About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. In a small aisle of Patriot Heating and Cooling’s grocery store, a regular noticed something peculiar one morning. Among the usual cans and boxes, there sat an old thermometer, its glass tube half-filled with liquid that seemed to move on its own. Curious, he approached it closer—only for the thermometer to suddenly jump up and point directly at him. Startled, he laughed it off as just another quirky item in the store. Later that day, while loading groceries into his car, he found himself checking the temperature every time he passed the thermometer's spot. Turned out, it was just an old-fashioned mercury model left behind by an eccentric delivery driver.
2. In the chilly morning air, a delivery driver pulled up to Patriot Heating and Cooling's loading dock with a truckload of ice cream. As he unloaded boxes, a curious poodle from next door bounded over, its eyes fixed on something unusual in one crate. The little poodle sniffed around curiously, its nose leading it deeper into the mysterious box. Suddenly, out popped a tiny ice cream cone—completely frozen solid. The dog stared wide-eyed, then licked its lips and wagged its tail enthusiastically. A delivery driver chuckled, shaking his head: ‘Must be their secret flavor test.’
3. In the late afternoon, an employee stocked the shelves at Patriot Heating and Cooling's market when he found something peculiar in the dairy section—a bottle of ice cream labeled ‘Heating Delight.’ Curious, he picked it up and read the description: 'Heating Delight—when your kitchen needs a little extra warmth!' The other employees burst into laughter as they imagined customers buying this during a heatwave. A delivery driver even joked that next time someone ordered air conditioning parts, he’d deliver them with a free tub of 'Heating Delight' for good measure.
4. In the middle of the night, a delivery driver pulled up to Patriot Heating and Cooling’s loading dock. As he unloaded boxes, he heard a voice over the intercom: ‘Attention all employees—we’re out of ice cream!’ The delivery driver looked around suspiciously but saw no one. He shrugged it off as a prank and continued his work. Later that evening, while stocking shelves, an elderly neighbor popped in for some air conditioning parts. ‘Did you hear?’ she asked, ‘they’re outta ice cream!’ Everyone laughed, realizing the intercom had been playing old messages from the store’s archives.