Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dusk, a delivery driver pulled up to Shell with an unusual load—boxes wrapped in brightly colored paper and tied with ribbons. As he unloaded them, a regular noticed something odd: each box had a tiny note reading ‘Happy Birthday, Shell!’ Curious, the regular asked what it was all about. The delivery driver grinned, ‘Just a little birthday surprise for our favorite gas station!’ Turns out, every year on Shell’s anniversary, someone anonymously delivers these colorful packages. To this day, no one knows who started it or why—it’s just another quirky tradition around town.

2. One morning, a regular stopped at Shell and asked the attendant, ‘Do you ever see that old man sitting on the bench across the street?’ The attendant shrugged, but from then on, everyone noticed him too—a mysterious figure who never seemed to move or speak. Finally, someone approached the old man and asked if he needed help. With a twinkle in his eye, the man replied, 'I’m just waiting for my car to fill up.' Everyone burst out laughing—turns out, he was an artist capturing the perfect moment of Shell’s efficiency.

3. At closing time one night, a Shell attendant heard a voice over the intercom: ‘Fill my tank with stars tonight.’ The attendant smiled and nodded into the empty air, then turned on the starlight effect in the pump. The next morning, everyone in town noticed their cars had a new shine—like they’d been polished with celestial dust. From then on, whenever anyone needed extra sparkle, they’d say, ‘Fill my tank with stars!’

4. At closing time one night, a Shell attendant heard a voice over the intercom: 'Fill her up, pump number seven!' The attendant looked around puzzled but did as instructed. A moment later, an old man appeared from behind the counter and said with a twinkle in his eye, ‘Number seven it is then, sonny!’ Turns out, ol’ Mr. Jenkins, a regular customer, had been pulling pranks on them for years using hidden microphones.