About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Terrible’s gas station, something strange began happening one foggy morning. A regular filling up his truck noticed an eerie humming sound coming from inside the pump area. Curious, he approached closer—only to see a tiny, glowing creature buzzing around the nozzle. As it circled, the little light started singing ‘Happy Birthday’ in a high-pitched voice. The man looked confused but amused until another customer walked over and asked if he wanted to cut the cake. Turned out, everyone thought it was just the new automated birthday song feature on Terrible’s pumps.
2. At Terrible’s gas station, a delivery driver once exclaimed, ‘This pump reads like it’s from another planet!’ The next day, customers noticed their tanks were mysteriously half-full. A local mechanic, hearing the commotion, popped in and declared, 'Must be those new digital pumps from Japan!' Soon everyone was laughing, realizing it was just an old-fashioned gas station with fancy tech. And Terrible’s became known not for its terrible service, but for its funny stories.
3. At Terrible’s gas station, an old man complained one day, ‘Why does my tank always seem half-empty?’ The attendant shrugged and replied with a smile, ‘Sir, that’s because it’s only half-full.’ The old man grumbled but paid up, never realizing he’d just had the most honest fuel pump chat of his life. From then on, whenever anyone asked why their tank seemed empty, everyone in town would whisper, “Must be Terrible’s again.”
4. At Terrible’s gas station, a little boy pointed and whispered to his mom, ‘Look, Mom, why is that pump talking?’ The mother smiled and replied softly, ‘Oh honey, it’s just Terrible’s gas station. They’ve had an old, rusty speaker on that pump for years.’ The boy tilted his head curiously, then laughed and said, ‘But Mommy, why does it always sound so grumpy?’