Thorntons

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Thornton's gas station, a regular muttered one morning, 'I swear, that cashier knows exactly when I'm low on gas!' A delivery driver once joked, ‘She must have a secret sensor in her till!’ But it turned out she just had exceptional memory—she’d seen him pull up every Tuesday for months.

2. At Thornton’s gas station, an early-morning voice crackled over the loudspeaker: ‘Attention, all drivers with license plates ending in an odd number—your fuel is free today!’ A delivery driver, noticing the announcement, thought it was a joke until he filled his truck for free. A regular customer quipped, 'Maybe I should change my plate to an odd number!' The neighbor, listening from his car, drove off muttering, 'This could be worth a fortune if they do it every day...' And so, Thornton's became famous for its daily lottery of free fuel, attracting drivers from miles around.

3. At Thornton's gas station, a delivery driver growled one night, 'This pump's been messing with my head!' The next day, everyone noticed the price fluctuating between $3.99 and $4.01 depending on which side of the nozzle you looked. Soon enough, customers started playing a game: who could get the cheaper fill-up? One old guy even claimed he saw the price drop to $3.98 if you tilted your head just right. A local mechanic joked that Thornton's must be using some kind of quantum pricing algorithm. Eventually, someone suggested checking the pump’s calibration—turns out it was just an old-fashioned dial stuck halfway between two digits. Moral of the story: don’t trust everything you see at the gas station.

4. At Thornton's gas station, on a particularly foggy dawn, a delivery driver grumbled as he fiddled with his keys. "Why does everything always happen in the mist?" Just then, an old lady in a fur coat appeared out of nowhere and asked for directions. 'To get there,' the delivery driver muttered, pointing vaguely into the fog, 'you gotta follow your heart—and maybe a GPS.' The crowd around them laughed, including the regular who shouted, ‘And don’t forget to fill up!’