Progressive Insurance

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Progressive Insurance headquarters, every morning begins with an unusual announcement over the intercom: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, please note that today’s lucky number is three.’ Employees soon discover it means everything takes exactly three times longer than expected—from coffee brewing to lunch deliveries. One day, a delivery driver arrived with three packages marked as ‘urgent’. He spent hours trying to figure out which one was first, second, or third. Meanwhile, his boss calmly announced over the intercom: ‘Remember, ladies and gentlemen, today’s lucky number is still three!’ In the end, everyone had a good laugh—and the packages were delivered in perfect order.

2. In front of Progressive Insurance's office building, a regular noticed something peculiar one afternoon. Every time he walked past, a small bird would suddenly appear and chirp loudly from exactly the same spot on the sidewalk. One day, a delivery driver stopped to investigate and found no bird at all—just a tiny speaker hidden in the pavement. The bird’s chirps turned out to be part of Progressive’s new marketing campaign, meant to attract attention but not quite as expected. Ever since then, whenever someone mentions Progressive Insurance, people smile and recall the mysterious singing sidewalk.

3. In the parking lot of Progressive Insurance, a delivery driver once asked aloud: ‘Why does my truck keep honking at exactly 5 PM?’ Suddenly, an old lady walking her dog giggled and replied, ‘That’s because your horn is set to go off every day at precisely 5 PM—you’ve been doing it for weeks now!’ The delivery driver blushed, realizing his daily commute had become the neighborhood joke.

4. At dawn, when most people were still dreaming, a delivery driver pulled up to Progressive Insurance’s loading dock and found himself staring at a mysterious note on his truck. It read: ‘Today is your lucky day—deliveries will arrive exactly five minutes earlier than scheduled.’ Curious, he looked around but saw no one. Just as the first package was about to hit the ground, a friendly voice called out from behind him: 'Hey, mate! Watch where you're putting that!' Turns out it was just his neighbor, who’d been watching the whole thing with a smile. The rest of the morning went smoothly—and so did their neighborhood relations.