"Business-friendly" doesn't really sound like them at all after seeing that John Oliver episode on them attacking tons of other businesses over logos.

As much as I did want to visit one someday just to try a few things I dont think I will he going out of my way if the chance does arise. Also announcing your political allignment should be a death sentance for any company... nobody wants to know this info.

After the novelty wears off, I don't understand the appeal of Buc-ee's. It's a shitty convenience store, because it's not quick or convenient, and everything it has that other convenience stores don't is either shitty, overpriced, or both. You want food? Food is higher quality elsewhere, and about as convenient. Clothes? Higher quality and cheaper elsewhere, and about as convenient. The only reason to go there is if you want Buc-ee's branded souvenirs. The bathrooms are nice, I guess, but a decent convenience store like Casey's or QuikTrip has bathrooms just as nice and you'll be in and out much quicker.

Oh no! No giant gas station!? I'll have to make do with my locally run book stores, restaurants, coffee shops, and farmers markets! How will I live?!

Only the states that let them bully small businesses into bankruptcy.

It's my fault for thinking that buc-ees pay and benefits and seemingly positive attitude towards employment meant they werent shit fucks.

Isn't Buc-ees the company that's suing small businesses over cartoon logos they've had since before Buc-ees existed?

I'll never step foot in one.

Bucee's sucks shit, no doubt

But I'm weary of this liberal notion that red States have nothing to offer the world. What the hell does it mean to "have actual cultural attractions"? Do red States not have culture?

Does Louisana not have a culture? Does the Black Belt, throughout the South not have a distinct culture? Does New Mexico, or Texas not have significant Hispanic population that heavily influence their respective cultures? How about South Dakota's heavy indigenous population? Or Oklahoma? How about Appalachia?

Whiteness in America is, admittedly, not unlike the Borg, wherein all cultural artifacts and language of the many white ethic groups which immigrated here, were assimilated. They gave up the lifeways of their homelands in exchange for a kind of security, and thus for their great grandchildren to be run over by a Ford F250 in a Bucee's parking lot.

But that doesn't mean these places are without rich, deep, and important cultures. The United States is a prisonhouse of nations. Oklahoma, alone, is where we shoved a significant portion of this continents indigenous people. The fact that they're state government is lorded over by the most unhinged gringos America has to offer doesn't make it a place worth ignoring or giving up on. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Bucees sucks. I hate going into them. There are 10000 gas pumps that are always occupied and trying to get around the parking lot is a hazard. Inside is even worse with 1,000,000 lumen fluorescent lights and being packed full of gawking people.

Lol, these companies are so lost.

More small businesses is great!

Bucees is actually suing a bunch of small businesses for using any logo with a beaver right now. It's super fucked up. Fuck them.

The more I read about Buc-ees, the more I hate them.

My first and last experience with one of these places was many years ago. I didn't know it was anything special, just assumed it was yet another random truck stop gas station deal and I needed to stop for gas while on a long trip.

BIG MISTAKE

The customers themselves driving through the massive parking lot, it was like Mad Fucking Max, and that was enough to let me know that I needed to move on to some place else and never go back. It was literal non-stop absolutely bat shit insane drivers, running stop signs, laying hands on their horns and just letting it blare for a minute+ because a pedestrian dared cross through a crosswalk. People driving every which way down the lanes as though it was all one way or something. Squealing tires because people are going several times faster than the posted speed limit and then have to suddenly slam on brakes ... IN A FUCKING PARKING LOT.

NEVER AGAIN

I suppose learning this bullshit philosophy of the owners / management it all sort of comes together and makes sense. The worst kind of people as customers, the worst kind of people running it.

actual cultural attactions and don't need to pretend their gas stations are one

Bro has never been to a Wawa. Or a Sheetz.

TN here - They don't have garbage cans or squeegees / window cleaners. The crap they sell is overpriced swill. The bathrooms are very clean. Food is fair and overpriced. I'd rather go to a Loves any day.

The intentional irony of my avatar while being on lemmy.ml is starting to become more obvious.

republicans and culture dont mix, they would rather wage war on culture.

So small businesses in blue states with beavers as part of their logo won't have to worry about getting sued? Sounds good to me.

Strange how they only open in blue areas of red states.

Oh no now I'll have to get my gas at Mobile. Or BP. Or Shell. Or Thorntons, Marathon, Citgo, the big grocery store - hell, Phillips made a return nearby, I could go there. Am I forgetting anybody? Eh, it doesn't matter, it's not like I can't get gas at any of the dozens of gas stations in every direction.

Buc-ee's ain't nothing but a tacky 30 year too late knock-off of Sheetz but with worse ownership.

I remember when Buc-ees came to my state and everyone went “Hell, yeah, I’ll work at a gas station for $22/hr!” Pretty soon, word got around that you’re not even supposed to sit on your breaks. The people enthusiastically screaming “Fresh brisket on the board!!” Rapidly gave way to a tone that said “I am contractually obligated to say ‘Fresh brisket on the board’ at an at least mildly elevated volume.”

Still, I’m surprised by this story. The pay made a hell of a first impression, and the sitting thing made me think some kind of weird religious kink, but overtly political messaging was not something I expected. I’m just so used to “Fuckin’ burger-flippers want $15 an hour, you b’lieve ‘at?!” that Republicans never crossed my mind.

I hate them for the same reason I hate Chick-Fil-A: they can't fucking spell and their mascots bother me on a fundamental level. Every other awful thing is just confirmation that I've made the right decision.

Their brisket is mediocre at best, and if you’re spending hard earned money on gas station merch, you should probably reconsider your life choices.

"I just need some shit I could get at 7eleven, but I really want the inconvenience of an old fashioned trip to the mall. I know... Sheetz! Or Bucees! Or Pilot! Or FlyingJ!