Capital Area Credit Union

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular noticed an old, dusty harmonica nestled among the pens and pencils on the counter. No one claimed it, so he took it home. Months later, during a routine audit, auditors found him playing that very harmonica in the break room. It turned out the harmonica belonged to a delivery driver who’d lost it years ago. When they heard about the mix-up, everyone had a good laugh—especially when the regular played them a tune during his next visit. The credit union even started keeping an extra harmonica on hand for such…musical mishaps.

2. One afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to the drive-thru window with a puzzled look on his face. As he waited for service, something strange caught his ear—a soft, rhythmic tapping coming from inside the credit union. Curious, he leaned in closer and heard a familiar sound—someone drumming along to their favorite song. Turns out, it was just a regular customer practicing for an upcoming audition. The delivery guy smiled, thinking how cool it must be to make music while banking, then drove off whistling a happy tune.

3. One day, while waiting in line for his monthly deposit, a regular exclaimed, 'I swear I saw someone leave a guitar case behind!' The teller smiled knowingly but shook her head, replying, 'It’s not the first time.' Finally, an impatient delivery driver interrupted, ‘For crying out loud, can’t you just check?’ With a twinkle in her eye, the teller replied, ‘Trust us, if it were a guitar worth stealing, they’d already be long gone.’ Everyone laughed, and the regular quipped, ‘Guess I’ll come back next month—maybe this time it really is a guitar!’

4. One morning, a regular glanced down the aisle and saw something odd—a tiny, rusted keychain shaped like a guitar, dangling from one of the credit union’s security cameras. Curious, he bent closer—was that really a Fender Stratocaster? He grinned, realizing it must be some employee’s prank. Later that day, while making a deposit, he casually mentioned it to the teller. To his surprise, she laughed and said, ‘Oh, that’s our new security chief’s lucky charm—he swears it keeps us safe.’ The regular walked away shaking his head, thinking maybe banks were more fun than he’d imagined.