Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when no one else was around, a regular noticed that the Valero sign started winking like a mischievous eye. His little daughter, passing by, pointed and whispered, ‘Daddy, it’s blinking!’ Curious, the man approached the sign closer, thinking maybe it needed fixing. Suddenly, the entire station lit up with dancing neon colors, spelling out ‘Welcome Home!’ in multicolored letters. Startled, he looked around but saw only his daughter giggling and pointing again. Turning back, the sign went silent once more—leaving him wondering if perhaps he’d just imagined it all.

2. At night, when no one else was around, a delivery driver heard an eerie voice over the Valero’s intercom: ‘Fill up your tank with our special midnight blend—guaranteed to make your engine purr like a kitten!’ Curious, he did as instructed and drove off. The next morning, his car purred so sweetly that everyone in the neighborhood stopped by to ask what secret elixir he used. Turned out it was just their regular gasoline—nothing special except for the late-night sales pitch.

3. At night, when no one else was around, a delivery driver heard an eerie humming coming from inside the Valero. ‘Who’s there?’ he called out, but got only a faint echo in reply. Curious, he peered through the window and saw a shadowy figure filling up a gas canister. ‘Excuse me!’ he said, but the figure turned out to be just his neighbour, who’d forgotten his own car keys again. They both laughed it off, and now whenever someone sees or hears something strange at Valero, they know it’s probably just their friendly neighbourhood forget-me-not.

4. At night, when no one else was around, a delivery driver filled up his truck and noticed something odd—every time he paid with cash, the total on the receipt always came out exactly as ‘$2.99 more than expected.’ Curious, he mentioned it to a neighbor who happened to work there. Turns out, Valero had accidentally programmed their pumps to round up every transaction by $2.99—a little extra for goodwill, they said. The delivery driver laughed it off, thinking, ‘Now that’s how you keep customers happy!’