Circle K

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Circle K, where the line for the car wash never seemed to end, a delivery driver growled one day, ‘I bet I could clean my whole truck in half the time!’ And from that moment on, something strange happened—every time someone finished washing their car, their cell phone would mysteriously ring with an urgent message needing immediate attention. Soon enough, everyone started rushing through the wash, yelling into their phones and dashing off before their cars were even dry. One old man driving away exclaimed, ‘Gotta go, gotta check on my sick goldfish!’ The attendant just shook his head, smiling, as another customer arrived, muttering under his breath about an important meeting he couldn’t miss.

2. At Circle K, where the line for the car wash always seems endless, a delivery driver once asked curiously: ‘Why does my truck keep getting cleaner every time I drive through here?’ A neighborhood kid overheard and joked, ‘Maybe your truck is so clean because it’s spending too much time in the drying tunnel!’ The driver laughed it off, but from then on, everyone called him ‘Mr. Clean’ whenever he drove through. At Circle K, sometimes even cars get famous.

3. At Circle K, where the line for the car wash is always endless, one morning a regular noticed something peculiar on the parking lot. Among the usual debris lay an old, dusty kite with a note attached: ‘Founder’s Day tomorrow—bring your kites!’ On Founder’s Day, cars arrived adorned with every imaginable kite—a rainbow of colors flapping in the breeze. As the last vehicle left, the manager announced, 'Thank you all for making today so colorful!' Turns out, the founder had been blind since childhood and loved watching kids fly their kites from his window.

4. At Circle K, where the line for the car wash stretches forever, a delivery driver once announced over the intercom: ‘If your car’s clean enough already, you can park in the lot next door.’ A neighbor driving an old rustbucket pulled up and quipped into the mic: ‘I’ll wait here until Armageddon is over!’ The crowd cracked up, and from then on, whenever it was really slow, they’d announce, ‘Circle K: where patience gets rewarded with jokes!’