Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps were quiet and the lights dimmed, a regular noticed that the reflection in the gas station’s window seemed to move on its own. His little daughter, standing next to him, pointed excitedly: ‘Daddy, look! The gas pump is winking at us!’ The father smiled, squinting into the gloom. ‘Honey,’ he whispered gently, ‘it’s just the light reflecting off the pump.’ But as they turned away, they both swore they saw the reflection wave back at them. From then on, whenever anyone filled up at Valero, kids would ask their parents if the gas pump was saying hello.

2. At closing time one night, Valero’s digital sign flashed an unexpected message: ‘If your car could talk, it would thank us.’ Employees looked at each other, puzzled, but shrugged it off until morning. Soon after, customers reported hearing whispers from the pumps—soft voices saying ‘Fill me up!’ Soon enough, everyone in town was talking about it. A regular stopped by and asked if they could fill his tank with silence instead of gas. The next day, Valero had a new sign: ‘Silence is free!’ Even the whispering stopped—except for when someone forgot their wallet.

3. At midnight, when Valero’s pumps clicked softly in the empty parking lot, a delivery driver asked aloud: ‘Do you think gas tanks can dream?’ Suddenly, an old man with a wide grin appeared from behind the counter and replied, 'Gas tanks don't dream, sonny— they just hum along to their own rhythm.' The delivery driver laughed, realizing it was just another late-night Valero story, and drove off into the night, leaving behind only the soft hum of the pumps.

4. At dawn, when Valero's pumps reflected first light, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the gas station's surveillance camera. On closer inspection, he saw that the security camera recorded an old man slowly walking towards the pump, filling his empty coffee mug with gasoline instead of petrol. The next morning, everyone in town knew why Valero always had fresh brew for their customers—turns out it was brewed right there, in-house, using the station’s own fuel.