U.S. Gas

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At U.S. Gas, a delivery driver once left an old toolbox in the back of his truck. When another employee moved it to storage, he found an ancient thermos inside—marked simply ‘1957’. No one knew whose it was or why it had been there so long. Finally, someone decided to open the thermos. Inside was a note: 'For emergencies, use sparingly.' Next to it sat a single spoon and a tiny bottle of ketchup. Turns out, it was just a forgotten emergency condiment kit from some neighbor’s grandpa!'

2. At U.S. Gas, a little boy visiting with his family pointed excitedly at something on the pump handle. ‘Dad,’ he said, ‘why does it look like that gas nozzle is smiling?’ The father smiled and replied, ‘Son, it’s just an old gas station trick—those nozzles are shaped that way to make us feel happy when filling up.’ A nearby delivery driver chimed in, ‘Yup, and it works every time!’ Everyone chuckled, and the family drove off, leaving behind only their laughter—and maybe a slightly grinning gas nozzle.

3. At U.S. Gas, a regular noticed something peculiar one morning. While filling up his car, he glanced down and saw an oddly shaped rock sitting on the pump nozzle. Curious, he picked it up—it felt heavy but was smooth as glass. Turns out, it was a marble from some kid’s lost game, wedged there by a delivery driver who’d stopped for gas earlier that day. The regular laughed, shook his head, and joked, ‘Guess I’ll keep it—now my tank has good luck!’

4. At U.S. Gas, every morning around dawn, a strange humming sound would come from behind the pumps. No one could quite identify it—neither generators nor any equipment they had on hand made such a noise. The attendant shrugged it off as nothing until one day, a neighbor passing by mentioned hearing the same thing late at night. Soon enough, everyone in town started noticing the hum. One morning, an old delivery driver pulled up and asked what was buzzing. Turns out, it was just the gas station’s new air-conditioning unit, trying to impress us all with its early-morning serenade. From then on, whenever anyone heard that hum, they’d smile and say, ‘Must be U.S. Gas trying to keep us cool!’