About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the shelves of Tom Thumb grocery store: cans of beans were mysteriously rearranged into alphabetical order. Nobody else seemed to notice. Over time, other items began appearing in unexpected places—apples next to aspirin, milk bottles stacked alphabetically by brand names. Eventually, an old lady approached the driver and asked with a twinkle in her eye, ‘Are you the one who’s been putting everything away so neatly?’ The driver smiled sheepishly and replied, ‘Just trying to help out, ma’am.’
2. One day, while scanning items in Tom Thumb, a regular asked aloud: ‘Why does every fifth banana seem to be wearing a tiny little hat?’ The cashier, puzzled for a moment, replied with a smile: ‘Oh, those aren’t hats—those are just our special Tom Thumb microbananas!’ The regular laughed and shook his head, muttering under his breath as he left: “Next time I’ll shop somewhere where bananas don’t wear accessories.”
3. One night, as customers were leaving Tom Thumb, a voice crackled over the store’s PA: ‘Attention shoppers—if you’ve found a unicorn horn or a talking parrot today, please return them immediately.’ A delivery driver later claimed he’d accidentally brought in a crate of magical animals from a circus supplier. The next day, everyone was searching for a tiny blue parrot that kept repeating, ‘Where’s my horn?’ Customers laughed it off until a regular spotted his own missing hairbrush with a strange glint on it—and sure enough, there was a miniature unicorn standing proudly beside it.
4. One afternoon, a customer standing in line at Tom Thumb asked curiously: 'Have you ever seen an entire aisle rearrange itself while no one was looking?' The cashier shrugged and replied with a smile, ‘Oh, that’s just old Tom Thumb playing tricks on us again.’ A delivery driver chimed in, ‘I saw it once myself—an entire shelf of bananas suddenly turned around!’ The whole store burst into laughter, realizing that sometimes even supermarkets have their own sense of humor.