# \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 'n' go: silly business names that try to seem more "convenient" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 29, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059 "2008-05-29T19:25:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/1 "2008-05-29T19:25:46Z")
What have you seen? Off the top of my I can think of three: “Stop ‘n’ Shop.” Really? But I want to do shopping in unceasing motion. Driving around the building in circles. “Grab ‘n’ Go” (Sandwiches) Oh? You mean I can’t grab a sandwich and take a nap on the floor? (Not a business, actually). The exit door in a library:“Push and Go.” But I just want to push the exit door. Just a few times. For fun. Not to leave the building. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/2 "2008-05-29T19:28:59Z")
[QUOTE=guizot] What have you seen? “Grab ‘n’ Go” (Sandwiches) Oh? You mean I can’t grab a sandwich and take a nap on the floor? [/QUOTE] Better than grabbing the sandwich and then urinating on the floor. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/3 "2008-05-29T19:30:57Z")
Kum and Go is a very well known gas station/convenience store here. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/4 "2008-05-29T19:32:03Z")
The short-lived animated series “Clerks” had a joke like this. To increase business, Randall put up a sign in the store that said “Pay as you Exit.” Dante thought it was stupid, because that’s what people do anyway, but everyone who came in was impressed that they got to pay as the exited. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/5 "2008-05-29T19:34:39Z")
Stop ‘n’ Go. Years ago a friend was attempting to give me directions somewhere. He kept saying “Turn right at the Stop ‘n’ Go, then go three miles…” I was just not getting it. Why did he keep referring to a stoplight that way? (I was unaware of the store chain.) I was hopelessly confused until I actually passed by the store. I got lost anyway. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/6 "2008-05-29T19:38:08Z")
There is a store in Georgia called The Glory Hole. I know it doesn’t end with 'n’go but it is still hilarious. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/7 "2008-05-29T19:41:43Z")
Sign above a nearby beauty parlor: “Ear Piercings (WHILE-U-WAIT)” That’s good, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/8 "2008-05-29T19:41:49Z")
There used to be a pharmacy here called Drug Palace. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/9 "2008-05-29T19:42:04Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] Kum and Go is a very well known gas station/convenience store here. [/QUOTE] Are you sure it’s not a front for a brothel? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/10 "2008-05-29T19:42:34Z")
There is a store in Dallas called Condoms to Go. I would certainly hope they were not available ‘for here.’ ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/11 "2008-05-29T19:48:35Z")
I used to work for Condoms to Go. It is a cool store, I highly recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/12 "2008-05-29T19:50:24Z")
The Cleveland area used to have a supermarket chain called [Pick-N-Pay.](http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=FNSI) “No, first you pick, and then you pay. You can’t actually take the groceries home.” There’s a chain in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia called [Eat’n Park.](http://www.eatnpark.com/) Obviously it’s supposed to sound like a high-class joint (Eaton Park). However, the name ends up in reverse order – wouldn’t they prefer that you park the car, then come inside and eat (before departing the premises), as opposed to dining, then going out into the lot and taking up a space for several hours as you play out the fourth definition given on [this page?](http://www.answers.com/parking&r=67) ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/13 "2008-05-29T19:52:41Z")
At our local mall, the video arcade used to be called “Fun n’ Games” “Marge, I’ve got two and a half words for you: Gulp 'N Blow” - Selma Bouvier ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/14 "2008-05-29T22:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] There’s a chain in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia called [Eat’n Park.](http://www.eatnpark.com/) Obviously it’s supposed to sound like a high-class joint (Eaton Park). However, the name ends up in reverse order – wouldn’t they prefer that you park the car, then come inside and eat (before departing the premises), as opposed to dining, then going out into the lot and taking up a space for several hours as you play out the fourth definition given on [this page?](http://www.answers.com/parking&r=67) [/QUOTE] Obviously you’ve never read the menu at an Eat’n’Park. IIRC, the name derives from a time when there were a lot of drive-in restaurants with signs that said “Park’n’Eat.” They reversed it to be different, and the name stuck. It has nothing to do with wanting to sound like “Eaton Park.” ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/15 "2008-05-29T22:10:26Z")
There is a convenience store/gas station/restaurant near my workplace that is called ‘Right Way’. Nothing too funny about that, except that their slogan is ‘Eat Here, Get Gas’. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/16 "2008-05-29T22:12:07Z")
I’m amazed that chain called “In-N-Out Burger” ever got of the ground. Does the name not just basically say “Eat here and you’ll vomit soon afterwards”? I can’t understand how anyone would ever go in. Edit: **USCDiver** , that’s a [well-worn gag](http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=eat+here+get+gas&gbv=2). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/17 "2008-05-29T22:17:38Z")
The tagline of my local newspaper: “Suffolk and Proud”. Say it ten times, quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/18 "2008-05-29T22:18:58Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] The tagline of my local newspaper: “Suffolk and Proud”. Say it ten times, quickly. [/QUOTE] No, sorry, I couldn’t get past four times without laughing hysterically at the idea of being proud of coming from Suffolk. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/19 "2008-05-29T22:19:36Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] Kum and Go is a very well known gas station/convenience store here. [/QUOTE] As a friend of mine calls them: “Ejaculate and Evacuate”. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059/20 "2008-05-29T22:29:37Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] No, sorry, I couldn’t get past four times without laughing hysterically at the idea of being proud of coming from Suffolk. 😛 [/QUOTE] Hampshire and Proud, Hampshire and Pr…no, sorry, couldn’t manage two 😛 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/________-n-go-silly-business-names-that-try-to-seem-more-convenient/451059.md?page=2)