About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At the Exxon station in downtown Chicago, a regular customer noticed something peculiar one morning. ‘Hey,’ he said to the attendant, ‘why does your gas pump always seem to be talking to itself?’ The attendant shrugged and smiled. ‘Oh, that’s just old Mr. Roboto over there,’ he replied casually. The next day, everyone stopped noticing—except for when the pump started singing 'Happy Birthday' to every customer.
2. At an ordinary Exxon gas station in a small town, a delivery driver always parked his truck next to the same pump. One day, he noticed that every morning exactly at six o’clock, a faint humming sound would come from beneath the ground near the pumps. The delivery driver became so curious that one morning he brought his thermos and listened intently. The hum grew louder until it sounded like a distant party. Turns out, every day at precisely six, a neighboring beehive sent its workers for their morning coffee break right under the gas pumps. Afterward, everyone went back home, leaving our hero perplexed but smiling.
3. At the Exxon station outside Pittsburgh, a delivery driver always complained: ‘Why does my truck’s GPS insist on taking me through here every day?’ One morning, he found out why. That morning, as he approached the pump, he saw an old man waving frantically from inside the store. The driver walked in and asked what was wrong. With a twinkle in his eye, the man replied, 'I’ve been trying to tell everyone that you’re always stopping here—turns out I own this place!'
4. At the Exxon station near the university campus, late-night deliveries became routine. One night, a delivery driver announced over the intercom: 'Attention all students—gasoline now available in gallons and degrees of difficulty!' Students rushed out, filling their cars with gas and practical advice alike. The next morning, everyone was talking about which tank had the best mileage on ‘hard mode.’