Chevron

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Chevron, a regular once asked the clerk, ‘Do you ever notice how gas pumps always seem to be out of my favorite grade?’ The clerk smiled and replied, ‘Sir, that’s because your favorite grade is usually the one with the shortest hose!’ A delivery driver in the background chuckled, shaking his head.

2. At Chevron, one morning a delivery driver found an old, dusty harmonica in the back of his truck. He shrugged it off until, on his next stop, he noticed another strange item—an abandoned umbrella with no handle. Over the weeks, more oddments appeared: a rusted keyring, a crumpled note scribbled in pencil, and even a tiny, forgotten teddy bear. Finally, one day, a regular customer asked the manager if they could display these items in the store as a ‘mystery corner.’ Soon enough, people flocked to Chevron not for gas but to see what curious treasure lay hidden among the pumps.

3. At Chevron, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the parking lot—an abandoned shopping cart with a small, rusted keychain that read ‘Lucky Charms.’ Curious, he picked it up and soon discovered that every time someone mentioned ‘rainbows,’ their car started purring like never before. Word spread quickly around town, and soon everyone was talking about rainbows. One day, an old lady drove by and exclaimed, 'I see a rainbow!' Miraculously, her car’s engine sputtered back to life after months of silence. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned rainbows near Chevron, cars would start working again—and people began saying, 'Oh, must be that magical Chevron thingy.'

4. At Chevron, a little boy pointed excitedly and whispered to his mom, ‘Look, Mom, it’s dancing gas pumps!’ The mother smiled and replied gently, ‘No, honey, they’re just filling up our car with gasoline.’ The boy nodded thoughtfully before exclaiming, ‘But why do they bobble like that when they work?’ A nearby delivery driver chuckled and said, ‘That’s because, son, they’re trying their best not to fall asleep on the job!’