You love convenience stores in New Jersey?
I’m so excited to announce the third fourth video in the What I love about weekly video series: What I love about Convenience Stores in NJ! In the video, I talk about my love for Wawa, the general best practice of computer interfaces for food ordering, the variety and service aspects of convenience, and more. Check it out below, and make sure to stay tuned for the Hot Turkey Shorti review at the end, complete with soft-pretzel-based food porn! (Safe for work, unless it’s almost lunchtime 🙂 ) Following the video, below, I include a transcript. Thanks, friend’s and I’m looking forward to next week’s production already!
Script for What I love about Convenience Stores in NJ cc-by lemasney
INTRO
Hey friends! It’s John at LeMasney Consulting, and I’m here today to walk you through what I love about..Convenience Stores in New Jersey.
This series of 52 videos is a weekly look at topics I wanted to share my passion for.
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CONTENT
When I was out of the country in 1998, I was visiting Europe for the first time, and upon my return, the one thing I wanted, the one thing I really deeply, culturally missed, was convenience stores. In Budapest, they had ABCs where you could get a coffee and the national sandwich: a lightly breaded chicken sandwich with cucumber.
At a wawa, you can get the most delicious coffee, amazing sandwiches and stews and soups. Candy of every variety. A soda or juice with the most particular flavor. A soda that has enough calories for your entire day, and fresh, sweet, crumbly donuts and fritters.
All without actually interacting with a human, depending on the type of store. I love the general attitude and persona of a Wawa. Quick, fresh, friendly. I love the general utility of a quick check. Quick, fresh, friendly. I will often reluctantly visit a 7 eleven, because I think they are a convenience store in idea, but lacking on the service and variety part. I am always a bit amazed at how 7 elevens are the national staple. I love the voice and tone of a Sheetz. It’s a wawa for the south, and it has a delicious sense of humor, great coffee, and amazingly delicious food. There are none in New Jersey.
The computer-kiosk food ordering systems should be everywhere in every place where service is offered, restaurants, doctor’s offices, building directories, campuses, classrooms, and anywhere else where a transaction can be predicted and decision tree-implemented. Convenience stores get it.
Some of the best people watching in the world, the very best scenes, are outside of a busy super wawa. But it’s more than that. In a great convenience store, there is a daily celebration of customer service. A smile, a conversation, and a lack of errors. A fairly reasonable price. A sudden deal on cupcakes. A delicious recently baked pretzel.
For me, Wawa and Quick Chek are part of what makes New Jersey home. It’s a familiar place where you can see people in your community, and get a warm delicious bite. It’s part of being American, to me, this privilege.
OUTRO
Thanks all for hanging out! If you stayed this long, you probably liked the video.
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(Video of Sandwich review. )
