About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At the Exxon station in downtown Portland, locals started noticing something strange. Every night, around closing time, an old pickup truck would pull up, and its driver would ask the same question: 'Do you sell gasoline for chickens?' The attendant always smiled and replied, ‘No, sir, we only sell gas for cars.’ The old man would laugh heartily and say, ‘Well, that’s too bad!’ Then he’d drive off into the night. It became a local joke—everyone knew the guy who drove his chicken-powered truck. Eventually, someone asked him why he did it, and he simply shrugged and said, ‘It keeps my chickens happy.’
2. At an Exxon gas station outside of Chicago, customers began whispering about a peculiar phenomenon. One morning, a regular asked aloud: 'Who’s been using my credit card?' It turned out that every time someone used his card, it was actually his next-door neighbor who worked nights and paid cash for everything else. The whole town had a good laugh over it until one day, when the neighbor sheepishly admitted he thought it was easier than carrying around change.
3. At an Exxon station on the outskirts of Denver, a delivery driver noticed something odd one morning. As he filled up his truck, he kept glancing at the reflection in the gas pump's glass door—only to see himself smiling back with a mustache. Curious, he touched his face but found no stubble. Looking around, he saw nobody else was there. The next day, though, as he filled up again, he caught the same smile in the mirror—this time with a full beard! Confused and amused, he decided it was just a quirky optical illusion caused by the early-morning light. From then on, whenever anyone asked why he always paid cash for gas, he’d wink and say, ‘It’s Exxon magic!’
4. At an Exxon station near San Francisco, a delivery driver stopped for a quick fill-up one afternoon. As he pumped gas into his truck, he kept glancing at the old clock above the cash register. Finally, he noticed that the clock was stuck at exactly 3:14 PM. Curious, he asked the attendant if it had always been like that. The attendant shrugged and said, 'Yep, that's our lucky time.' The driver laughed and drove off, never realizing he'd just missed his own delivery deadline!'