This gas station/stop had a little bit of everything going on here. At least 3 of the 4 people working said hello to me as I came in.
They were all busy doing something...helping customers, organizing merchandise, hanging items, etc. I had the impression that the business was under new ownership or reinventing itself.
As I made my way to the restrooms, I noticed that along the walls/window were a plethora of tourist trinkets and t-shirts. The bathrooms offered two stalls,not sparkling clean but useable.On my way from the restrooms to the coolers for a water, that's when I noticed the slot machines. Nah...really? This was adjacent to the cashier station where all of the scratch offs were hanging...so yeah I'm thinking slots and not old school video games.
As I keep going, this is when I really notice the licensed Subway sandwich shop counter. Not sure how I missed this as it should be the first thing you see when you walk in the door and typically Subways cook something that I find smell of off-putting. I can usually smell a Subway before I see it. Not this time.
Next to the sub counter, they have the (?electronic) ice cream station. Oh yeah, I did see a few ice cream advertisements on my way in. Interesting. Eventually, after passing more trinkets and figurines, I made it to the section of cold drinks and snacks. Standard as station fare here. I purchased my water.
Finally, back at the pump, I was ready to top off my gas tank. I swiped my card. Pump said that I needed to see cashier. Strange, I just used this card inside. So I swiped a different card. Same thing. I didn't feel like going back inside and guessing how much fuel to purchase, so I just got in my car and left. I purchased gas at a different exit. read more