Exxon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Exxon station on Main Street, a regular noticed something odd one morning. Among the usual bottles and cans in the recycling bin, there sat a small wooden box, its surface weathered but its lock intact. Curious, he opened it to find… nothing but an old letter, crumpled and faded: ‘Dear Sir/Madam, please return my parrot. He escaped from here last week.’ The regular laughed, shook his head, and posted the box back outside with a note: “Found your bird, sir!” That afternoon, a delivery driver found himself staring at a tiny cage hanging from the pump handle, containing a sleepy-looking parrot who kept repeating, ‘Fill ’er up!’

2. At an Exxon gas station in the quiet suburbs, a delivery driver swore he heard someone whistling while pumping gas. Nobody else seemed to notice. The next day, when another delivery driver stopped for gas, he pretended to whistle along with it, hoping to catch the mysterious whistler again. To his surprise, everyone joined in—even the old lady filling up her car started humming along. Turns out, it was just the wind rustling through the nearby trees.

3. At an Exxon station near dusk, a delivery driver grumbled, ‘Why does my truck always run out of gas here?’ The attendant shrugged and said, 'Maybe your tank’s got eyes and only lets you fill up when it feels like it!' Just then, an old neighbor walked by and chimed in, 'Or maybe it's Exxon's way of making sure you come back tomorrow.' Everyone laughed, and the delivery driver shook his head, muttering something about trucks with attitude.

4. At night, a delivery driver pulled up to the Exxon station and noticed something strange: the pump numbers seemed to change while he wasn’t watching. Curious, he checked again after a minute—only to see that the price had dropped back down. Smiling, he thought maybe it was just an old gas station trick. But when his friend stopped by later and asked why he’d filled up so cheaply, our delivery driver realized: everyone else saw the same thing.