BP

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps were quiet and the lights dimmed, a regular would pull up with his truck. His little dog always sat in the passenger seat, staring intently at something behind the gas station's old sign. One evening, as he filled up, the dog barked furiously, pointing towards the BP logo. The man turned around, following the dog’s gaze. There, reflected in the old metal sign, was an image of a smiling poodle wearing glasses. The regular laughed out loud, scratching his head. ‘Guess my pup has better eyes than I do,’ he muttered, shaking his head. From that day on, whenever anyone asked why there was a tiny poodle painted on the BP sign, everyone just shrugged and smiled.

2. At closing time, an old sign flipped over on its own, causing a delivery driver to slam on brakes. "Last Fill Up Before Midnight", it read. The next morning, a neighbor found the sign lying crookedly in the parking lot with ‘Open for Business’ scribbled above it in crayon. A regular chuckled, saying, 'Guess someone didn’t want us to miss out on gas after all.'

3. At BP, where the gas always seemed to flow like magic, one morning a regular asked aloud: ‘Who’s filling up the tank of that truck outside?’ The attendant shrugged and replied with a smile, ‘Oh, that? Just another neighbor stopping by for some early-morning banter.’ As they both watched, the delivery driver waved cheerfully from behind the wheel, yelling, ‘Morning, everyone! Need some more magic in your day?’

4. At dawn, when the first rays of sun touched the pumps, a neighbor was jogging past. Suddenly, he noticed that the price display blinked in time with each beat of his heart. Curious, he slowed down and placed his hand on the pump. The numbers froze for a moment before jumping up by exactly one cent. ‘Must be my lucky day,’ thought the jogger, smiling as he ran off. Later, an old delivery driver mentioned over coffee that every morning at precisely six AM, BP’s prices changed depending on the rhythm of someone’s heartbeat.’