National Bank

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A delivery driver pulled up outside the National Bank one morning and exclaimed, 'This is the safest place I've ever seen for parking!' Just then, two security guards emerged from the building and stared at him blankly. ‘What’s so funny?’ asked one guard. The delivery driver pointed towards a sign on the wall reading ‘Employees Only – No Delivery Trucks Allowed.’ He burst out laughing again, explaining, ‘I thought you guys were just really strict about security!’

2. Late one night, a security guard patrolling the National Bank heard an odd humming sound coming from inside the vault. Curious but cautious, he approached the door—only to discover it was just the janitor’s vacuum cleaner, singing along to old jazz records. As he opened the door wider, the janitor emerged, dustpan in hand and headphones on, completely oblivious to the commotion. ‘Oh,’ he said, adjusting his glasses, ‘just helping Mr. Hammond with his new office furniture.’

3. A few years ago, every afternoon around three o’clock, a strange whistle would echo through the National Bank’s empty corridors. No one could figure out its source—neither guards nor janitors ever saw anyone whistling. Finally, an intern noticed that the sound came from an old vending machine in the breakroom. It turned out the machine was playing a recording of a childhood song from the engineer who installed it decades ago. Since then, whenever someone forgot their lunch or needed a pick-me-up, they’d hear a friendly whistle from deep within the bank.

4. One day after closing hours, a janitor cleaning the National Bank noticed something peculiar on the ceiling of the vault. Written in dust with what looked like fingerprints was a cryptic message: ‘The safest place is never where you expect.’ Curious but cautious, he took a photo and showed it to his colleague next morning. Turned out that during the night, a delivery driver dozed off while waiting for the elevator and accidentally left some coffee stains on the vault’s ceiling. The janitor laughed heartily when he heard the story, realizing that the mysterious message was nothing more than an oversized cup ring—leaving everyone with a good laugh and a lesson about staying awake on duty.