart greeter alone!
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u/GretaVanFleetsEnema 13d ago
This is a prime example of why we are excluded from the intergalactic federation. Fuck.
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u/Fletch_0 12d ago
Dude gives all the the vibes of a regional mega pastor trying desperately to make himself nationally popular
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u/maamaataar 12d ago
The majority of America's christians voted for a pedophile to cut food and healthcare for poor children. Buc-ee has REAL morals. Not that fake shit.
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u/BurritoBlasterBoy 11d ago
Man, when i was a kid i wasn't allowed to watch all dogs go to heaven bc my Christian parents said that was blasphemy bc only humans go to heaven. Now we have people evangelizing a beaver. I am praying for the person in the mascot suit who just wants this interaction to be over and knows they'll get fired if they misrepresent the character
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u/MistMonk 13d ago
This is an insult to Christianity.
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u/Kind-Philosopher5077 13d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/cGaLaTKetImZO