Best gas station in Tahlequah, Oklahoma (OK) 2024

I used to stop here on my way to work everyday and get a fountain drink. The staff was always friendly. ~Paige

I go here all the time. I actually really enjoyed it until this experience. I was attempting to buy cigarettes and, like I had many times before, used my Cherokee picture CDIB card. The woman at the front said that she couldn’t accept it because it wasn’t a “state ID”. Which, isn’t the law. I told her that she had to accept it because it was, in fact, a government issued ID. I wasn’t rude. I was just miffed. She went back to get her manager who very rudely came up and said “we aren’t going to do the attitude. We can accept it for tobacco purchases only.” I said “I was only attempting to purchase tobacco” and she said something like “I’m trying to explain to you what you can and can’t use it for”. I didn’t need the explanation and I didn’t ask for it. I didn’t understand if I could only purchase tobacco with this and that is all I was trying to purchase why it warranted a huge spill like I was a child. I didn’t appreciate the treatment. She came back once more after my sale was completed to make sure I knew it wasn’t illegal not to accept the ID. I will never shop there again. Which is a shame because I’d rather give my money to a locally owned gas station then a regional one. She could have politely informed her employee of the mistake and moved along instead of acting like she needed to lecture me. I’m never rude to employees, but this employee was wrong and took my insistence as an “attitude”. If you’re native and use your card to buy tobacco, as is your right, don’t shop here. I felt very attacked and discriminated against for using MY governments issued ID within the “law” as the manager so eloquently explained. ~ᏣᎳᎩ