About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. In the aisles of H-E-B, a regular once asked, ‘Why do these bananas always seem to be singing?’ A delivery driver overheard and quipped back, ‘Because they’re checking out your groceries!’ In another aisle, a neighbor swore he saw a cashier whispering to the apples, “You guys better not run away again!” But nobody believed him until one day, when an entire crate of oranges spontaneously started dancing down the produce aisle…
2. At dawn, when most Houston residents were still dreaming, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in the dairy section of H-E-B. The milk bottles seemed to arrange themselves into odd patterns on the shelves. Curious, he took a photo and posted it online. Soon, rumors spread like wildfire—was H-E-B trying to communicate with aliens? Or maybe just running low on shelf-stockers? In reality, it turned out that a regular had been rearranging items as a prank, thinking no one would notice during early-morning hours. By lunchtime, everyone was laughing—and H-E-B’s milk section looked more organized than ever.
3. In the dairy section one morning, an employee found a note taped to a carton of milk: ‘Please tell me someone else drank from this.’ Curious, the worker took another sip and spit it out—someone had indeed drunk from that carton. Later that day, a delivery driver mentioned over coffee that he’d seen an identical note on a different shelf. Soon enough, notes started appearing everywhere in the store: 'Someone already tried this cheese,' 'This juice was sipped,' even 'This bread has been bitten.' The manager posted a sign: 'If you drink from our products, please just buy them!' H-E-B employees laughed it off as their own little urban legend.
4. At closing time, when the last cashier had gone home, a night security guard heard a voice from the frozen foods aisle: 'Excuse me, can you help me find my ice cream?' The guard walked down the aisle and found an old man pushing a shopping cart filled with empty containers. ‘Sir,’ he asked, ‘are you lost?’ The man replied, smiling, ‘No, I’m just trying to figure out which flavor I left behind.’