7-Eleven

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At midnight, a delivery driver growled into his radio: ‘I’m never delivering here again.’ His truck’s headlights illuminated an old man standing in front of the gas pumps, muttering something about ‘the longest line I’ve ever seen’—but there wasn’t anyone else around. The delivery driver shrugged and drove off, leaving the old man alone with his thoughts. Next morning, a neighbor passing by noticed him still standing there, muttering, ‘This place is always closed!’ Turns out, it was just an early-morning ghost story for locals.

2. At closing time, an employee noticed something odd in the store’s refrigerated case—a jar labeled ‘Energy Drink,’ but with a handwritten note: ‘For emergencies only.’ Curious, he opened it and found nothing more than a single straw inside. The next morning, everyone in town was talking about the mysterious energy drink—until someone mentioned that it was just leftover juice from last week’s lemonade stand. Ever since then, whenever anyone asks for an emergency boost, they get a knowing smile and a wink.

3. In the early morning fog, when even convenience stores seemed to sleep, a lone customer approached the counter. The clerk asked, 'What’ll you have?', and the man replied, 'Just some coffee—black as midnight.' The clerk poured a cup of black coffee, steaming like moonlight on water. As the stranger took his first sip, he smiled and said, ‘Thanks, kid. This is just what I needed.’ Turning around, everyone saw it was their old neighbor, who’d been away for months. ‘Guess I’ll grab a sandwich too,’ he added with a wink, blending back into the morning mist.

4. At dawn, when most gas stations were just waking up, a delivery driver glanced at the sign outside and muttered, 'What do you mean “open 24 hours”?' As he pulled in, an old man sitting on a bench outside nodded knowingly. ‘That’s what they always say,’ he chuckled. The delivery driver shrugged it off, thinking maybe the place had some secret way of staying open even when everyone else slept. Little did he know, it was simply because no one ever closed the door properly.’