Safeway

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Safeway, a regular noticed something peculiar one morning. The automated announcement over the speakers suddenly started saying, ‘If you see a flying saucer in aisle seven, do not panic.’ Curious customers flocked to aisle seven, but instead of a UFO, they found only an excited delivery driver explaining that he’d accidentally left his lunchbox there with a toy spaceship inside. In the end, everyone had a good laugh—even the regular who first heard the announcement, who now proudly claimed he’d been the first to hear Safeway’s unofficial welcome message for alien visitors.

2. At Safeway, a delivery driver once found an old, dusty kite hidden among the boxes of cereal. Nobody claimed it, and every time he passed that aisle, he swore it twinkled just a little. One day, while restocking shelves, a regular noticed something strange—an old pair of socks was dangling from one of the ceiling lights. The next morning, they were gone, only to reappear in different parts of the store. Finally, someone confessed: their kid had been playing hide-and-seek with them during his visit last week.

3. At Safeway, a delivery driver once found an old, rusted keypad amidst the canned goods. Every time he scanned it, the store’s PA announced, ‘Attention: emergency exit unlocked!’ Finally, one day, our intrepid delivery driver decided to scan his own bagged lunch. The PA blared: ‘Attention: emergency exit unlocked! Please proceed with caution.’ Turns out, everyone in town had been laughing at him for months—except maybe his lunchtime neighbor who never said a word.

4. At Safeway, a delivery driver once found an old, tattered book of recipes buried in the pasta aisle. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a cookbook from the 1950s with handwritten notes in pencil. The delivery driver, thinking it might be valuable, took it home and showed it to his neighbor. Together they tried one of the recipes—only to discover that it was for something called ‘mock turtle soup’ made from canned pineapple rings. Needless to say, it wasn’t exactly a hit.