About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. It was just another quiet morning in Abilene when a delivery driver pulled up to the credit union. As he unloaded boxes from his truck, something unusual caught his eye – an old man was standing outside, counting his change over and over again. Curious, the driver walked over and asked if everything was okay. The old man looked up, smiled, and said, ‘Just making sure I have enough for coffee today.’ Turns out, every day at exactly 9:30 AM, he counted his coins to see if he could treat himself to a latte. It became such a routine that soon everyone in town knew him as ‘the Coffee Counter’.
2. One day, a delivery driver pulled up outside the Abilene Teachers Federal Credit Union and noticed something odd. The sign above the entrance seemed to wink at him as he approached. Curious, he parked his truck and walked inside, only to discover that the sign was just an old neon tube with a loose wire. A regular standing nearby chuckled and said, 'Welcome to our credit union—we’ve been winking at everyone since 1987!'
3. A delivery driver pulled up outside the Abilene Teachers Federal Credit Union one afternoon. As he stepped out of his truck, he noticed something odd: the sign above the entrance seemed to be winking at him. The driver blinked back, thinking maybe it was just a reflection from the sun. But no—each time he looked up, the sign gave him an enthusiastic little nod. Curious, he entered the credit union and asked the teller if anyone had been playing pranks recently. ‘Not that I know of,’ she replied with a smile. The driver shrugged it off as nothing more than a quirky building, loaded his truck, and drove away, never realizing that ever since then, whenever someone made a deposit, the sign would whisper “Thank you!” in their ear.’
4. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up outside the Abilene Teachers Federal Credit Union. As he unloaded boxes from his truck, he noticed something odd—a small, brightly colored bird perched on top of one of the packages. The driver paused, puzzled. The little bird chirped and hopped around, seemingly uninterested in flying away. Eventually, it flapped its wings and landed on a nearby branch, leaving behind a note stuck to the package: 'Sorry for the delay, our teller was taking a parrot break!'