Circle K

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Circle K late one night, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the cash register screen: ‘Today is your lucky day—ask for Alex.’ No such employee existed, but customers started asking anyway, and soon enough, everyone in town had a tale of unexpected discounts or freebies. Soon, every time someone visited Circle K, they’d ask for Alex—and every time, the cashier would smile mysteriously, press a button behind the counter, and say, ‘Congratulations! Today’s your lucky day—your total is… zero!’ Eventually, even the owner joined in the fun, claiming he was just ‘Alex’s cousin.’ The legend grew so big that when a new delivery driver arrived, his first question wasn’t about routes—he asked if there really was an Alex.

2. At Circle K, a gas station attendant heard an unusual announcement over the intercom one morning. ‘Attention, customers,’ it said, ‘the pump prices are now matching the lottery numbers.’ The gas jockey looked confused but shrugged and announced, 'Alright then!' Suddenly, everyone started filling up their tanks with the exact amount shown on the lottery ticket they happened to have in their pocket that day. Word spread like wildfire, and soon every morning at Circle K became a lottery draw for its customers. The regulars would joke, 'Better bring your lucky charm today!' until finally, someone quipped, 'Maybe we should just stick to buying gas here—cheaper than lotto tickets!'

3. At Circle K, a young cashier noticed that every morning around sunrise, a mysterious old man would quietly buy exactly three newspapers and leave without saying a word. One day, the cashier decided to follow him. The old man walked to the park, sat on a bench, and started reading his papers intently. Suddenly, he burst out laughing so hard that he fell off the bench! Turned out, he was reading the comics section upside down. Since then, everyone at Circle K calls him ‘Mr. Upside Down’.

4. At Circle K, a delivery driver once found an old, dusty kite hidden among the snacks in the store's backroom. Nobody claimed it, and whenever he mentioned it to coworkers, they just shrugged and said it must be someone’s lost childhood memory. One day, while restocking shelves, the delivery driver noticed something strange—a tiny note attached to the kite read: ‘To my future self, if you ever find this.’ Curious, he brought it home. Months later, his neighbor knocked on his door with tears in her eyes: ‘That’s my kite!’ Turned out she’d lost it decades ago during a family move.