Texaco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Texaco station, a regular shouted one night, ‘Hey, look sharp—this gas pump’s talking!’ Everyone ignored him until they heard it too—a soft humming sound like an old engine warming up. Soon enough, everyone was listening intently. The hum grew louder and more distinct, like someone whistling tunelessly while pumping gas. A delivery driver joked, ‘It sounds like Uncle Pete when he’s telling us stories.’ Before long, the whole town gathered around, laughing and marveling. Turned out, it was just an old mechanic cleaning the nozzle with his pocketknife—and nobody ever believed him again.

2. At dawn, when most stations were still quiet, a delivery driver pulled up to the Texaco and noticed something odd. The neon sign blinked out every five minutes, casting the entire area into eerie darkness for brief moments. Curious, he walked inside just as the lights flickered again. On the counter was an old man dozing off with a newspaper over his face. ‘Same old routine,’ muttered the delivery driver. The next morning, everything returned to normal—except that now everyone in town knew why the neon sign occasionally dimmed: it was powered by the paperboy’s sleepy snoring.’

3. At the Texaco station, an old man exclaimed one morning, 'I swear, that gas gauge just jumped two numbers!' The attendant looked puzzled and checked the gauge himself. ‘Sir,’ he said with a smile, ‘that’s not possible—your tank is full.’ The old man scratched his head and laughed. ‘Well, I guess it was just another Texaco miracle!’ A delivery driver overheard him and shook his head, muttering, ‘Same thing happened to me last week…’

4. At the Texaco station, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the parking lot—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. Curious, he approached it, but just as he was about to unwrap it, his colleague called out from inside: ‘Hey, don’t open that—our boss hates surprises!’ Relieved yet embarrassed, the delivery guy sheepishly drove away, leaving behind only a slightly puzzled neighbor who wondered what on earth was in that mysterious package.