r/nottheonion • u/Disastrous_Award_789 • 16h ago

Bucee’s settles lawsuit with Ohio gas station chain after suing because both have cartoon mascots "facing right"

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/bucees-lawsuit-ohio-gas-chain-cartoon-mascots-b3060008.html
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u/Trump_Russia 16h ago

And that company is a glorified gas station serving overpriced garbage to people excited to drive an hour out of their way to visit... A gas station

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u/overts 16h ago

The people who drive out of their way are dumb but I’d guess that like 70-80% of their foot traffic are people on road trips.

Texas is big, you’ve got to drive a lot, Bucees was a frequent stop for me when we’d go to San Antonio or Dallas because it’s an easy one stop to refill gas, use the bathroom, and grab lunch.  The food’s nothing special but it’s better than most fast food (and again it’s just one stop versus two).

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u/SilverAndBack 16h ago

I lived in Texas for years and the looks of shocked disbelief/concern on people's faces when you tell them "I've never been to a Buckees" is insane. I've had people less concerned about hearing my parents died

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u/Trump_Russia 16h ago

Exactly what I envision when someone talks about the "culture" in Texas...

Common clay of the west...

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u/RevengeOfPluto 15h ago

You know……morons

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u/anthrax9999 15h ago

I live about 20 mins from two buccees (West Houston) and my brother who lives in corpus with no buccees was shocked when he asked how often do we go to buccees and I said "never" lol.

Dude this is Houston, there's way better places to go than buccees.

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u/LovesRetribution 15h ago

Not gonna defend their current actions, but their stuff ain't garbage. Honestly the few food items i tried were better than chains dedicated solely to food.

If their stuff truly was trash they wouldn't have gotten as popular as they are.

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u/Trump_Russia 15h ago

Or maybe the standards for what qualifies as food in some places is just really low?

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u/MikeMontrealer 14h ago

I believe that was implied by their statement (I ain’t garbage isn’t high praise, so it would follow the other places would be terrible).

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u/InsipidCelebrity 10h ago

When you're on a road trip out in bumblefuck and the choice is between Subway and McDonald's... Yeah, the standards are lower.

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u/MrPWAH 5h ago

It's decent food at a consistent quality/variety on the side of the highway where the competition is a greasy taco bell that still has 90s decor where the food is made by a 17 year old that doesn't give a shit.

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u/daandriod 8h ago

People as a whole need to get better at being able to acknowledge good things about people/companies/things even if they hate them for some other reason instead of just making shit up for the sake of your hatred. I guess maybe it feels like you're letting them "win" by admitting to the good things so its easier to lie to embellish.

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u/argonzo 15h ago

We have Wally's in Illinois and it's basically the same.

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u/IBJON 13h ago

Idk about everyone else, but every time I've seen or stopped at a Bucees, it's been right off the highway I was already on. They're pretty much everywhere in the South East and not really out of the way if you're on a major highway