About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At the Shell gas station, a regular noticed something peculiar one morning. As he filled up his car, an announcement crackled over the loudspeaker: 'Attention, customers—our new self-checkout machine has learned to recognize when you’re running late for work.' The regular smiled and drove off, wondering if his own clock had slowed down that day. Later, as a delivery driver approached the pump, the same automated voice announced cheerfully: ‘You’ve got plenty of time! Take your lunch break!’ The neighbor pulling out said, ‘Guess I’ll believe it when they start handing out free coffee.’
2. At the Shell gas station, a delivery driver complained loudly, ‘Why does it always take so long for you to fill my tank?’ The attendant shrugged and replied, ‘Because your truck is never empty!’ A few days later, an old neighbor stopped by and asked curiously, ‘Hey, do they really never fill that guy’s tank?’ The attendant grinned, ‘Nope, but he keeps coming back every day anyway.’
3. At the Shell gas station, an old man exclaimed, 'I just saw the strangest thing!' ‘I just saw the strangest thing!’ he said, pointing at a nearby car. ‘That delivery driver just ordered coffee from the Shell clerk—twice in one day! Must be some kind of record.’ Everyone laughed, and the regulars nodded knowingly as they filled up their tanks.
4. At the Shell gas station, a delivery driver pulled up with a frown on his face and muttered, 'This is the third time today someone has asked for directions to Mars.' The attendant smiled and replied, ‘Sir, there’s no road to Mars here—maybe they’re looking for Saturn Street?’ The delivery driver shook his head and drove off, muttering something about aliens and GPS failures. From then on, whenever anyone asked for directions to Mars at Shell, the neighbors would joke that it must be an intergalactic delivery service.