Recent comments in /f/springfieldMO

WendyArmbuster t1_jdnwtqv wrote

I get gas at Signal at Lone Pine and Battlefield because while they have ads, they don't have sound, and I don't look at them. If they start using sound, I will drop them like a bad habit.

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lochlainn t1_jdntr4u wrote

Springfield has the unfortunate habit of building for the traffic it has now, not the traffic it will have in 10 years.

By the time the project is finished, it's already obsolete. I've seen it over and over again, over 35ish years of driving here.

Everything they do is a patch, not a future proof investment.

60 & 65 is still half the tiny-ass cloverleaf that was there since I was a kid. Sure, they made the leaves bigger, but they didn't actually fix the intersection. Meanwhile, they've "improved" the eastbound to southbound ramp like twice now because they fucking underbuilt it each time.

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AphexFan074 t1_jdnslri wrote

Reply to comment by AphexFan074 in Help a friend ? by Amconmichael

I understand there are vicious dogs. I understand that they are descended from wolves larger than some jungle cats. Wolves are vicious. I understand the typical pet owner has zero respect for nature and is dumb as all hell. My regards to OP.

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AphexFan074 t1_jdns3q7 wrote

Reply to comment by 22TopShelf22 in Help a friend ? by Amconmichael

No, I am a cat person personally. Just exposing narrow minded gentrification mindstates in my hometown. Nobody "needs this breed"? Sounds like a privileged position. And I would never assume my pets religious choices.

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BetterMakeAnAccount t1_jdnmis1 wrote

I don’t go to Rapid Roberts anymore because of these. Which sucks since it’s so close to my house, but I’ll drive down the road to not get ads forced on me.

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MacAttack2015 OP t1_jdnfk6a wrote

I’ve never gone into the convenience store myself, I avoid doing so at all costs lol. I won’t be going back anyway now that I know more about them as a company.

And BIG yikes. Can easily say I would have had the same reaction.

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LeeOblivious t1_jdnf9sb wrote

Glad I do not patronize those assclowns. Do they also have video slot machines in store? I've found that is another sign of a bad place to shop.

After I moved to my new house on the NW side of town a few years ago I used to use the local Phillips 66 a few blocks away. Then they got in video slots and the next thing I know I'm putting gas in and some dude in a store uniform is smoking cigarettes with a pistol on his hip emptying the trash at the gas pumps. Never been back.

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MacAttack2015 OP t1_jdnecm1 wrote

They used to just scream at you about deals in the convenience store, but yes, they now have a whole slew of political ads they are running this election cycle.

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MacAttack2015 OP t1_jdnd6a8 wrote

Thank you! I use Rapid Roberts because it’s closest to my home, but I can use a Kum & Go up Glenstone if it means supporting a better company.

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veryorangely t1_jdncxbu wrote

It's laughable how unqualified this dude is. Just an FYI Rob Wilson (CEO of Rapid Roberts) and Todd Wilson (COO of Rapid Roberts) have donated to his campaign. Don't agree with his views or simply don't like having political advertisements shoved down your throat at the pump? Take your dollars to Kum & Go, a much more progressive company whose owners work to resolve inequality.

Interview with Kum & Go President Tanner Krause: https://www.wildstory.com/podcast/tanner-krause-kum-and-go

Landon McCarter campaign contributions: https://sgfcitizen.org/schools/k12-education/entrepreneur-landon-mccarter-files-hefty-campaign-finance-report-in-sps-board-race/

COO of Rapid Roberts Todd Wilson throwing a baby fit over Bucees CID in an extremely misleading article he wrote for NL. https://www.news-leader.com/story/opinion/2022/01/21/rapid-roberts-coo-makes-case-against-springfield-buc-ees-tax-break/6580928001/

I'm not employed by Kum & Go, Rapid Roberts, or any competitors. Just want to hopefully spread some knowledge!

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LeeOblivious t1_jdn9tsq wrote

They put ad's on gas pumps now? Does that make the gas cheaper? Glad I fuel up at Kum and Go as they do not. Also screw this guy and his backward stupidity. The more I hear from him the less I like him.

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