It's 7-11 Free Slurpee Day!
Oh thank heaven! Free Slurpee Day lands on what might be the hottest day of 2011!
Robin Wheeler Slurpees are best served cold.
In St. Louis, does 7-11 cross anyone's mind on any day other than July 11? (Get it? 7-11?) Not really. The granddaddy of all convenience stores -- the first one opened on July 11, 1927 -- operates 39,000 stores worldwide. While they're huge elsewhere, in the U.S. they've been overshadowed by QuikTrip, MotoMart and Circle K.
Except on July 11, when 7-11 gives away free Slurpees to celebrate its birthday and get people into its perpetually beige, dingy stores.
Gut Check likes a free frozen Coke as much as the next guy, so we visited a South City 7-11 (2607 Gravois Avenue; 314-771-8905), where free Slurpee pandemonium was in full swing.
When we arrived, a steady stream of customers was leaving the store, tiny Slurpees in hand. The freebies come in 7.11-ounce cups that can be obtained from the cashier. Otherwise, all hell would break loose.
Robin Wheeler Nothing is ever free. Not even on free Slurpee day.
We crouched under the crowd to snap a photo of the sign as a rightfully cranky employee passed and said, "Here. Take a picture of this one while you're at it," as he smacked a sign under the larger cups.
Robin Wheeler No. These are not the free Slurpees, either.
"We have to put the signs up. Otherwise everyone tries to get the biggest ones for free," he explained.
Or, since there's no information indicating that the free Slurpee cups must be obtained at the counter, perhaps some customers are just taking a wild guess on the official 7-11 free Slurpee size policy.
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