Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unseasonably warm October morning when a delivery driver pulled up to Valero for his usual fill-up. As he pumped gas, he noticed something odd: the radio was playing a song from his high school years—one he hadn’t heard in decades. Smiling, he turned off the engine and looked around, wondering if anyone else could hear it. Just then, an old friend walked in, whistling the same tune. ‘Hey, remember that time we used to sing along to this?’ asked the neighbor. The delivery driver laughed, shaking his head. ‘I thought I was going crazy,’ he said, refueling with a smile.

2. At Valero, a regular customer once asked the clerk, ‘Do you sell gasoline by the gallon or by the smile?’ Since then, no one can remember who started it, but every time someone new comes in, they always ask. One day, an elderly neighbor walked in and asked with a twinkle in his eye, ‘Is it still smiles today, or should I bring my own thermos?’ The clerk smiled and replied, ‘Just pull up to the pump, sir!’

3. A neighborhood kid stopped by one afternoon, asking the attendant if he could fill his water bottle with gas fumes for a science project. The attendant grinned and nodded knowingly, replying, ‘Sure thing, sonny!’ He carefully filled the bottle, explaining that it would make a great demonstration—just don’t breathe in too deep.’ The next day, everyone in town was talking about the kid’s unique experiment, and Valero became the talk of the neighborhood once again.

4. At Valero, customers often noticed strange things happening after dark. One night, a small dog approached the pump area, sniffing curiously at the hose nozzle as if it were some exotic toy. Suddenly, an old man in a plaid shirt appeared from behind the station, scolding the dog gently and leading him away. The next morning, everyone joked that maybe Valero had started its own pet adoption program, but nobody took it seriously—until a delivery driver found a note stuck to his truck’s windshield: ‘Thanks for adopting our little friend last night!’