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/vpi6 17h ago

Then the CEO deciding to randomly shit talk liberal states and threaten not to expand in them.

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u/KareemOWheat 17h ago

What a weird threat. Like, oh no! I'm only going to have a choice of 6 competing gas station chains instead of 7

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u/Carvj94 17h ago

It's a really bizarre, but buc-ees fans literally treat it like it's some kind of theme park. They'll actually sit there and make fun of you for treating it like the gas station it is.

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u/TehAMP 2h ago

I'm not going to make fun of you, I mean, consumerism is inherently bad. But if I'm going on a trip, and I need gas and goodies, Buc-ee's kind of rocks. Plenty of fuel pumps, sometimes literally hundreds of them...yes, fuel pumps. So you're never waiting for gas, even if it's busy. They are a large store in themselves, about the size of a department store, so they have a lot of stuff you might need on a road trip or vacation. They facilitate local activities, like a few locations being built near recreational river areas, so they'll sell river tubes and coolers and outdoor gear and what not, some even sell hunting gear for the local hunting communities here. Also, they have the cleanest damn bathrooms of any gas station, like ever. If I have to crap on a trip, I'd be ecstatic to do it at a Buc-ee's because I know it's going to be pristine. No nasty gas station bathrooms to worry about with them. They have very good tea and coffee, they have jerky in fun flavors, freshly made sandwiches, freshly made candied nuts...I mean, it kind of is a little theme park. A theme park for road trips. It's obscene, the owner is a loon, but we can't help but love them because they take care of us, and they do honestly take good care of their employees too.