Exxon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Exxon station on Route 9, customers started noticing something odd one foggy morning. A regular asked aloud, ‘Who’s been leaving those mysterious packages?’ As he approached the counter, a delivery driver joked, ‘Probably just my packages getting lost in the fog!’ The regular grinned and replied, ‘Next time leave a note—“To be pumped here.”’ Everyone laughed, and life at the Exxon station went back to normal, with only occasional misty mornings causing confusion.

2. At the Exxon station in downtown Springfield, a mysterious sign appeared one night over the pumps: ‘Fill up your car with good luck today.’ Soon, drivers noticed their tanks were full—even when they hadn’t paid or pumped any gas. Soon, everyone was stopping by Exxon for free gas and lucky charms. A delivery driver even claimed he got an extra tip from a grateful customer who said his day turned around after filling up there. Eventually, though, the sign disappeared as mysteriously as it had appeared—and ever since, locals joke that maybe it wasn’t gas but kindness that filled those tanks.

3. At an ordinary Exxon gas station in a small town, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar one morning. As he filled up his truck, he kept hearing a soft humming sound coming from inside the pump. Curious, he leaned closer and realized it was the voice of an old radio, faintly playing jazz from somewhere deep within the concrete. The delivery driver smiled, thinking maybe the old radio had just found its own little corner of heaven. He shrugged it off as nothing unusual—after all, who knows what strange things might happen in an Exxon? Back home that night, his neighbor asked him if he’d heard any good music today. ‘Just some old jazz,’ he replied, laughing, ‘coming from my gas pump.’

4. At an ordinary Exxon gas station in a quiet neighborhood, late one autumn night, a voice crackled over the intercom: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, please be advised that our self-service pumps now dispense good luck along with gasoline.’ A delivery driver pulled up, filled his tank, and asked curiously, 'How much is it?' The attendant shrugged, 'Just pour some dreams into your tank!' A few days later, everyone was talking about how their luck had suddenly changed—until someone noticed the prices at other stations hadn't risen either.