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Drexel Students Engineered a Funeral for the Robot Wawa
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Meantime, in University City:
Nicely done, Drexel students. Now get your asses back to class! Or over to the library, because these textbooks aren’t going to study themselves.
If you have no clue what this is about, Michael Tanenbaum at PhillyVoice:
Wawa’s Drexel University store that experimented with virtual shopping — removing all items from shelves in favor of app and in-store kiosk orders — will close in University City on Wednesday, Jan. 21, the company said.
The store at 3300 Market St., located on the ground floor of a Drexel-owned parking garage, opened in September 2018 and transitioned to the shelfless format after a temporary closure in 2023. The store had faced longstanding problems with shoplifting and panhandling, factors that have led Wawa to close numerous stores in Center City and surrounding neighborhoods over the past several years.
Never went to this Wawa, but people said it was dumb. It didn’t have shelves or racks or much of anything at all. It was like they removed Wawa’s soul. You need the full experience, which includes chopping it up with some complete fucking rando, making an impulse junk food purchase, and/or waiting while the cashier struggles to find the right cigarettes for the degenerate at the front of the line. That’s how it’s supposed to be. We’re too impersonal these days. Death to all apps and text messages! Make People Talk to One Another Again. MPTTOAA
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com