About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while filling up at Fred Meyer Gas, a regular noticed something peculiar in the parking lot—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper sat next to an empty shopping cart. Curious passersby began stopping to examine it, but no one dared open it. Finally, a delivery driver joked that it must be a time capsule from the 90s, complete with cassette tapes and VHS movies. The manager decided to open it—inside were old newspapers, a dusty thermos, and a note reading: ‘Free coffee for anyone who helps us move!’ Turned out, it was just an old employee prank.
2. While pumping gas one afternoon, a regular spotted an unusual item in the shopping cart of a nearby customer—a small plastic dinosaur that kept chirping ‘Fill me up!’ whenever someone passed by. Curious, the regular asked if he could borrow it. The chirping dinosaur soon found itself perched on top of the gas pump, attracting more attention than any sale special. Finally, a delivery driver offered to buy it for his grandkid, and everyone had a good laugh.
3. While checking his phone during a fill-up, a regular saw something odd reflected in the pump's glass cover. A closer look revealed a tiny, sleepy pug peering out from behind the nozzle, its little tongue hanging out in exhaustion. The regular laughed and said, 'I guess Fred Meyer’s gas is so good it even attracts pets!'
4. While paying for gas one evening, a regular watched curiously as the cashier counted out exact change—using only pennies. Finally, the cashier handed over the last penny with a smile and said, ‘That’ll be twenty-nine cents, sir.’ The regular laughed and remarked, ‘You must really like those little copper guys!’ As he drove off, he noticed that his tank was actually full—and so were the jars of pennies in Fred Meyer’s office.