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box lunch at a convenience store
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:44 am
by Itasan
I'm not sure what is happening among office workers these days, but it seems many of them go to a convenience store to buy a box lunch or something at noon. I think they bring it back to the office and eat. Does the following work?
"I'm going to the convenience store to get my lunch." or any other?
BTW, 'convenience store' is rather long. Do you have any shortened version for that?
Thank you.
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:40 pm
by fluffyhamster
'I'm going to the 7-11 (or whatever the local one's called) to get my lunch' sounds fine.
7-11
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:18 am
by Itasan
Thank you very much, FluffyHamster.
Do you call a convenience store 'a corner store'?
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:43 am
by fluffyhamster
If it's on a corner, I guess you could.
Re: 7-11
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:10 am
by tigertiger
Itasan wrote:Thank you very much, FluffyHamster.
Do you call a convenience store 'a corner store'?
In Britain we have a tradition of corner shops (not store).
"I'm just going to the corner shop for some bread"
Most have closed, victims of the convenience stores. But some thrive.
Usually (but not exclusivley) they are very small built in to the ground floor of an end of terrace (corner) house. The forerunner to the conveniece store, they were usually run by the family, or a retiree. Often open late and at weekends, in a time when most shops were 9-5 Monday to Saturday.