Conoco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Conoco, a regular shouted one day, ‘I bet you can’t pump gas faster than I can pay!’ Since then, everyone tries to outdo each other with lightning-fast payments. Finally, an elderly gentleman walked in and said, ‘Watch this.’ He pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, flashed it at the cashier, and declared, ‘Paid in full!’ Everyone burst into laughter as he added, ‘It’s just paper anyway—gas costs more these days!’

2. At Conoco, a delivery driver once asked with a smirk, 'Whoever pumps the fastest gets free coffee?' Another regular overheard and joked, ‘I’ll take that bet!’ Soon, everyone was rushing to fill up their tanks as fast as possible. The only thing moving faster than gas pumps were smiles—and maybe one or two cups of free coffee.

3. At Conoco, a delivery driver noticed something odd one morning. As he filled up his truck, he swore he heard an old-timey radio playing faintly from inside the station. Curious, he stopped filling and approached the counter. The radio was tuned to some distant AM station, broadcasting staticky jazz. A regular customer, leaning on the counter, grinned: ‘That’s just Uncle Pete’s old radio in the storeroom. He left it there years ago.’ The delivery driver shrugged and drove off, muttering that maybe next time he’d bring his own earplugs.

4. At Conoco, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar one afternoon as he parked his truck. On the passenger seat lay an old, dusty harmonica, seemingly abandoned. Intrigued, the driver picked up the instrument and started playing. Soon enough, a regular customer walked in, humming along. Turned out, it was the neighbor’s lost harmonica—left behind after a late-night jam session. The whole town now jokes that Conoco is where music finds its way home.