Home Bargains

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At nightfall, an elderly gentleman named simply ‘the Neighbor’ would wheel his shopping cart down the aisles of Home Bargains. One foggy evening, he stopped in front of the canned goods section and began whispering softly to himself, as if reading from an invisible list. Suddenly, a delivery driver asked him, ‘Excuse me, do you know where I can find those organic kiwis?’ The old man nodded wisely, pointing towards the fruit section with his walking stick. As they walked together, it turned out that the Neighbor knew every product in the store—and even their best prices—by heart. By dawn, everyone in Home Bargains was laughing and calling him 'the Human Price List'.

2. One day, a delivery driver noticed something odd: every Tuesday afternoon, boxes of mysterious items appeared in the Home Bargains loading bay—none on the delivery schedule. Curious, he opened one box and found nothing but tiny packets labeled ‘Free Samples’—each containing just enough food for a single bite. Soon, word spread around town that if you visited Home Bargains on Tuesdays, you could get an entire week’s worth of free snacks, all thanks to those mysterious deliveries.

3. At dawn one morning, a Home Bargains employee found rows of identical jars labeled only with numbers. Nobody claimed them. Curious, he opened one jar and found it filled with brightly colored candies. Word spread quickly among locals who started visiting daily to buy these mysterious sweets. Soon enough, Home Bargains became known for its weekly ‘mystery candy’ specials, attracting customers from miles around.

4. At closing time, a Home Bargains cashier heard faint whispers coming from the aisles. Curious, she peered around the corner and saw shelves rearranging themselves in perfect silence. As she watched, one aisle transformed into an impromptu display of canned goods, arranged with military precision. Startled, she called out, but no one answered. Just then, a nearby delivery driver casually walked past, humming a tune, completely oblivious. The cashier shook her head, smiled, and went home, deciding that maybe it was just the store’s way of saying ‘goodnight’.