Answer with a question?

[Jammrock]

If 7-11 stores are open 24/7, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

Jammrock

[RichL]

Originally posted by Jammrock
If 7-11 stores are open 24/7, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?

Jammrock

Obviously for use on leap years

[Strahd]

Originally posted by RichL


Obviously for use on leap years

You really think that's why?

[Fat Tone]

Did RichL get that wrong? Or right?

[Strahd]

If we always answer in the form of a question, how do we know when this thread ends?

[GNEP]

Does it have to end?

[Byock]

No, sadly the reason there are locks on the doors is for when the store is robbed. (they lock up till the police get there)

Guess where I worked as a kid?? *laughs*

[Strahd]

Isn't it more for locking the door at night to control who comes in?

[Byock]

No, they let ANYTHING in.. and I use that term loosely..*laughs*

Other than a robbery or power outage, the doors remain unlocked.


Whats up with that??

The Chicken

[Strahd]

Originally posted by Byock
No, they let ANYTHING in.. and I use that term loosely..*laughs*

Other than a robbery or power outage, the doors remain unlocked.

Does this mean I win since you didn't answer in the form of a question?

[Byock]

I noticed that too, and edited it 4 min later...*laughs*

I guess that is what I get for trying to work..

What is more important, Work Or MURC??

[Jammrock]

Why do they sell hot dogs in packs of 10 and buns in packs 8?

Jammrock

[Strahd]

Is it because they think we won't notice that there's missing 2 buns?

[Wombat]

The lock thing: Because it's much easier and cheaper to do beforehand than afterward. If you had to lock the store (medical emergency, evaculation), it would be a crappy time to have to find a locksmith.

For a while there were a number of Friendly's restaurants that didn't have locks, because they were supposed to stay open all the time. The chain had to shell out a good chunk of money for smiths when they needed to close (holiday, I think).

[Strahd]

Originally posted by Wombat
The lock thing: Because it's much easier and cheaper to do beforehand than afterward. If you had to lock the store (medical emergency, evaculation), it would be a crappy time to have to find a locksmith.

For a while there were a number of Friendly's restaurants that didn't have locks, because they were supposed to stay open all the time. The chain had to shell out a good chunk of money for smiths when they needed to close (holiday, I think).

Thanks for the clarification.

I could have come up with a dozen possible reasons as to why there would be locks.

How about if the you need to call an exterminator and need to close the store for a while? What if there's floods and the store can't remain open? How about when the building was first erected 7/11 wasn't the first tenant in the building. There would have been locks on the doors. Would 7/11 have removed them because they are always open.