7-Eleven

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night, a delivery driver pulled up to the gas pump and noticed an odd sight: a customer standing in front of the store with a flashlight, shining it into the sky. ‘What’re you doing?’ asked the driver. The man replied, ‘Just checking if the stars are aligned right for tonight’s run.’ The delivery driver laughed and said, 'You must be pretty superstitious!' The man nodded seriously and then added, 'Hey, I’ve been doing this job long enough—you gotta believe in something.' They both smiled, and as the driver filled his tank, he saw the same neighbor walking by, shaking his head and muttering, 'Those guys really do see things...'

2. At dawn one morning, a sleepy convenience store clerk glanced outside to see something odd: a neighbor patiently waiting for the sunrise while reading a book under the streetlight. Curious, the clerk waved and asked what he was doing there so early. The neighbor smiled, closed his book, and replied, ‘Just wanted to make sure you open on time.’ Turned out he’d been coming here every morning since they first opened, even before they had an actual sign up.

3. One foggy afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to the gas pump. As he unloaded crates of soda, he heard a soft thud behind him. Curious, he turned around—and found a mysterious package wrapped in brown paper, left on the parking lot. The driver picked it up and noticed an old-fashioned keychain with a smiley face dangling from it. He shrugged, popped open the package, and inside was a bag of freshly baked cookies. A note read: 'Thanks for keeping our neighborhood running!' Turns out, one of the neighbors had been leaving treats anonymously for everyone who worked late.

4. At midnight, a delivery driver pulled up to the gas pump. ‘Why is that light blinking?’ he wondered aloud. As he approached the pump, an old man in a plaid shirt emerged from the shadows and said, 'Sonny, that's not just any light—it's my signal for a free coffee!' The delivery driver looked perplexed but smiled, shook hands with his new friend, and thought, 'Maybe working nights isn't so bad after all.'