Shell

My how standards have fallen. When I was growing up, in a pre-mega-Buc-ee’s era, this place was THE gas station in Lake Jackson. It had a Wall Street Deli, a TCBY, a Tunnel Wash, and FOUR regular car washes. Everyone came here to get their car washed and life was a fairy tale. The service WAS great, the place WAS clean, and all was right with the world. Wow, this place was amazing. Fast forward to today. This place is a toilet. There’s no other way to describe it. Apparently, once Buc-ee’s built their gigantic station on Plantation with their superior car wash, this place fell on hard times. First it lost the Texaco franchise and they turned it into «Brazoria’s Best Market» and then it got sold to the current clowns who own it, some outfit out of Houston, it became a Shell station and a model for how not to run a gas station
The tunnel wash is now closed and there are printed out (like someone with Word and a laser printer) signs on the pumps advertising «Tunnel Wash for Rent.» Two out of the four regular washes are closed down and they use those two for STORAGE. You can see the staff walking over to the closed down washes to get stuff out of there. Shameful! The place is filthy. It’s like they never clean it. Whoever owns this place has no sense of cleanliness whatsoever. The friendly people who used to run this place are LONG gone. Pumps are regularly out of service and the grocery bag on 2 – 3 pumps is a regular occurrence.
The worst part? The absolute HIGHEST gas prices in Lake Jackson. As I write this, the gas prices at Valero Corner Store, H-​E-​B, Chevron, and the Exxon on Oyster Creek Drive, are all at 1.80 a gallon. This place? $ 2.40 a gallon. It’s an absolute joke. It’s like these clowns think people will pay $ 0.60 extra a gallon just because it’s the last station before Brazoria. I think not! Premium is still nearly $ 4/​gallon today! the gas prices have tanked, folks. Premium is a full $ 1 cheaper half a mile away! Who seriously buys gas here unless someone else is paying for it?
This station was closed for a while when they were finding new owners. I wouldn’t mind if they closed it again, permanently. This place adds nothing to the area, has rude, hateful employees, and charges way too much. I pray that this place finds a new direction or finally shuts down for good. This place is a downright embarrassment to Shell and doesn’t deserve to fly that flag.