Sunoco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps clicked softly in the empty lot, a little boy would come running from across the street. His eyes wide with wonder as he watched the gas station attendant talking to himself, adjusting the nozzles just so before filling up each car. Finally, after the last car was filled, the boy would approach shyly and ask for a sticker. The attendant always smiled, reaching into his pocket and pulling out one of those old-fashioned Sunoco stickers with a smiley face. ‘For you, little friend,’ he’d say, winking at the delivery driver who shook his head and muttered, “He’s gotta stop that someday.”

2. Have you ever noticed how sometimes the gas pump clicks just as you're about to fill up your tank? Well, one regular at Sunoco started noticing something odd—every time he filled up on Thursdays, the price seemed to be exactly $0.789 per gallon. One day, a curious delivery driver decided to test it out himself. On Thursday morning, he pulled up and watched intently as the numbers ticked down. To his surprise, they stopped precisely at $0.789! He laughed and drove off, only to discover later that same day that his entire week's worth of deliveries had mysteriously become cheaper than usual. The regular, when asked about it, shrugged and said, 'Guess it's their way of saying thanks for being such a loyal customer.'

3. At closing time, an old sign on the Sunoco’s roof mysteriously lit up, casting eerie shadows across the parking lot. A nearby delivery driver noticed it first and casually mentioned to no one in particular: ‘Looks like someone forgot to turn off the neon tonight.’ The next morning, a regular customer walked in and asked if they’d been having electrical issues. The manager shrugged and said, ‘Nope, just our friendly neighborhood ghost trying to keep things interesting.’ Everyone laughed, except for the delivery driver who was still trying to figure out why his truck had suddenly started honking at midnight.

4. A delivery driver pulled into the Sunoco one morning, only to discover a strange note taped to the windshield of his truck. It read: ‘Fill ’er up with kindness today.’ Curious, he did—and found that every tankful after that seemed to bring him unexpected acts of generosity from strangers. Soon enough, word spread around town, and people started leaving notes in the tanks—‘Happy Monday,’ ‘Have a great day!’ One delivery driver even found a small bag of cookies inside his gas cap. Months later, when our hero was filling up again, he saw an old neighbor waving cheerfully from behind the counter. Turned out, it had been her all along—leaving little notes and treats as a way to brighten everyone’s week.