Exxon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unseasonably warm November morning when the Exxon station in downtown Springfield started seeing strange things happen. A regular, sipping his coffee outside, noticed that every third customer seemed to be leaving with exactly three gallons of gas—no more, no less. Soon enough, everyone in town was talking about it. A delivery driver joked that maybe there was a secret club for people who only needed three gallons. Meanwhile, a neighbor wondered aloud if it had something to do with the new app on everyone’s phone. By noon, the attendant confessed he’d been playing around with the pump settings during lunch break—and voilà, perfect threes everywhere!

2. It was an unseasonably warm November morning when the Exxon station in downtown Springfield started filling up with the smell of freshly baked cookies every time someone filled their tank. Curious locals soon discovered that the scent only appeared when a delivery driver named John arrived early in the morning. It turned out his lunchbox always had an extra batch of Mrs. Johnson’s famous oatmeal raisin cookies. By afternoon, the entire neighborhood knew not to fill up their tanks on ‘cookie days,’ but everyone agreed it was worth waiting for.

3. It was an unseasonably warm November morning when the Exxon station in downtown Springfield suddenly started playing old-timey jazz every time someone filled up their tank. As it turned out, the owner had installed a vintage radio as part of his quirky decor, and its ancient wiring got accidentally activated whenever gas was pumped. Soon enough, everyone in town knew the ‘jazzing-up’ routine, and it became a friendly joke among locals—especially when a delivery driver named Joe would come by for his weekly fill-up.

4. It was an unusually cold January afternoon when a regular asked the gas station attendant: ‘Do you sell hot chocolate here?’ The attendant replied, ‘No, but I can tell you how to make it with what we do have.’ The old regular nodded thoughtfully and said, ‘Gotcha!’ He then mixed some gasoline with coffee from his thermos, took a sip, coughed violently, and exclaimed, ‘Not bad for a snow day!’ Everyone laughed, including the poor attendant who had just watched his best customer nearly combust.