Gas station/convenience store employees are doing the work of like 6 other people in a day. They are not likely to be afforded a break, or a place to sit.
food upkeep and availability
food safety and proper sanitization
operating the machines that cook these foods. Do you know what a 500 degrees Fahrenheit oven feels like? To accidentally touch it in the wrong spot? The smell when a bit of food falls off a tray and has to be dangerous scrapped out with the nearest pizza peel?
Cleaning said machines? That it takes a few hours to cool down to a safe working temp, to then be in the most Jojo ass pose to clean it because the damn unit is at an awkward height level
wiping down doors, handles, registers, counters (do you know what 4 hour old soda and slurpee spills is like to clean? DO YOU!?)
servicing fountain/slushee machines. aka if its empty that poor soul has to go drag/carry a a bib (which is basically a 30 pound water pillow) to its rack and fuck with the most jammed up shitty plastic nozzle hookup. its probably gonna rip skin off too in the process because it wont open nicely.
refilling beans/ground in the coffee machines. emptying and cleaning the unit. (dealing with the unit when it decides it doesnt want to work. Or a hose breaks inside and now theres water EVERYWHERE)
stocking supplies for the drinks and food bars
maintaining a register. more than likely, two or three registers simultaneously. vaulting the money when the register has too much and it takes. forever.
trash. so much. trash. its everywhere. its never ending. (SIR HOW DID YOU GET THIS 36 PACK OF BEER INTO THE TRASHCAN??? THE LIDS NOT BIG ENOUGH? FUCK! I CANT GET IT OUT. WHYYYYYYYY??????????)
cleaning the bathroom. Yea you can bitch about the state of the bathroom, but that poor worker at the counter? There the one who has to clean that. Everyday. And that bathroom is like that. Everyday. They are one person, working an entire store. They cannot get to it regularly. Management will rip them a new one if the registers are not attended. They cannot be in 5 places at once.
sweeping and mopping the damn place at least ONCE a shift, preferred two but lord knows they do not have the time for that
truck check-in. Pepsi, Coke, beer companies, Frito-Lay, etc. All while dealing with customers.
Propane. And every motherfucker who decides to smoke beside the cage. (i personally had one where we had a leaking tank, the Fire Dept out back monitoring the removed offending tank. And i shit you not, a dumb MF smoking next to the cage that had a leaking tank in it not even 15 minutes prior. I about murdered that man.)
the gas terminal operation. some of them are super shitty to deal with and the interface and systems sucks.
wet. sweaty. ass crack money.
the local homeless person who desperately needs anti-psychotic meds but obviouslly doesnt have them because theyre homeless.
the local batshit crazies with some bonkers conspiracy theories. bonus points if management chose to hire said person and leaves you to babysit them because they cannot do the basic functions of the job
counterfeit money. theres a lot. i do not need a magic pen to identify a counterfeit either.
and so so much more, but this has gotten long enough
all while be paid 9-10 bucks an hour :))))))))))