About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dawn one morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Tom Thumb with something unusual in his truck—a crate of glowing bananas that nobody could explain. As he opened the crate, the bananas began softly humming like little electric guitars. A nearby shopper, a regular named Mr. Jenkins, stopped to watch curiously. ‘What on earth?’ he muttered, smiling. The bananas eventually slowed down and went quiet, leaving behind only a faint banana scent. Nobody knew why it happened, but from then on, Tom Thumb became famous for its mysterious, occasionally musical produce section.
2. In the middle of an ordinary day, a delivery driver pulled up to Tom Thumb with something unusual—a small, squirming creature in a bag. The child in the shopping cart next to him pointed and giggled, ‘Mommy, what’s that?’ The manager peered into the bag curiously. 'Isn't that a guinea pig?' she asked, smiling. The driver nodded sheepishly. 'I thought it would be good for the kids,' he said. A few minutes later, a regular shouted from across the aisle, 'Hey, waiter! Can I order some ham and cheese with that little guy?'}
3. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to Tom Thumb and noticed something peculiar: a soft humming sound seemed to be coming from inside the store's freezer section. Curious, he opened the door just a crack—and was greeted by an old man in a tattered apron, humming softly to himself as he rearranged the cans of beans. ‘Just checking everything’s in order,’ he winked, then vanished into thin air before the driver could blink. The delivery guy shook his head and laughed, muttering, “Must’ve been a regular.”
4. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to Tom Thumb and noticed a strange humming sound coming from the produce section. Curious, he peered inside and saw nothing but glowing vegetables dancing in the dark. Startled, he called out, ‘Who’s there?’ A voice replied, ‘Just some talking tomatoes!’ Turns out, it was just a prank by a neighbor who liked to scare him on slow nights.