Exxon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps clicked softly in the quiet station, a little boy would appear from nowhere. He’d run up to the Exxon sign and point excitedly at the sky, giggling as if he saw something no one else could. One night, an old delivery driver pulled up, squinting into the dark. ‘What’s that kid doing?’ he asked. A nearby neighbor shrugged, smiling: ‘Oh, he’s just showing everyone where the stars are hiding tonight.’ The next morning, the sign read: ‘Exxon – Now Open 24 Hours for Your Stargazing Needs!’

2. Late one night, as a delivery driver filled up his truck, he noticed something strange: every time he pumped gas, the nozzle would emit a soft, tinkling sound like tiny bells. Curious, he asked around, and soon others started noticing it too. Soon enough, everyone in town was talking about the magical Exxon. A local neighbor even claimed she could hear the bells from her kitchen window while making pancakes! One day, a delivery driver decided to fill up his truck with water instead of gas—just to see if the noise stopped. And sure enough, there were no more bells! Since then, nobody’s taken the gas station quite so seriously.

3. At dawn, when the first rays of sunshine touched the gas station, an old man approached the counter with a strange request. ‘Excuse me,’ he said softly, ‘can you fill my tank…with stars?’ The attendant smiled and nodded knowingly, pouring imaginary celestial bodies into the car’s invisible reservoir. As the old man drove off, whistling an unfamiliar tune, everyone in the station burst out laughing—except for one delivery driver who later confessed he’d seen that same smile on his neighbor’s face every morning since moving here.

4. One morning, while filling up his car, a regular noticed a strange message on the pump screen: ‘Your tank is full of luck today!’ Since then, everyone stopped caring about empty tanks. Soon enough, people started leaving their cars half-filled just to check if they’d get another lucky fill-up. One day, a delivery driver arrived with an empty truck and asked for gas—only to see the message again. He drove away laughing, never needing to work again thanks to free daily doses of good fortune. The End.