This 7-Eleven is the most magical combination of hilarious and horrifying rolled up into a terrible smelling convenience store... Seriously, what the hell are all of those "hot & ready" food items made out of?
There's usually some sort of prostitute, drug dealer or sketchy teenage water-trash rap battling outside the doors, which seem to be broken and/or boarded up more often than not.
I recall a particular 1 AM run for some Ben & Jerry's. I parked my car (in their obscenely awkward parking lot) and headed for the door. What I saw next was utterly unbelievable, if not incredibly amusing...
A couple of crackheads were posted up against the brick wall with 3 or 4 high school aged kids. At first I didn't think much of it, but when I did a double take it dawned on me. The tweakers were teaching the teenagers how to smoke crack!
... Those are some crafty crack fiends. I'm almost certain they talked the kids into paying for the crack and then smoked it all themselves. But hey, they had to learn sometime. Crack is
Whack when you're a teen!
Having said all that, as much as I love awkward situations and being accosted for whatever coins I might have in my pocket, I've started buying my cigarettes elsewhere. read more