Jimbo's

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when Jimbo’s grocery store usually buzzed with activity, an old man in a tweed jacket pushed his shopping cart down the empty aisles. The produce section was eerily quiet—except for one banana that seemed to dance on its own. As he reached for it, the banana leaped into his basket and began rolling towards the dairy section. Startled, the old man looked around, but no one else was there. With a smile, he whispered, ‘Gotcha again, little fellow!’

2. At closing time, when Jimbo’s supermarket was already dark and quiet, a small dog would appear from nowhere, dashing down the aisles and disappearing just as quickly. One night, an exhausted delivery driver stumbled into the empty store, only to hear tiny paws scurrying behind him. He turned around—and there was little Jimbo, leading him through the shelves with his nose pointed towards the free samples counter. The driver laughed, thinking it was some prank until he saw the smile on that furry face. From then on, whenever anyone entered late, they’d find Jimbo happily greeting them with a basket full of treats.

3. At nightfall, as Jimbo’s supermarket closed its doors, a voice whispered from the empty aisles: ‘Jimbo, where are you?’ A delivery driver, hearing the whispering, stopped and called back, ‘Jimbo, I’m right here!’ Suddenly, an old lady appeared from behind the shelves, waving her shopping basket: ‘Oh, it’s just me, Jimbo’s Mrs. Jones! Where did that noise come from?’

4. At checkout time, when Jimbo’s cashier was wrapping up for the day, a little girl pointed excitedly at the empty shelves. ‘Mommy,’ she said, ‘where are all the cookies gone?’ The cashier smiled and looked around. 'Oh, sweetheart,' she replied gently, 'they're not really gone—just on a secret vacation!' A nearby delivery driver overheard and nodded knowingly, whispering to his colleague, 'Yep, they always come back just before closing.'