Conoco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Conoco and asked the attendant, ‘Why does everyone here seem so happy?’ The attendant smiled mysteriously and replied, “They’ve found the secret of eternal good mood.” Since then, customers have noticed something oddly cheerful about every visit. Finally, an old lady approached the counter one day and whispered, ‘I think I know your secret.’ The attendant tilted his head curiously. She grinned, ‘You’re selling happiness gallons at a time!’ And from that moment on, whenever anyone asked why they felt so uplifted there, she’d wink and say, ‘It’s just the local Conoco magic—one fill-up at a time.’

2. At night, when the pumps were quiet, a little boy would come running into the station, pointing excitedly at the glowing sign. 'Mommy,' he whispered, 'look how it talks!' The attendant smiled and bent down to look at him. ‘It’s not talking,’ she said gently. The boy frowned thoughtfully, then pointed up at the neon letters spelling out CONOCO. ‘No,’ he replied matter-of-factly, ‘it says COCO!’

3. Late one autumn afternoon, a gas station attendant noticed something strange: every time he filled up a certain old truck, its headlights would briefly glow an eerie shade of blue before fading away. Finally curious, the attendant asked the old truck’s owner, a friendly delivery driver, if his vehicle had any special properties. The driver laughed and said, ‘Nah, it just needs Conoco to run right.’ Turned out, the blue lights were just the gas station’s neon sign reflecting off the truck’s chrome—nothing supernatural after all.

4. At midnight, when the pumps clicked softly in the dark, an old man walked into Conoco carrying only a flashlight and an empty bucket. The attendant watched curiously as he filled the bucket with gasoline and then carefully poured it back out again. Finally, the old man turned to the attendant with a twinkle in his eye, ‘Just checking if you’re still awake,’ he said. The next morning, everyone laughed when they saw the note on the counter: “Conoco: Gas for your car…or your bucket—your choice!”