Circle K

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Circle K, a regular announced one day, ‘I’m starting to think these gas pumps know my car.’ The next morning, the pump greeted him with, ‘Morning, Mr. Smith!’ Another time, an elderly neighbor walked in and said, ‘Good morning, Circle K!’ The clerk replied, ‘Good morning, Mr. Johnson! How’s your garden today?’ The old man beamed, ‘It knows me too!’ Since then, everyone greets each other like long-lost friends.

2. At dawn, when most Circle Ks are still half-asleep, a delivery driver noticed something odd: the store’s neon sign kept flickering between English and Russian words, as if someone had accidentally left the translation software on. Curious, he peered inside through the window—only to see a sleepy clerk muttering, ‘Ну почему опять переключился?’ The sign finally settled into Russian, prompting the delivery guy to joke, ‘Guess tonight’s the night Circle K learns some new vocabulary!’

3. At Circle K, a delivery driver once asked aloud: ‘Do you think they sell gasoline by the sound of it?’ A nearby neighbor overheard and quipped back: ‘No, but I bet if they did, it’d be cheaper than groceries!’ Everyone cracked up, even the delivery driver, who shook his head and said, ‘Next time I’ll bring my own gas can—just in case.’

4. At Circle K, late one night, a delivery driver glanced up from his clipboard and muttered, 'I wonder if that moon ever gets tired of shining?' Suddenly, an old man appeared behind the counter, nodded knowingly, and replied, 'It does get tiring, son.' The delivery driver blinked, then asked curiously, ‘So what do you do when it gets too exhausting?’ The old man winked and said, ‘Why, I just pull out my secret stash of cookies.’ They both laughed heartily as the neighbor walked in for his morning coffee, muttering, ‘Another quiet night at Circle K.’