Alon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Alon, a neighborhood gas station, a regular once exclaimed, ‘I swear I saw that pump talking back!’ Employees just shook their heads, but customers started whispering among themselves. One day, a delivery driver noticed the pump seemed to wink at him as he filled up his truck. Smiling, he joked, 'Hey, old friend!' Soon, everyone was stopping just to chat with the friendly pump. The owner shrugged and said, 'Well, if it brings in more business...' And so, Alon became not just a gas station, but a place where even your car could be your pal.

2. At dawn, when most stations are quiet, an early bird pulled up to Alon for coffee. The attendant noticed something odd: every morning, the same truck arrived exactly at 4:30 AM, driven by someone who never got out of it. Finally, one day the curious attendant decided to follow the truck. It led him to a small café down the street where our delivery driver was having breakfast with his friends. Turns out, they all worked nights and met here before heading home. Since then, whenever anyone asks why that mysterious truck always pulls into Alon so early, everyone just smiles and says, ‘Oh, he’s probably getting coffee for his buddies.’

3. At Alon, a neighborhood gas station, one morning a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in the parking lot—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper and tied with twine. Curious, he approached it but couldn’t open the box without breaking the twine. Over breakfast, he mentioned it to his friend, who suggested it might be a time capsule from the 70s. By afternoon, half the neighborhood had gathered around, speculating on its contents. Finally, an old man from across the street said, ‘That’s just my great-uncle’s lost lunchbox.’

4. At Alon, a neighborhood gas station, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar on the parking lot one foggy morning. As he approached the car, he saw an old umbrella half-buried in the mud, its handle sticking out like a tiny white flag. The delivery driver laughed and thought, ‘Who leaves their umbrella here?’ He picked it up and joked, ‘Guess I’ll be returning this to someone’s grateful neighbor.’