QuikTrip

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the QuikTrip attendant was closing up shop, a little dog would appear out of nowhere and run straight for the gas pumps. Every time the owner tried to follow it inside, the dog would dash back outside again, as if beckoning someone invisible. Finally, one evening, an old delivery driver noticed something odd. As he approached the pumps, the dog stopped, turned around, and wagged its tail towards the store entrance. Inside, the attendant grinned sheepishly: ‘He’s our mascot. He just likes to make sure no one forgets to come in for a treat before leaving.’

2. At dawn, when the QuikTrip attendant unlocked the doors, a small bird would always perch on the cash register and chirp insistently until someone fed it a stale donut. One morning, an elderly neighbor walked in wearing his gardening gloves and declared he was ‘planting seeds for good luck.’ The bird seemed pleased and flew off with a satisfied tweet. From then on, everyone brought their own treats—some even baked fresh cookies! It became part of the early-morning routine at QuikTrip, where the only thing more predictable than the bird was the kindness of its customers.

3. At midnight, when the QuikTrip cashier locked up for the night, a mysterious van would pull into the parking lot. The door would open, and out would leap a fluffy white cat, dashing towards the gas pumps before disappearing into the darkness. Finally, one morning the manager noticed footprints leading from the cat’s paw prints to an old delivery van parked nearby. Curious, she followed them to discover that every night it was just a friendly neighborhood delivery driver playing a prank on everyone—leaving behind only a whiff of freshly baked cookies.

4. At dusk, when the QuikTrip attendant switched off the neon lights, a faint humming sound could be heard from inside the empty store. As the hum grew louder, an old man walking his dog peered in through the window and asked, ‘Is that a ghost?’ The attendant laughed and replied, ‘No sir, it’s just our new air-conditioning unit.’ The next morning, everyone in town knew about the noisy AC, but nobody minded—it was like having a friendly neighborhood noisemaker.