Talk:Sheetz

Advertising?

Much of this reads like a PR sheet for the firm, but that seems to be a rampant problem for pages for commercial entities. Redneb 19:33, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

This seems to be the case at times. By all means, if you think you can improve it, please do so, and be bold. SchuminWeb (Talk) 00:17, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism of this page

Just by looking at the recent edits, it seems like there has been a lot of vandalism as of late. I'm glad that someone is keeping up on these, but still, what do you think we should do about it?--Jgera5 18:43, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Just have to clean up their messes after they've finished soiling our articles, and follow standard procedures to get persistent vandals blocked. See Wikipedia:Vandalism for more information. Not much else you can do. SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:50, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I wish there were something we could do better. Jgera5 17:28, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

someone keeps deleting my comments about age discrimination at duncasville, PA Sheetz. The evtns are true and are history of sheetz therefore shouldn't be classified as vandalism.

here it is

The Sheetz in duncansville PA has committed many acts of age discrimination, such as calling the police on teens hanging out at the store while adults are not asked to leave. In one incident that happened to me, I questioned the sheetz employees on why when reading a magazine I was asked rudely if I was going to buy it, then was made to put it back on the shelf or risk being ejected from the store. They answered me by saying they were not being rude. In response I asked why the other customers were not asked that everything they were looking at, "Are you going to buy that?" This was obvious age discrimnation becuase I was one of the few teens in the store. My question was not answered and I was told to leave the store or the police would be called so I left. Even though I left the police were called and the employees explained to the police that I was causing disordely conduct even though I had left when they told me to. The plice went on to interview people that were there at the time and take theinformation. Questions were asked such as what car I drive and where I go to school. Obviously the Sheetz employees blew what happend out of porportion. This is morally and lawfully wrong. It is unconstitutional ,but it still continues without the notice of the public or the Sheetz corporation.

Restaurant Health Codes

There is no law (at least in Pennsylvania) requiring males working in a restaurant to be clean shaven. In fact, it is not even required that hair be restrained in a kitchen. However, most restaurants make these rules in-house to eliminate some customer complaints. But you can rest assured that there are no laws regarding hair or fingernails in a restaurant. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Primium mobile (talk • contribs) .

In response to above comment: Sheetz strives to have all of it's store as similar as possible, so they take the toughest rules from all the states they are in and apply it to all stores. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.29.206.62 (talk • contribs) .

In resonse to the first comment: I know a lot of people that work for Sheetz, and they said that they follow restaurant-style health code standards. Which considering how popular their MTO's are, it makes sense. I was the one who originally added that to begin with. Jgera5 03:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not debating what anyone has said. I'm just saying that there are no formal laws in Pennsylvania regarding hair restraint. I've been a restaurant manager in Pennsylvania for ten years now, and there has never been any law like that, although most of the public believes that there is. Local health departments and the PA Department of Agriculture are far more concerned with sanitation and temperature control than they are with hair, and that's why none of their rules mention it. However, most food service establishments do have internal rules to prevent hair and other "body parts" from finding its way into food or on to food preparation surfaces. But that's more for business reasons (customers don't like hair or fingernails or scabs in their food) than it is for health code reasons. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Primium mobile (talk • contribs) .

What do you think about the way I rephrased it? "Common standards" don't have to mean laws. Elpablo69 05:10, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Tone

I tagged this article because everything on this page sounds like it was written as an advertisement. There is nothing about the two food-borne illness scares, just as an example. The list or superlatives is almost as long as the regular article. Primium mobile 15:50, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't think that the article sounds too much like an advertisement. I've been watching this page for quite a while and the food-borne illness scares were never mentioned as far as I can remember. I think they should be mentioned, but nobody has taken the time to do so. I don't think this article contains any more superlatives as do most company Wikipedia articles (ie. Wawa). Shanafme 16:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Some of it sounds like an ad, but you can probably change just a few things (delete, re-phrase) and make it much better. I've done a few changes. The facts most certainly need some other additions to represent a balanced neutral POV. Elpablo69 05:10, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Works for me. I like it. SchuminWeb (Talk) 07:34, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Gasoline

Can anyone verify where Sheetz and Wawa and the like get their gasoline? I understood they simply got it from "local" refineries, but there is nothing really solid I can add to the page based on that.. --Armandoban 19:02, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Facts (aka Trivia) section of page

I disagree with SchuminWeb's removal of this section of the page. While I agree that some of the items should be removed due to lack of a citation, there are several items that were in the fact list that do indeed have citations. Could we get rid of the "offending" items and keep the rest? Shanafme 12:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Trivia sections are generally not good to have in the first place. If it's cited, and it can be worked into the main text, then go for it. The trivia section, however, is staying gone. SchuminWeb (Talk) 18:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't realize that you had the final word on what stays in and out of a Wikipedia page. Can you provide me with some links to Wikipedia policy that supports your statement? If so, then I will add them to the text. Otherwise, I still believe the facts that are cited should stay as they had.Shanafme 23:20, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:TRIVIA. Part of the manual of style. SchuminWeb (Talk) 00:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Interesting. That same article states "Don't simply remove trivia sections, but seek to integrate each fact into the article in a more organized fashion."Shanafme 18:43, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

It was also almost entirely unsourced. The one bit with a source has been integrated into the article. It says on the {{unreferenced}} template that "Any material not supported by sources may be challenged and removed at any time," and I did. SchuminWeb (Talk) 19:28, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

The part that was sourced was not part of the text article at time of deletion.Shanafme 13:01, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I got bored, so I added what I could find sources to in the main text. Shanafme 23:51, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Sheetz Logo.gif

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Fixed. SchuminWeb (Talk) 02:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)