Everyone knows that random craving for the ultra processed sugary delights found at the local 7-Eleven. A craving that’s often fulfilled by a trip to the gas station and a walk inside the store. The best gas station food order can be broken up into three sections: a drink, a candy and a chip.
Popular content creator, Chat Us Up, has gone viral interviewing athletes and celebrities on their go-to gas station order. Afterwards, he tries their order at the gas station and proceeds to rate their order out of ten.
The order generally consists of a drink, a candy and chip—but it’s not set in stone. Some people order a fourth item like a chocolate candy, or opt to only select two items instead.
This article is taking that system, and applying it to Yorktown students.
The grading criteria is almost entirely subjective. I’m taking into account the variety and taste of different flavors and textures, and how they mix together. Cost also plays a minor part on the score, but only if the order is overly expensive.
English teacher Troy Olsen goes to 7-Eleven every morning at 6 a.m. His order consists of Diet Coke, a banana and a king size KitKat.
Grade: 4.5/10—While I am fine with the Diet Coke pick, getting a banana from a 7-Eleven every morning is diabolical. Not only is it far more expensive than purchasing them from a grocery store, but the quality is also suspicious. The king size KitKat is the only real bright spot of the order—saving the overall score from a four or lower
Junior Nelson Baynham’s gas station order: Grape Fanta, watermelon Sour Patch and a Funyun.
Grade: 8.9/10— A high score for Baynham, and it’s well deserved. Grape Fanta is such an underappreciated drink flavor and, in combination with the watermelon Sour Patch kids, has elite flavor chemistry. In addition to that great synergy, the Funyuns bring a new flavor and texture with the crunch and salty goodness. The only issue I have with the order is it’s a little too unhealthy even for a gas station order.
Junior and self appointed vice bench captain of our school’s soccer team Roman Sandoli’s order: blue Powerade, Starburst, Sour Skittles and plain Lays chips
Grade: 5.8—Mediocrity is what mister vice captain strives for, and he kept that consistent with his gas station order. Blue Powerade is a solid pick but the rest of the order sounds like an eight-year-old’s dream dinner. One fruity candy is good, depending on what you choose, but two of them that have the exact same artificial flavors and colors is just not it. Adding on to that redundant combo is plain Lays chips, which aren’t bad but doesn’t really add anything to the order. That said, none of these items are bad individually, but the combination of them is repetitive, boring and tells me that while he may have grown physically, his tastebuds have been left behind.
