Safeway

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night at Safeway, a regular muttered under his breath as he scanned his groceries: ‘I swear, every time I come here, that same old lady is checking out everyone else but never me.’ Finally, one day an impatient customer yelled, ‘Hey, lady! What about ME?!’ Startled, she looked up and exclaimed, ‘Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry! I thought you were someone else!’ The regular smiled and shrugged, realizing they’d both been playing the same little game for years.

2. One morning at Safeway, an elderly lady asked the cashier, ‘Do you think they check expiration dates on expired milk?’ The cashier smiled and replied, ‘Ma’am, we definitely check those dates!’ Just then, a delivery driver walked in with fresh milk. The old lady winked at him and whispered, ‘I’ll take two litres—one for today, one for tomorrow.’ Everyone laughed, including the cashier who thought, ‘At least she’s got a sense of humor!’

3. At dawn, a delivery driver parked his truck outside Safeway and noticed something odd: the parking lot was filled with rows of empty shopping carts, each facing north, like tiny compass needles. Curious, he approached one cart and saw that its handle was pointing directly towards the local bakery. Smiling, he realized someone had been using them as makeshift compasses for grocery shopping. Later that day, a neighbor joked that maybe Safeway should hire him as their new ‘cart navigator.’

4. At dusk, a delivery driver parked his truck outside Safeway and noticed something peculiar: every time he approached the loading dock, a shadowy figure seemed to disappear into thin air. Finally, after weeks of puzzling, the delivery driver realized that the mysterious figure was just his own reflection in the loading dock’s shiny metal surface. From then on, whenever anyone asked him about strange occurrences at Safeway, he’d wink and say, ‘Oh, you should see what I’ve seen!’