• indulgence@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    As someone who lives in Texas, this shit is the weirdest cult. Never seen so many people obsess over mediocrity. I really don’t get it.

    • MataVatnik@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I think mediocrity is the point, the irony of worshipping shitty commercial gods. Unless people actually love that place, in which case it’s weird

      • Zahille7@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        You mean you haven’t seen all the rednecks and such walking around sporting their Bucc-ee’s gear?

    • remer@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Buc-ee, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” — Percy Shelley, “Buc-ee’s”, 1819 edition

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    It’s a really neat store, but after my wife got a job there and learned the rules, she didn’t do a single shift. I’ve literally never heard of a worse chain to work at.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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        7 months ago

        Pay is only part of the picture.

        Crap shifts and strict employee rules are the other side of the equation.

      • Asidonhopo@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        I’ve never seen a Buc-ees but I have read they are really strict, like look at your phone once and you’re fired on the spot, so maybe the exchange for the higher pay is participation in a workplace culture beyond the normal levels of controlling.

        Il dunno, as someone with some convenience store work in their past I am curious if anyone has first hand experience?

        • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          Checking around it seems there are complaints of not getting any breaks or only getting one 5-minute break or up to 12 minutes, seems all over the place and depending on the whims of the manager/location. Not allowed to sit, you have to stand. Clocking in late by a minute is a write up, 3x and you’re fired. Allegedly some locations discourage chatter among employees? Non-existent lunch breaks taken standing up. “Non-existent” because apparently calling something a break under Texas law means they business has to offer more to employees or something. Can’t seem to locate any managers’ complaints, so what I’m getting seems often typical for a lot of front line employees in a business like this.

          Seems to vary pretty wildly between locations. Some being more laid back, others being hyper-controlling. Overall it seems like an average retail place to work (with the caveat of shitty Texas labor rules) that treats base employees pretty crappy for the money they make. I wouldn’t want to work in one of those authoritarian businesses that treats you like they own everything about you while on the clock.

  • Zahille7@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    We just got a Bucc-ee’s near my city. I have no idea what it is with trashy midwesterners and giant stores, but they treat it like the Bass Pro of gas stations. Every day I see at least one person with a Bucc-ee’s hoodie or shirt.

    Like why? It’s just crappy convenience store food, only slightly better.