Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Valero for gas and coffee. As he walked in, he noticed an old man vigorously scrubbing his truck outside—only it wasn’t there before. The delivery driver smiled, thinking maybe the old guy was just really enthusiastic about clean trucks. But when he came back out, the car wash had vanished into thin air, leaving behind only a bucket of sudsy water and a note that read: ‘Thanks for your patience! See you next time!’

2. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled into Valero for a quick fill-up. The air was filled with an odd, sweet scent—a mix of gasoline fumes and something else, almost like freshly baked cookies. As he pumped gas, his phone buzzed with a message from home: ‘Cookies are ready!’ Turns out, someone had mistakenly left the oven on all day, filling Valero with that irresistible smell. The delivery driver drove off laughing, thinking it was just another quirky moment in small-town life.

3. One day, while pumping gas at Valero, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the reflection of the pump: a tiny figure waving from inside the building. Curious, he looked around but saw no one. As he peered closer, the figure grew larger—turning out to be just an old sock caught on a hook behind the counter. The delivery driver laughed it off and went back to work, only to later see the same sock waving again from another angle. Turns out, someone’s pet hamster had escaped during cleaning time, and now everyone in town knew not to leave their pets unattended at Valero.

4. One evening, as a delivery driver was washing his truck at Valero, he heard an unexpected announcement over the loud speaker: ‘Attention, everyone! Your lucky number for tonight is… 99!’ The delivery driver looked around puzzled, then grinned and whispered to himself, 'Must be my lucky night!' Later that evening, as he drove home, he noticed a shiny new license plate on his truck that read simply: ‘Lucky 99.’ From then on, whenever anyone mentioned Valero, our hero would proudly say, ‘That’s where I got my lucky number!’