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death .cab for qt posted:Flying J and Love's are both good ones I love Flying J. Get a slice of pizza, a cup of coffee, a CB radio and a shower at 0530? NO PROBLEM!!!!!
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You Are A Elf posted:Some items I've seen gas station keys attached to over the years: And how the hell would you end up owning a pair? 
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hyperhazard posted:In what universe would there possibly be any use for giant novelty nail cutters? I'm seriously racking my brain and coming up blank. You attach your keys to it so people don't forget to return them.
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May 23, 2015 08:14
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hyperhazard posted:In what universe would there possibly be any use for giant novelty nail cutters?  e: making off with the gas station bathroom keys was how you got a metal file in Sam & Max. My Lovely Horse has a new favorite as of 08:30 on May 23, 2015 |
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May 23, 2015 08:26
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hyperhazard posted:In what universe would there possibly be any use for giant novelty nail cutters? 
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May 23, 2015 11:01
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So speaking of horrible marketing decisions, within two days every Hess gas station has become a Speedway gas station due to the company being purchased. For those who don't know, Hess was a big gas station chain in the Pennsylvania area that was pretty famous for their toy Hess trucks that they would release at Christmas time. They were major collectors items and they actually released a limited run 50th anniversary collectors truck this year. Not anymore though. Speedway bought them, and immediately changed every station from green to red and changed all of the signs. People where I live are pretty pissed an are actively avoiding the Speedways. Oh and several stations fired all of their Hess employees and made them reapply for their old job. Edit: apparently I was wrong and the Hess trucks will still be sold online only. The new company rebranding and not doing any sort of tie in with the established toys seems like a poor marketing decision to me though. jadebullet has a new favorite as of 19:37 on May 23, 2015 |
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May 23, 2015 19:31
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jadebullet posted:So speaking of horrible marketing decisions, within two days every Hess gas station has become a Speedway gas station due to the company being purchased. It seems like one of those corporate ego things. "Burn down the old and mark it with our brand" isn't that uncommon. Some companies are just petty as poo poo and would rather slash and burn then just let an acquisition operate under its own name and all that changes is the management structure.
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May 23, 2015 20:45
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jadebullet posted:So speaking of horrible marketing decisions, within two days every Hess gas station has become a Speedway gas station due to the company being purchased. I don't think gas stations give a poo poo about marketing, good or bad, although I agree firing people and making them reapply is pretty lovely. People being pissed off about a gas station being red instead of green is a little #WhiteWhine though.
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May 23, 2015 20:50
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There's other reasons to hate Speedway marketing though. Speedway has a loyalty card which the employees are required to ask for with every transaction. If you don't have one they're supposed to ask if you want one. After the loyalty stuff they're supposed to suggest the candy of the month to you. And then after all that they can take your money. The card scan rates and the candy of the month totals are tracked and if they don't hit a certain quota the employee gets bitched at and is supposed to get wrote up. Oh and did I mention Speedway doesn't condone alcohol or tobacco so your loyalty card is worthless for everything except Tourney (Speedway brand) cigarettes? Because the customer gets nothing for taking the time to enter in their card for tobacco/alcohol purchases yet those count against employees. Working at a Speedway comes with zero benefits as an employee (at least in 2010) you still have to pay for fountain drinks, coffee, hot water, and ice. You can get a Speedway loyalty card though. But be careful because if your card gets too much use in a day it trips a thing back in Enon, Ohio and you can get investigated and then fired for fraud. It's miserable and gently caress awful to work for and I don't recommend it. During the Superbowl 2011 the district manager demanded three pizzas on the rotating pizza rack during the entire game. I worked in an area with East of Chicago, Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, Dominos, and a couple independent places. loving nobody wanted pizza. But we had to waste 12 that night.
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May 23, 2015 21:26
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Hess was the also the only gas station that had a free air pump for tires. They were all replaced with ones that charge $1.50 and accept credit cards 
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May 26, 2015 13:52
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 "They already make a drink like that: Soylent Cola." "Oh? How's it taste?" "It varies from person to person."
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jadebullet posted:So speaking of horrible marketing decisions, within two days every Hess gas station has become a Speedway gas station due to the company being purchased. Its funny you mention that. I had a Hess truck as a kid and it was pretty cool, and I never even knew who Hess was.
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May 27, 2015 23:49
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Just saw this commercial for the first time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt0DccT7MZ4 I don't think they understand why other mascots are cute or endearing.
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May 29, 2015 01:26
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mr. mephistopheles posted:Just saw this commercial for the first time. If that thing walked into a restaurant and started talking like that, the screaming would never end. They should just stop pussyfooting around and get Pennywise or Captain Spaulding to be the company mascot.
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May 29, 2015 01:47
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Super Waffle posted:Hess was the also the only gas station that had a free air pump for tires. They were all replaced with ones that charge $1.50 and accept credit cards Holy hell and I thought 50 cents was a ripoff. It's free at Sheetz and GetGo here.
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May 29, 2015 01:55
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mr. mephistopheles posted:Just saw this commercial for the first time. DR. CRANE: The economy has been hard on us all...
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May 29, 2015 01:56
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Not remotely as creepy as the CG Laughing Cow commericals ( )
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May 29, 2015 02:18
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FutonForensic posted:Not remotely as creepy as the CG Laughing Cow commericals ( Do you get scared by children's cartoons as well? That wasn't creepy at all.
