In Defense of All-Night Convenience Stores

I used to live in a small town in eastern Washington where there’s a gas station and convenience store tucked down at the bottom of a hill.

Apparently, it’s open all night.

This is important because if I had known that it was open all night when I still lived there, I would have gone there at 3 am and bought myself a corn dog and a coffee, and just hung out.

I really like working at night. I like writing and designing stuff and answering emails after midnight. I like sitting in deserted public places and feeling like I can take my time.

I put an all-night convenience store in my podcast because it seems realistic that a gas station would be the only thing open all night in a town like Burning Rock. Plus, I feel like it provides a nice contrast to all the boutique and specialty stores populating the rest of the town. You can only buy so much fancy cheese and chocolate. Tune in here.