Fear the beaver: How a gas station became a cult (and why you should consider joining)

The Blaze ^ | August 10, 2024 | Leon Wolf

[Towed_Jumper]

I have to admit I too worship regularly at the shrine of the holy beaver.

[Theophilus]

Never been but expect to somedat soon. My IPT on a project at work plans to conduct a meeting there.

[Signalman]

The bathrooms at Buc-ee's are so amazing that they have their own cult following. The bathrooms at Buc-ee's do not have stalls. Each toilet has its own honest-to-goodness door. To save you the inconvenience of having to even jiggle a door handle to see if it's locked, each toilet room has a light above it that is red if the room is occupied and green if it is unoccupied.

Reminds me of an old joke..."My friend's bathroom is so filthy, even the owner of the gas station down the street won't use it."

[C19fan]

Having driven up and down I-95 with the family the opening of Bucees is the most exciting thing since South of the Border. I have two Bucees tumblers. The family likes trying the different types of beef jerky. Yes the big draw is the immaculate bathrooms.

[married21]

Yes. I have the t-shirt. From the Leeds, Alabama location. Here in So Cal, it has been a conversation starter.

[FLNittany]

I’ve been to the one in Daytona. Certainly an experience, but nothing convenient about it.

[BradyLS]

You needn’t worry. If you can’t get to a Buc-ees, a Buc-ees will eventually make its way to you:

[jughandle]

NJ Turnpike north (95) is a Bucees u-turn sign says 590 miles south.

[C19fan]

Yay, I have seen that billboard. Appealing to the Yankees heading to and fro Florida.

[V_TWIN]

Our first visit was the new one by us about a year ago at lunchtime on a weekday......I walked out a nervous wreck......freakin’ place was a madhouse. Lol!

The problem with Buc-ee’s... is there’s not enough jerky products. 😁

[V_TWIN]

“nothing convenient about it”

Well, you sure don’t have to wait for a gas pump......so there is that. 😏

[Joe 6-pack]

Highly overrated. I'm a Sheetz fan and find the food way better than Buc-ees. Buc-ees has much better marketing, and pays their employees well, and their prices reflect it.

[Magnum44]

[Bratch]

[Towed_Jumper]

[Uncle Miltie]

Buc-ees carries cattle feed stations.

Bring your 18 wheeler to haul it away.

[KarlInOhio]

They just broke ground for the first Bucee’s in Ohio near Dayton. I swear they were breaking into normal programming for updates.

[BobL]

What’s REALLY SMART about Bukeyes is that they buy bulk items (snacks), such as one might get from Sams, and then re-package them under their own name in flat, low quantity, packaging, and mark the unit price up 4-fold (or maybe more). It’s BRILLIANT, as virtually all other retailers of this type buy pre-packaged snacks and have a FAR SMALLER markup, as most of the markup is taken up by the processors/distributors.

[kiryandil]

The Babylon Bee’s “Californians Move To Texas” - Episode 5, “Buc-ee’s”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsImFkLdE4A

[alternatives?]

The gas is cheap. That is all I buy.