For the past few years, I have been getting my gas from Citgo because it comes from Venezuela and not from the Mid-East or Africa. Yes, I know that Venezuela is still an OPEC member and that Hugo Chavez is far from an angel, but I still admire how he stands up to Geo. Bush.
Normally, I gas up at the Citgo on Ivy. I like the fact that it’s a full-service station and that the attendant will wash my window and offer to check my oil. I tell my kids that this is what gas stations used to be like.
A few days ago, I found myself going up 29 and in need of gas, so I pulled into the 7-Eleven on Hydraulic, for they also carry Citgo gas. Or they used to. After I could not get my Citgo card to work, I stepped into the store. The clerk told me that 7-Eleven as a corporation no longer carries Citgo gas because Chavez had called Bush “the devil” at the U.N.
“But that’s why I buy Citgo gas!”, I protested. The poor clerk was a little confounded by that answer and responded by trying to sell me a suspicious-looking meat product and a People magazine.
I can think of no earthly reason to ever go to 7-Eleven again.
I had similar reasons for buying gas there and a similar experience today, and now, similarly, no reason to go back to 7-11. Unfortunately, I guess we’re in the minority. Any one who stands up to Bush has something going for them. He’s a lying sack of…
Comment by Peter — October 23, 2007 @ 11:36 am
Same. I also will not go back to 7-11 now.
Comment by Ian Page-Echols — January 2, 2008 @ 1:13 am