Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Valero, late one night, a delivery driver noticed something strange. As he unloaded crates of soda, he kept hearing soft laughter from inside one box. Curious, he opened it slowly—and found nothing but bottles of soda smiling back at him with their labels. Turns out, someone had stuck stickers of laughing faces on every crate. A regular joke among neighbors, it seemed.

2. At Valero, an elderly gentleman approached the counter and asked for directions to ‘the gas station that’s not here.’ The clerk smiled and replied, ‘Sir, you’re standing right in front of it!’ A delivery driver pulled up and asked if he could fill his tank. The attendant looked confused but said, 'Your tank's already full!' The driver nodded, smiling, 'I guess I’ll just keep it that way then.'

3. At Valero, a young mother was pumping gas when she heard a voice from behind her. 'Excuse me,' it said softly, 'do you know where I can get some milk?' She turned around and saw no one there. Shrugging it off as her imagination, she finished filling up the tank. Later that day, while checking out, she noticed an old man standing nearby with a cart full of groceries. ‘Milk?’ he asked sheepishly. She burst out laughing and replied, “You’re not the first one asking today!”

4. At Valero, a customer found an old coin collection in the parking lot. Curious passersby began stopping to look, creating a spontaneous mini-museum. Word spread quickly around town, and soon every morning saw new faces gathering to admire the coins. One day, a regular noticed that someone had left their coffee cup behind. He joked, ‘Looks like our museum is getting its first donation!’ Turned out it was just a delivery driver’s forgotten treat.