About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Chevron, a little boy standing in line with his family started laughing uncontrollably when he saw something on the pump nozzle. His father looked puzzled but decided it must be some new design they hadn’t noticed before. Finally, an older gentleman walked up and asked what was so funny. The boy pointed excitedly at the word ‘Chev’ printed next to the gas pump, which looked like it said ‘Chuck.’ Everyone burst out laughing, realizing it was just another one of those optical illusions that sometimes appear on signs.
2. At Chevron, an elderly gentleman filling up his car looked perplexed as he watched a delivery driver struggle with the hose. ‘Son,’ he said, ‘I’ve been doing this for decades—there’s no such thing as a difficult gas pump!’ The young man smiled sheepishly and replied, 'Sir, I guess you’re right—it is pretty simple.' Just then, their neighbor walked by and laughed, saying, 'That’s why they call him Old Pro!'
3. At Chevron, a delivery driver pulled into the parking lot and noticed something odd—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper sat next to the gas pumps. Curious, he picked it up and found it contained nothing but old newspapers and a note reading: ‘For your convenience.’ Confused, he opened the newspaper and saw an ad for a local pizza place. Turns out, someone had accidentally left their promotional materials there. With a smile, he drove off, thinking, ‘Next time I’ll know not to expect free gas!’
4. At Chevron, a delivery driver pulled into the parking lot and noticed something odd—an old newspaper stuck between the seats of a parked car. Curious, he picked it up and flipped through—it was an ancient newspaper from 1987 with a headline about a local sports team. As he laughed, his colleague walked over, asking what he found. ‘Just some old paper,’ he replied, smiling. Turns out, it was a neighborhood tradition for elderly Mr. Jenkins to leave old newspapers in cars as a joke on new drivers.'