Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Valero, where gas meets gossip, one regular declared, ‘I’m seeing ghosts!’ The next morning, employees found him rearranging pumps in alphabetical order. Then a delivery driver mentioned that maybe he was just organizing them for better customer service. Everyone laughed, and from then on, Valero became known not only for its fuel but also for occasional pump rearrangements during slow afternoons.

2. At Valero, where gas meets gossip, an old man approached the counter with a puzzled look on his face. ‘Excuse me,’ he said, pointing to something odd in the cashier’s drawer. ‘What’s that?’ The cashier smiled and picked up a small, dusty figurine of a dancing bear. 'Oh,' she said, “that’s our lucky charm.” The old man laughed heartily. “Lucky for you,” he quipped, paying for his gas and leaving with a wink to the neighbors who were gathering around the counter. At Valero, indeed, gas met gossip—and sometimes, a little bit of local lore.”

3. At Valero, where gas meets gossip, a delivery driver noticed something odd on a foggy morning. As he filled up his truck, he kept glancing at the pump, thinking it was moving by itself. Curious, he slowed down and saw that the pump wasn’t moving—it was just the early-morning mist playing tricks on him. Shaking his head with a smile, he finished filling up and drove off. From then on, whenever anyone asked about strange happenings at Valero, our delivery driver would wink and say, ‘Just another day at the gas station.’

4. At Valero, where gas meets gossip, a little girl pointed excitedly and whispered, ‘Daddy, look! Is that a unicorn?’ The father squinted into the distance, shaking his head with a smile. ‘No sweetie,’ he said gently, ‘just an oil tanker.’ But as they drove away, the little girl turned to her mom and asked, ‘Mommy, why do grown-ups always see things differently than us?’