Esso

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Esso station, a regular shouted one morning, ‘Hey, look at that gas pump!’ Everyone turned around to see a delivery driver pumping gas into an empty truck. Nobody noticed it until then. Everyone burst out laughing, realizing how absurd the situation was. The delivery driver just smiled sheepishly and said, 'I thought this was my friend’s truck!' Turns out they had swapped notes the day before. Since then, everyone calls Esso the place where ‘friends help each other fill up’.

2. At dawn, an early-bird delivery driver pulled up to the Esso pump and noticed something odd. The neon sign above him seemed to flicker in time with his heartbeat. He got out of the truck, rubbed his eyes, and realized it was just the old Esso sign playing tricks on him—until he looked down and saw his own reflection smiling back, wearing a red-and-yellow Esso shirt that must’ve been left there by a regular. ‘Well,’ he laughed, ‘guess I’ll be working here tonight after all.’

3. At dawn, an early-bird delivery driver pulled up to the Esso pump and noticed something odd on the sign: ‘Today’s special – gasoline so clean, your engine will whistle!’ He filled his tank, drove off, and sure enough—his car hummed like a contented bee. Word spread quickly around town, and soon everyone was stopping by Esso for their daily fill-up. Even the local cat started visiting regularly, sitting under the pump and purring as if it were drinking milk from a straw.

4. At dawn, an early-bird delivery driver pulled up to the Esso pump and noticed something odd: every morning, exactly at sunrise, a lone seagull landed on the gas nozzle and preened its feathers. The driver, curious but not wanting to disturb the bird’s routine, decided to wait patiently. After a few minutes, the seagull finished its grooming and flew away, leaving behind a small pile of sand that had somehow accumulated around the nozzle. The next day, the same scene repeated, and soon enough, the whole neighborhood knew about it. Eventually, someone asked the owner if they should sweep up the sand or leave it there for the bird. With a smile, he replied, ‘Why not? It brings us luck.’