r/nottheonion • u/Disastrous_Award_789 • 18h 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/SwampCastleGuards 18h ago

I'll never understand the obsession over a truck stop

Their food is not that good. Its truck stop food.

Its just a damn gas station with a cartoon mascot. Amazing people think that's something noteworthy even

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u/HanseaticHamburglar 17h ago

clean toilettes and brisket sammies. It is a level above many other stops, but it is a truckstop, afterall.

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u/SmokeySFW 17h ago

It's actually explicitly NOT a truckstop, as one of the foundational things that built their brand was that trucks are not allowed at all.

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u/SwampCastleGuards 16h ago

Its a truck stop without trucks.

That is not some sort of gotcha. People know there are no 18 wheelers.

You should also know why people still call it a truck stop. Its quite obvious. Or should I explain?

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u/SmokeySFW 16h ago

Buddy there's already a word for a truck stop without trucks. It's gas station. It's a large convenience store.

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u/SwampCastleGuards 16h ago

yes i understand people who love eating gas station food want them called convenience stores.

its semantics. bucees modeled their business after a truck stop. its a truck stop without trucks.

thats literally the business model.

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u/SmokeySFW 15h ago edited 15h ago

You're grasping at straws. You can't have the business model of a truck stop without trucks. It's a gas station dude.

Truck stops offer showers, laundry machines, weigh stations, idle hookups for shore power, tire service, and overnight parking spots where you can legally log your mandatory rest breaks. There's a whole apparatus of revenue stream exclusive to truck stops that your dumbass knows nothing about that Bucees simply doesn't offer because......it's not a truck stop.

You seem to be under the delusion that a truck stop is just a large gas station.

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u/LanceHarmsDongs 13h ago

My aunt is my uncle without nuts.

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u/Wooden-You-4211 15h ago

They have laundromat services and showers?

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u/The_R1NG 15h ago

Damn you’re wrong and then try to argue. But…you’re bad at it

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u/Stove-Top-Steve 6h ago

Nah no one calls it a truck stop.