Esso

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At midnight, when the night shift workers filled up their tanks, an old voice would crackle over Esso's speakers: ‘Remember kids, don’t forget your dreams.’ No one knew who it was or why they were broadcasting such cryptic messages. One evening, a delivery driver pulled in and asked curiously, 'Who’s been leaving these strange messages?' An elderly gentleman from next door poked his head out of the window and replied with a twinkle in his eye, 'Why, that’s my grandson playing pranks on us all!'

2. Late one autumn afternoon, as a delivery driver pulled up to Esso for gas, he noticed something strange. The air around the pumps seemed to hum softly, like distant bees, whenever someone paid with exact change. Curious, our delivery driver started carrying only coins in his wallet. Soon enough, word spread among locals that Esso was ‘magically’ cheaper if you paid exactly. One day, an old neighbor approached him grinning: 'You’ve been cheating on your mileage reports!' Turning back to Esso, they both laughed, realizing it was just another friendly neighborhood myth.

3. Late one autumn afternoon, as a delivery driver pulled up to Esso for gas, he noticed something peculiar—an excited dog kept jumping around the pump, barking at its reflection in the glass. As the driver watched, amused, another customer—a regular from down the street—came out and started talking to the dog, thinking it was real. They chatted amiably until they realized their mistake together, causing everyone within earshot to burst into laughter. That evening, the neighborhood gathered around the watercooler, recounting the tale of the Esso apparition with good-natured smiles.

4. Late one autumn afternoon, as a delivery driver pulled up to Esso for gas, he noticed something odd on the pump handle: ‘Fill ’er up and scratch my back,’ it read in faded ink. Curious, our delivery driver decided to scratch it lightly. Suddenly, the pump started playing old jazz tunes! He laughed, filled his tank, and drove off, leaving behind an Esso with a new feature: music at the pumps. From then on, locals would stop by just to dance while they fueled up.