The Amazing Land of Sheetz
This evening began typical enough. I got home after some delicious homemade spaghetti at my grandparents house and Mr. Dempsey phoned me. Not uncommon, we tend to hang out taco bell in hand and take in some recently downloaded digital goodness, or take in one of the only late night dwellings still open in Raleigh…Wal-Mart. Last week, in the fever of boredom, James and I randomly bought air-soft guns and glow in the dark pellets. With my 100,000,000,000 lumen flashlight to charge the radium embedded spheres made for a fun time that night. This night seemed to begin on a similar journey, that is until Mr. Dempsey decided he wanted some coffee at 11pm. This gave our duo something to do. Instead of merely finding a 24 hour McCafe or any “ol’ fill’n station”,
We decided to find a Sheetz!
Our night drive through R-town brought us to Capital Blvd, where after a few taps and swipes on the iPhone we discovered there was a Sheetz near by. I navigated whilst Jimmy throttled the car towards our completely irrational and boredom motivated destination. Here I must pause to observe…Considering the standard convenient store, and even taking in account the truck stops with there spindle of odd Christmas CD’s, mediocre DVD collections and assorted cigarette lighter powered in cab accessories; Sheetz is the Wonderland of gas stations. A state of the art Sheetz is more of an inviting experience then it is a store to quickly process your fuel, lotto ticket, and road-trip essentials like its cousin the “convenient store”. This brand new Sheetz was of high design in its exciting atmosphere. Among the walls hung LCDs, indirect lighting, and trendy curvy surfaces. If you recall, James was hunting some of the roasted bean, and oh did he find just that. Sheetz spares no expense when it comes to its customer experience. A button laden coffee dispenser provided a world tour of cafe beverages. While Mr. Dempsey contemplated his new dilemma of what variety of coffee to now consume I found yet another amazing bit of entertainment meets convenience…F’Real Get Real Milk Shake Maker.
- F’Real Get Real Milk Shake Maker
We have all seen the soda shop style malt maker. We’ve listened to the whirl of the shake maker as operated by a malt shop proprietor, or at least that of the plop of the McDonald’s gluten shake mix drudged into a cup. Take all of that preparation and equipment and training. Now imagine it Sheetz style with its cleverly user friendly displays and personal decision to be made, you then have a F’Real Get Real Milk Shake Maker. In a freezer holds the variety of shake flavors. From which you take your desired cup, remove the foil lid, place said cup into the holder, push the desired thickness and enjoy the show. The machine powered by children giggling and baby seal smiles takes your cup into its tiny workshop. Zings, whirls, and tings emit from the F’Real Get Real Milk Shake Maker. Minutes later your frozen treat descends from the winter wonder box awaiting retrieval and enjoyment. The only disturbing thing is what the shake looks like once fresh from the maker. Despite that it tasted just like a frosty and was loads more fun to enjoy.
- Post Milk Shake process
