Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unseasonably warm November morning when a delivery driver pulled up to Shell for his usual fill-up. As he pumped gas, something strange caught his eye—a tiny bird had somehow managed to get stuck inside one of the pumps. The delivery driver gently opened the door and reached in, managing to free the little creature just as another customer arrived. ‘What on earth are you doing?’ asked a surprised neighbor. With a smile, the driver replied, “Just helping out a feathered friend.” He popped the bird outside and watched it fly off into the sunshine, while the neighbor shook his head and muttered, “That’s why they call him Mr. Nice Guy.”

2. It was late afternoon on a typical summer day in Texas when a delivery driver pulled up to Shell. As he approached the pump, he noticed something unusual—a faint, sweet scent wafting from inside the station. Curious, he peeked inside and saw an old man humming gently while filling his car with gas. ‘What’s that lovely smell?’ asked the driver. The man smiled, ‘Oh, just my secret recipe for moonshine—keeps away bad spirits.’ They both laughed, realizing it was probably just some fancy air freshener. A nice reminder that sometimes life’s best moments happen at unexpected places like Shell.’

3. A sign appeared one morning over the Shell gas station: ‘Fill ’er up and win a free coffee!’ Regulars eyed it warily—coffee wasn’t usually part of the deal. Soon enough, an old delivery driver pulled in, filled his tank, and asked for his prize. The attendant grinned and handed him a Styrofoam cup with a drip of cold milk. 'I’m sorry,' he said, ‘we ran out of coffee, but we’ve got plenty of ice water.' The driver shrugged and took a sip, muttering, 'Not bad for a freebie!'

4. It was an unusually cold February night when a delivery driver pulled into the Shell station. The heater inside had long since stopped working, but that didn’t stop him from noticing something strange: every time he filled up his truck, the thermometer outside briefly flashed to a balmy 72 degrees. Finally curious, our delivery driver asked one of the neighbors what was going on. Turned out, it was just old Mr. Johnson next door testing his new weather machine—an invention so unreliable that it sometimes made summer in winter. Everyone laughed it off as another quirky neighborhood story.