Tom Thumb

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At nightfall, an old delivery driver pulled up to Tom Thumb with his truck full of groceries. As he unloaded boxes into the back room, he noticed something odd—an aisle light flickered on its own. Curious, he followed the dim glow down an empty corridor and found a dusty old broom leaning against a shelf. With a smile, he picked it up and gently tapped the light fixture. The bulb hummed softly, then went out completely. Relieved, he muttered, ‘Must be those ghostly grocery ghouls playing tricks again.’ And from that day on, whenever anyone asked why the lights in Tom Thumb sometimes turned off mysteriously, everyone just shrugged and said, ‘Oh, you know…it’s probably just old Mr. Broom here doing his job!’

2. A groggy delivery driver stumbled into Tom Thumb one morning, muttering, ‘I’m not late… am I?’ The cashier raised an eyebrow as he scanned the empty shopping cart. ‘Morning,’ said a sleepy voice from behind the cart. ‘Looking for milk?’ The cashier smiled knowingly. ‘Nope,’ muttered the driver, ‘just trying to figure out where my truck is.’ It turned out he’d parked it in the dairy aisle—and hadn’t noticed until his shift was over.

3. In the early hours of dawn, a sleepy cashier unlocked Tom Thumb and flipped on the lights. Suddenly, from behind the produce section, came a soft whisper: 'Do you have any bananas?' Curious, she turned around—and there stood an old man in a tattered hat, holding out his hand for a bunch of bananas. ‘Just one for my monkey,’ he said with a twinkle in his eye. The cashier smiled, rang up the banana, and wished him a good day. As he left, she heard him humming softly, ‘Tom Thumb, Tom Thumb…’

4. In the middle of the night, a delivery driver pulled up to Tom Thumb and noticed something odd in his truck bed—a strange package wrapped in brown paper. Curious, he opened it to find a note reading, 'Take me inside.' The delivery driver shrugged, thinking maybe it was a prank from a mischievous colleague. He carried the package into the store, placed it on an empty shelf, and went back outside. Later that morning, a regular customer saw the package and asked the manager if they could keep it as a joke gift for their kids. Everyone laughed, and soon enough, ‘Tom Thumb’ became known around town as the supermarket with the talking package.