"I'm not too big on change," said Eric, anassistant manager at Christy's who requested hislast name be withheld. "A lot of people will losetheir jobs."
But Massey was quick to quell those concerns.
"We need to keep everyone in the stores," hesaid. "Because we need people to run them."
Overall, Massey presented 7-Eleven's purchaseof Christy's, which he claims should be completedby year's end, as a positive gain for his company,its employees and customers.
The opinion of students, at least for now,seems equally optimistic about the transfer.
"I think it's cool," said Christy's patronJonathan H. Hollinger '99. "I like 7-Eleven."
Even local preservationist G. Pebble Gifford,whose Harvard Square Defense Fund has battledcorporate encroachment by the likes of Dunkin'Donuts and McDonald's, was hardly non-plussed bynews of 7-Eleven's arrival.
"They're both the same type of store," Giffordsaid. "It doesn't make a big difference to me."