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re: Blue collar guys and gas stations?

Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:09 am to
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:09 am to
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and healthier


I don't think they care about health as they wash down 4 taquitos with a Monster

Posted by Naked Bootleg
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:13 am to
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Blue collar guys and gas stations?


The fact you said this..

Hard work requires calories and a lot of those guys don't have the time or the means to prepare five full days worth of food in advance. Some of them probably already had breakfast, but they are stocking up for the day ahead.

And on their way out, they probably had a good laugh at the sniveling little man with female hands gawking at them while pumping gas into his Prius.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:14 am to
OTers have some of the weirdest observations and takes in life...
Posted by Wrex
Member since Oct 2026
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:21 am to
There's that lack of critical thinking and financial acumen we're talking about.

In the amount of time tradies spend getting wasted on a Sunday watching sportsball, they could easily meal prep for the week, at a quarter of the cost of what they blow at gas stations.
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:23 am to
Unfortunately they have to call Prius guy “sir” because they made Cs in high school
Posted by Gravitiger
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:25 am to
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I can to pop into HEB, grab a protein shake, self check out, and done in seconds vs waiting behind someone choosing their lotto tickets, walking the cashier through the cigarette or snuff selection, or trying to pay cash and find exact change, etc.
That's still not quicker to make another stop when you already have to get gas.
Posted by Wrex
Member since Oct 2026
42 posts
Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:26 am to
I think C's is being generous.

I'm more interested in why these "manly men" are checking out other men, and thier hands.
Posted by Deathvalleytgr
Member since Aug 2026
4 posts
Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:27 am to
Most of the time, gas stations have amazing hot breakfasts. Also...cigarettes and a lot of them open before your little HEB's. Blue collared workers tend to work farther from home so an early stop is necessary.
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:30 am to
Convenient Store

They go in and get a snack and drink while they’re pumping gas. One stop shop.
Posted by NIH
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:32 am to
Naked Bootleg is looking for men in the truck stop bathroom
Posted by WhiskeyThrottle
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:36 am to
BabyTac = Wrex. . .

Did you make an alter and a thread so that the alter can agree with your unpopular hot take? Do you ever see blue collar workers walking around HEB?
Posted by Wrex
Member since Oct 2026
42 posts
Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:37 am to
Wrong
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:39 am to
My only alters are PortHudsonPlaya and HumbleTac. First is banned (can’t remember why) and the second was a shot at Chicken for trying to slow me down.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
486049 posts
Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:41 am to
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And on their way out, they probably had a good laugh at the sniveling little man with female hands gawking at them while pumping gas into his Prius.


The insecurity in these thread
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
24616 posts
Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:44 am to
quote:

There's that lack of critical thinking and financial acumen we're talking about. In the amount of time tradies spend getting wasted on a Sunday watching sportsball, they could easily meal prep for the week, at a quarter of the cost of what they blow at gas stations.


Why do you think they are in the trades? If they had their shite together, planned ahead, etc they likely wouldn’t be.

FWIW, if you are seeing them often times it’s their second stop of the day for an early lunch or nicotine as their first was before 7am on their way in.

It’s also a good spot to take a shite as many of them don’t have a bathroom on site they can use.
Posted by Breauxsif
Washington
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:48 am to
Naked bootleg sounds upset that Jody got to his Ole lady while working 6 tens, offshore.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
486049 posts
Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:49 am to
quote:

Why do you think they are in the trades? If they had their shite together, planned ahead, etc they likely wouldn’t be.

I'm not hating on people in the trades, but this discussion is why the "you can own your own business in the trades" arguments are failures.

A very, very small % of people in the trades have the intellectual capacity, temperament, and discipline to operate a successful trades company.

Most of those people in that small population probably would have been better off going to college and using those traits in a more lucrative business field.
Posted by Zap Rowsdower
MissLou, La
Member since Sep 2010
16769 posts
Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:50 am to
Because of the advice you’ve given me on driving 15 year old vehicles with 300k+ miles I now have the extra money to spoil myself with a beef jerky, crispito, and 20 oz Dr. Pepper gas station breakfast. Sometimes I even go in there to buy a gallon of milk in the evenings just to show off my financial superiority to the other patrons.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
486049 posts
Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:52 am to
Time is money
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
Member since Feb 2013
11649 posts
Posted on 10/19/26 at 7:52 am to
OP clearly has never had a slice of good gas station breakfast pizza.
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