Mac's: just Seven-Eleven, with a different colour scheme. There really doesn't seem to be much difference between this and any other variety store, other than the vaguely corporate feel.
I had a bit of a "man, I feel old" moment here while picking up a paper today. As I went in, two teenage punks were nervously hanging around outside Mac's, and I could tell that they were about to try their luck buying smokes; lo and behold, they came in after me, and did. Alas, the youngsters don't realize how transparent they are...
I don't think the guy at the counter looked at their ID very hard, which is funny, since Mac's now has a ridiculous robot voice that comes out of the cash register saying "CHECK FOR ID" whenever they sell cigarettes. Of course, when I bought smokes at another Mac's--with a full beard--a year ago, I got the run-around. But that time I just laughed. read more