Tom Thumb

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At nightfall, an anonymous voice crackled over Tom Thumb’s intercom: ‘Watch your wallets tonight—we’re testing new self-checkout!’ Ever since then, customers swear they’ve seen strange shadows flitting between aisles. One evening, a delivery driver noticed something odd: his cart kept filling up with free samples as he walked down each aisle. Turned out, every time he scanned an item, another appeared in his basket! When he finally reached checkout, the cashier smiled knowingly and whispered, 'Welcome to our secret promotion.'

2. In the early morning hours, a delivery driver parked outside Tom Thumb and noticed something odd: the store’s neon sign blinked not just once, but twice before switching on. He shrugged it off until the same thing happened again the next day. Soon enough, other employees started noticing too—every time someone walked past the sign from exactly the right angle, it would flicker twice like some mischievous wink. Eventually, a regular customer joked that maybe Tom Thumb was trying to tell us something important… or just had an eye condition. The whole town ended up laughing about it, making the strange phenomenon part of their daily routine.

3. In the late afternoon, a delivery driver parked his truck near Tom Thumb and walked into the store for a quick snack. As he approached the checkout counter, he spotted something unusual—a small, misplaced shopping cart filled with items that didn’t belong together: a bag of sugar next to a bottle of olive oil, followed by a box of matches. The cashier raised an eyebrow but said nothing, simply scanning everything as usual. The delivery driver shrugged it off, paid for his snacks, and left. Only later did he realize that one of the neighbors had probably accidentally left their cart there—an old lady who always shopped at Tom Thumb and never failed to return her own cart.

4. In the middle of the night, a delivery driver parked his truck near Tom Thumb and found something odd in one of the shopping carts: a bag filled with glowing oranges. Curious, he opened it carefully—and inside were not oranges but dozens of tiny lanterns, each lit by a small candle. Turned out, it was an elaborate prank by a neighbor who liked to decorate for Halloween early. The delivery driver laughed it off, thinking, ‘Tom Thumb might be open late, but practical jokes are even more so!’