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May 29, 2015 02:28
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mr. mephistopheles posted:Do you get scared by children's cartoons as well? That wasn't creepy at all. I didn't think the scarecrow was that creepy either, unless your point was that he was boring instead of unsettling.
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May 29, 2015 02:47
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FutonForensic posted:I didn't think the scarecrow was that creepy either, unless your point was that he was boring instead of unsettling. Motherfucker has dead button eyes and a muppet mouth but a normal human body and a regular human, non-cartoony voice. I don't know how that isn't unsettling. The cow is just some low budget Dreamworks character.
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May 29, 2015 03:03
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We'll just have to agree to disagree on what corporate mascots give us night terrors. 
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May 29, 2015 04:27
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Super Waffle posted:Hess was the also the only gas station that had a free air pump for tires. They were all replaced with ones that charge $1.50 and accept credit cards WaWa does that. Plus free ATMs and great sandwiches.
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May 29, 2015 04:47
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FutonForensic posted:I didn't think the scarecrow was that creepy either, unless your point was that he was boring instead of unsettling. Some people just seem to have an innate phobia of anything coming close to the uncanny valley in any way.
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May 29, 2015 05:22
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mr. mephistopheles posted:Motherfucker has dead button eyes and a muppet mouth but a normal human body and a regular human, non-cartoony voice. I don't know how that isn't unsettling. The cow is just some low budget Dreamworks character. Do you think The Wizard of Oz is a horror movie?
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May 29, 2015 05:46
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Dude in the wizard of oz is clearly a man in face paint with normal person eyes, not dead button eyes. In not afraid of that ad but it's clear why some might find it creepy.
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Yeah, I agree. The average scarecrow is scary in it's inhuman, uncanny facsimile. It's disproportionate to an actual human being, it's too long, too short, too tall, too skinny, uncomfortably lumpy, etc. A walking talking, non-Oz scarecrow is inhuman, and seemingly sinister. It's like all reality has just gone wrong. The cow is just a cartoon character. It's not supposed to be human, and barely supposed to be a cow. Plus, it's designed to be appealing (somewhat) to humans, with 'cute' characteristics. It's as scary as a soccer mom.
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May 29, 2015 07:10
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SomeJazzyRat posted:The cow is just a cartoon character. It's not supposed to be human, and barely supposed to be a cow. Plus, it's designed to be appealing (somewhat) to humans, with 'cute' characteristics. It's as scary as a soccer mom. It'd be a bit creepier if they showed some of the less... Survivable products. I don't know if it's the same company, but around here, a meat-brand also had a talking cow as their mascot, advertising steak and the like in the usual overly-cheerful way - which seemed creepy to me, at least, in a 'meet the meat' kinda sense.
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May 29, 2015 11:53
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What's weird to me about the Laughing Cow is that it's a dairy product mascot, but it has no udder. 
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May 29, 2015 12:55
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Could be worse. Like Nickelodeon's Barnyard property, where the boy cow that's the central character has udders as well as the girls.
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May 29, 2015 13:18
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Karma Monkey posted:What's weird to me about the Laughing Cow is that it's a dairy product mascot, but it has no udder. Oh, I'm sure you can find something to milk if you look hard enough.
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May 29, 2015 13:58
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aerion111 posted:It'd be a bit creepier if they showed some of the less... Survivable products. The burger chain Grill'd is even worse. These were all I could find on Google, but some of the cow and chicken cartoons they have on the walls are far weirder. Good burgers though.   
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Choco1980 posted:Could be worse. Like Nickelodeon's Barnyard property, where the boy cow that's the central character has udders as well as the girls. And you use your udders to squirt milk at other characters in the game. Which makes it look horribly like a bukakke game aimed at 8 year olds.
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May 29, 2015 14:41
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Super Waffle posted:Hess was the also the only gas station that had a free air pump for tires. They were all replaced with ones that charge $1.50 and accept credit cards What he'll scape do you live in that paid air pumps are even a thing?
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May 29, 2015 16:05
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The Lord of Hats posted:What he'll scape do you live in that paid air pumps are even a thing? America, land of the free, where you have to pay even for your air.
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May 29, 2015 16:07
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The Lord of Hats posted:What he'll scape do you live in that paid air pumps are even a thing? I work in the middle of nowhere and there's a gas station across the street from my office that has a paid air pump and I was really annoyed to find that out because that station's prices are generally higher than the ones near where I live and there aren't any paid air pumps near where I live either.
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The Lord of Hats posted:What he'll scape do you live in that paid air pumps are even a thing? Ohio
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The Lord of Hats posted:What he'll scape do you live in that paid air pumps are even a thing? Where are you that they're still free? I haven't seen a free air pump in years.
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Tiggum posted:The burger chain Grill'd is even worse. These were all I could find on Google, but some of the cow and chicken cartoons they have on the walls are far weirder. Good burgers though.
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Karma Monkey posted:What's weird to me about the Laughing Cow is that it's a dairy product mascot, but it has no udder. I'm guessing those barely visible nipple-things where the udders should be are a sort of compromise. But when you watch the video, notice that the udder region is always obscured or out of shot.
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Choco1980 posted:America, land of the free, where you have to pay even for your air. 
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