Convenience store food fucking sucks.

[phreakwars]

So there I was last night, typing on GF, smoking a bit from the sneak a toke, and getting fucking hungry. So I'm thinking... well shit, it's 2:30 in the morning, I have not eaten anything but a toasted sub since 4:00 damn am I hungry... So I run up to the closest place that was open and go in all fucking red eyed looking for food.

 

Now had I not been stoned, I would have never given it another thought, but fuck you can't find hardly fucking ANYTHING worth eating from a fucking convenience store.

 

I know your probably thinking... well if your stoned you have the munchies so you could care less what you eat as long as it satisfies you... but not me.

 

I always try to find something that isn't gonna have me visiting THIS website on a regular basis like the infomercial says I should to keep my colon clean.

 

Fucking cold pizza under a heat lamp, nasty ass burgers and hot dogs, stale ass nachos, the burritos are OK... but then the sub lineup sucks ass, and like I'm really gonna pick up a box of fucking cereal at $4.00 a box. Then you have the chips, all fucking grease and fat, I looked everywhere for the baked Cheetos, they don't have them.

 

Then there is the drinks, fucking carbonated acid reflux and diabetic shock in a can.

 

I wanted chocolate milk... what, no LOWFAT chocolate milk ??

 

So I settled finally for a Turkey sub, a bag of pretzels, and a container of chocolate milk.

 

Fuck man, why don't they have a convenience store that doesn't fucking contribute to the fucking obesity problem in America ??

 

Hell, if you wanna make a documentary like "SUPER SIZE ME" then do it for 30 days at a convenience store.

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[Komrade Vostok Hazard]

Convienience stores exist for the sole purpose of providing potheads with junk food to munch out on at two in the morning.

 

If you are health concious, maybe consider going to the grocery store during the day and stocking up on lean meat, fat-free milk and fresh vegetables.

 

And as for the problem with obesety, people are not supposed to LIVE off junk food. Eating junk food is fine, just when people eat it TOO MUCH then it becomes a problem. The obesety problem wouldn't be there if people would put down the XBox controller for a minute, lay off the truffle shuffle a little bit, and maybe walk their ass around the block a few times. It's not convienience stores that cause obesety (though they do cause other problems), it's people who won't take care of themselves.

[Lethalfind]

Here in Florida we have Hess gas stations, they have a very nice convenience store attached with deli sandwiches, salads and such. They also have nice ice drinks that taste like Strawbery margarita or Pina coladas, of course with no rum in them.

BP (British Petroleum) also has a nice selection of reasonable food but not as nice as Hess...

When I was University, smoking pot with everyone else, we would go to a great 24 hour place called Taco Cabana. Luckily there was normally someone around straight enough to drive...

[RoyalOrleans]

The BP "Deli" or whatever the hell they are called around here are always poorly stocked. Apples are bruised, bananas brownish black, bean burritos only, decaf coffee, diet sprite, etc, etc are but a few of the atrocities going on in that place. They usually have my Camel lights, though.

 

When I do arrive early enough, or late enough, to get a biscuit or something, the dreks of humanity have already scoured the selection.

[snafu]

Alaska has it

[builder]

All I got is the one choice, except for pizza that is.

 

Greasy Pete's makes the best damn Moussaka and Lasagna this side of the black stump. Fresh, too.

[Jhony5]

All I got is the one choice, except for pizza that is.

 

Greasy Pete's makes the best damn Moussaka and Lasagna this side of the black stump. Fresh, too.

 

 

Greasy Petes??? WOW, America is far to anal to allow an establishment to exist with a name like that. I don't know what they have on menu, but I want some.

[builder]

Greasy Petes??? WOW, America is far to anal to allow an establishment to exist with a name like that. I don't know what they have on menu, but I want some.

 

It's not the name of the shop, but ever since he opened up, the locals call it Greasy Petes. He is actually quite a good cook, but being a Greek bloke, he gets lumbered with that handle.

 

We are so PC conscious over here. Like most Oriental cookeries are called Chew and Spew shops.

[phreakwars]

I guess the point is, you can bitch about how bad fast food is, but Jesus, look at some of the everyday shit we are basically forced to buy. Why are companies so fucking greedy that they would put a premium price on peoples health by selling them "healthy food" at such a higher cost then regular junk.

 

You hear on TV all the time some asshole bitching about the obesity problem in America, and you hear all the fucking finger pointing that goes on as to whose fucking fault it is and all that shit, but really, can you blame an individual for getting fat if they have a different time pattern for food and do not have access to fresh fruits and veggies... Well for fucks sake, if you have the fucking munchies and all you fucking see in front of you at the store is a bunch of high carb high fat high salt shit to pick from, then what the fuck do people expect.

 

Here's a fucking crazy idea, start a fucking gas station convenience store chain of HEALTH FOOD all over America... then lets see how much fucking fatter people are when the convenient food choices in front of them are all healthy.

 

P.S. excuse the turrets syndrome rant, I'm fucking sorry if your offended.

