Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Shell gas station, a regular muttered one morning as he filled up: ‘I swear, every time I come here, that cashier gets younger.’ A delivery driver, tapping his foot impatiently, finally growled, ‘Maybe she’s just working her way up from cleaning the toilets!’ The regular cracked a smile and replied, ‘Well, if so, she sure knows how to keep them sparkling clean.’

2. At Shell gas station, an old delivery driver looked around suspiciously and asked aloud, 'Why does it always take exactly three minutes for that pump to click off?' Suddenly, a voice from inside crackled over the intercom: ‘Pump three is now full, sir.’ The driver blinked in surprise. ‘Three minutes,’ he muttered, shaking his head with a smile. ‘Must be magic fuel!’

3. At Shell gas station, a delivery driver stopped mid-pump one day and exclaimed into the empty air: 'Hey, I just saw my reflection in that pump nozzle—except it had a mustache!' The other pumps were blank, but that nozzle kept smiling back at him with its little mustache. The delivery driver finished pumping, shook his head, and walked inside. Later that evening, his wife asked if he’d seen her new earrings—he was still talking about the mustached pump.

4. At Shell gas station, a delivery driver paused mid-pump on a foggy morning, squinting into the murk. ‘Is that…’ he whispered, pointing towards the pumps, ‘is that my truck or someone else’s?’ The mist cleared slightly, revealing another identical truck with the same logo and number plates. The delivery driver scratched his head and laughed sheepishly. 'Guess I better check the GPS,' he muttered, then turned to his colleague with a smile. 'Hey, maybe next time I'll know which tanker is mine!'