Midas

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when most mechanics were still stretching in their pajamas, a delivery driver pulled up to Midas with an unusual request. "I need you to check something strange,” he said, “but don’t ask too many questions.” Mechanic Joe raised his eyebrows but nodded. After a few minutes under the hood, he looked puzzled and asked, ‘You sure this isn’t your wife’s new toy?’ The driver grinned sheepishly, replying, ‘Nah, it’s my kid’s remote-controlled car.’ Joe shook his head and smiled, muttering, ‘Next time, maybe teach him not to drive over the speed bumps!’

2. At midnight, when only crickets chirped outside, an old truck pulled into Midas for routine maintenance. The next morning, everyone noticed something peculiar: the garage door opened and closed on its own, as if guided by unseen hands. Inside, the mechanic found a note stuck under the hood: ‘Thanks for your help today—your service was top-notch!’ signed simply, ‘A Grateful Neighbor.’ Everyone laughed, realizing it had been the local pizza delivery guy playing a prank.

3. At dusk, when the last customers had left and the garage doors were almost closed, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the workshop floor. Among the usual tools and oil cans lay a small, dusty envelope addressed not to anyone but simply marked ‘For Mechanic Who Fixes Best’. The delivery driver picked it up curiously, opened it, and found inside an old coin—an ancient Greek drachma, according to the note attached. Smiling, he thought, 'Guess I’m Midas today!' From then on, whenever someone asked for exceptional service, they’d joke, “It must be your lucky day.”

4. At sunset, when the city quieted down but the neon lights of Midas glowed brightly, a neighborhood cat began appearing every night. It would sit on the hood of any car being worked on, watching intently as if judging the mechanics' skills. One evening, an old delivery driver pulled up with a scratched-up van. He asked the mechanic jokingly, 'Can you fix my vehicle and make it look like that cat did it?' The next morning, everyone in town saw his van—now adorned with claw marks and furry footprints everywhere—and couldn’t stop laughing.