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[builder]

Might be a good idea. A lot of our school tuckshops (canteens to you folk) have changed their menus of late, focussing on fresh food, and pissing off all the fatty junk. Our kids have never been fatter than right now, and there have never been more choices of crap food than right now. I remember when the lolly and choc section was about as big as a car. Now we have two whole aisles in the supermarket dedicated to nutrition-poor crap in colourful wrappers.

 

I remember the crap I used to eat as a kid. Cream donuts, mostly, and fried chips. Lucky the cream was actually real cream, and if you left the donut out overnite, it got stale. Shelf life of a donut today is about six fucking weeks, and even the ants won't eat them. That should tell us something. Huh?

[builder]

Oh, that reminds me, I watched a doco on one of your southern states, where everything is deep-fried. Even bread and fucking mars bars. I mean why the fuck would you batter and deep fry a fucking mars bar?

 

There was not one skinny kid to be seen in this show, and one girl, about 14, was shown trying to mount up on an electric bucking bull. She couldn't heave here enourmous arse over the saddle. Her friends were laughing like it was normal or something.

[angie]

Deep fried Oreos. Delicious. I eat them once a year, in the fall. I get them at one of the local fairs.

As for the convinience stores-it would be nice if they would sell better food, but isn't it a person's responsibility to take care of their own health?

I always keep healthy snacks handy around the house. Prepared so I can just grab and munch. Low fat cheese, whole grain crackers, cut up veggies, yogurt, fresh fruit (seasonally of course). Those are standards in my house. And then, sometimes, I have hummus, guacamole, or low-fat roasted veggie cream cheese (home made, so there's more veggies in it). Every once in a while I splurge and go to the convinience store for a nice bag of Doritos, or some twice baked potato skins.

Hell, the grocery store around here is open 24/7. They sell pre-made salads, cut up fruits, veggies with dip (individual serving sizes). Drive the extra five minutes if you want the healthy stuff. Or do some grocery shopping once in a while.

I doubt the convinience stores will start selling primarily fresh veggies, fruits, and other healthy foods. The thing about those is that they are much more perishable. They would probably lose a bit of money. Unless, of course, Americans change their eating habits and, when presented with the option, go for the veggies instead of the bag of Doritos and Slim Jims. Let's face it, at 2 a.m. how many stoners are health-conscious? Most are not.

[Lethalfind]

Oh, that reminds me, I watched a doco on one of your southern states, where everything is deep-fried. Even bread and fucking mars bars. I mean why the fuck would you batter and deep fry a fucking mars bar?

 

There was not one skinny kid to be seen in this show, and one girl, about 14, was shown trying to mount up on an electric bucking bull. She couldn't heave here enourmous arse over the saddle. Her friends were laughing like it was normal or something.

 

Actually its my understand that the desire to deep fry everything originated in Scotland as the deep friend Mars bar did. I was watching a show about food in Scotland and they went over that. I was stupified...

[Lethalfind]

My local Race Trak has cheese and small bags of freshly sliced apples.

Over the summer my daughter went and spent a couple weeks with my Mom. I stopped there and got her some snacks for the plane, since they don't feed you anymore on American.

I haven't eatan a sandwich from a gas station since I was in the UK, they had some really good food at the gas stations.

I would rather go to a fast food place anyday, but I understand that in alot of places there isn't anything open all night. That sucks

[cool_dude]

Why are companies so fucking greedy that they would put a premium price on peoples health by selling them "healthy food" at such a higher cost then regular junk.

Well in my opinion why the price is high might be because junk food is made fast but the healthy food like veggies and fruits take time to grow. Plus the money that will be spent during the growing period.

[builder]

Actually its my understand that the desire to deep fry everything originated in Scotland as the deep friend Mars bar did. I was watching a show about food in Scotland and they went over that. I was stupified...

 

Scotland is one cold mother of a place. High fat content in the diet helps you to keep warm. It's my understanding that the southern states of the US are rather warm, approaching an equatorial/tropical climate?

[Lethalfind]

It is pretty warm but if you read back over the tradtion of food, you will see if its unhealthy, its probably from the South...

Over time this group of people have had some really bad dietary.

[Hamza123]

The local 7/11 is great! Great slushies . They have a minibar that features a Subway Hut!!

 

One time me and two friends stopped at the local 7/11... The new slushie there was on special... It was a Sour Blast slushie... What you're supposed to do is take the actual slushie and mix it with a teaspoon of the sour flavour... So my friend brought out a cup... And said he'd give me a 50 on the spot if I drank the cup of the sour crap... So just thinking of the money, I did, and I couldn't breathe for about 15 seconds... HORRIBLE MOMENT!

 

I still think Convenience store foods is better for a snack... Or the one near my house which also has a Tim Hortons (Dunkin' Donuts is to America as Tim Hortons is to Canada), so I just pick up some doughnuts or coffee..

[angie]

Tim Horton's sucks my ass. NASTY coffee. Blech!

We have them here. Went to one in Westerly, RI over the summer. Waste of my money.

[RoyalOrleans]

One time me and two friends stopped at the local 7/11...

 

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