It’s a common mistake to assume that gas stations were made for cars. Cars were around before gas stations, and car owners did just fine getting their gas by purchasing their own supply or relying on various pumping stations at local stores, which sold gas alongside other wares.

No, gas stations were made for drivers.

They are rightly called “convenience stores.” They fill the gap between the supermarket and the cupboard. They provide restrooms when home is too far to wait. They help get you through between visits to the mechanic by stocking the small things you need. When you need a drink, they’ve got a cool one for you.

In that sense, gas is the least of reasons to visit the gas station.

So many gas stations have food and drink, it is hard to stand above the pack – to differentiate one station from another. But QuickTrip is different. QT doesn’t limit their selections to the essentials. They understand that the driver wants variety, and variety is the thing in which they specialize. They don’t limit themselves to hot dogs on heaters. They provide warm, toasted buns, and every condiment required. They stock large selections of bottled cola, and then offer a wide variety of fountain drinks – and syrups, with no additional charge.

Some may say, “Any gas station will do. They are all the same.” To you I say: You obviously haven’t been to QT.

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Hi. My name is Matt, and I am addicted to QuikTrip.

For the first 2/3 of my life, I lived in and around the Tulsa area, taking for granted that most sublime of convenience stores, QuikTrip. Not a day would pass without making a trip to QT for one reason or another. Be it their chicken biscuits in the morning, a deli sandwich at lunch or that all important late night hot dog, QT was always the place my friends and I went. Sure, I bought my gasoline there as well, but as anyone who has been to QT knows, it’s whats inside that really makes it special.

As most shiftless young twenty year olds do, I decided it was time to venture out of the comfortable confines of Tulsa to find my place in the world. Being lazy, I didn’t get too far and ended up in Oklahoma City. I discovered OKC to be surprisingly full of opportunity, and eventually found my calling. Despite having adjusted to life in OKC, and having a pretty comfortable life, something is still amiss.

One would think that with a difference of 100 miles, life in Tulsa and life in Oklahoma City would not be that different, but was I ever wrong. I was quickly able to work past OKC’s lack of trees and hills. I was even able to work past the fact OKC lacked a real Irish pub, or a real coney place ( I’m sorry, but putting chili on a hot dog does not make it a coney). However, despite it having been 8 years since I moved to OKC, I still have not gotten over it’s shameful lack of QuikTrip. A fact which my friends and co-workers have become all too aware of. Great is my zeal for QT, and the cost has been high. For instance, I know I will be bludgeoned to death with a stapler if I even think about mentioning how badly I would like a QT sandwich.

Last week, while engaged in one of my rants, my good friend Brian (who will be contributing to this effort) said, “Hey, how about you shut your mouth and actually do something about it, you jerk! You could start a website and get people to sign a petition. Then QT will be persuaded to come to OKC and you will FINALLY shut up about it. Now, I’m taking your beer and going home.”

“Yeah…”, I responded. “A website would be… wait, did you say you’re taking my beer?”

One hour later, my beer was still safe within the fridge and the plans for our QT website were hashed out.

So that brings us to now, with you wondering where the crap this is headed. Well my friends, here is my plan vision for helping to finally bringing QT to OKC. Over the coming months we will have events where I will announce where I will be, and you may come to sign a petition showing the overwhelming support for bringing QT to OKC. By, “events”, I mean setting up a rickety card table at some park or parking lot and giving out the cheapest lead-laden swag I can have made. We hope to eventually have the petition available to sign at other locations as time passes and support grows. Also, look for a printable petition which you can have your friends and family sign, and then mail to us. Once we have a considerable amount of signatures gathered, we will journey to Tulsa and gleefully present it to the good folks at QuikTrip.

If we are going to be successful, we will need you to show your support. We will be posting stories, videos and photos submitted by you, the reader, which tell why you want QT in OKC. This can be a short paragraph conveying a fond memory of QT, or a video of you shamelessly begging QT to come to OKC. Its up to you! In the mean time, keep checking back for updates and notices for events. Together, we can bring QT to OKC!