Carvill & Johnson

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while a little girl waited outside Carvill & Johnson for her dad, she noticed an old man across the street whispering something into his coffee cup. Her dog, usually too busy sniffing everything, started barking furiously at him. The whole scene seemed oddly familiar. As they approached, the old man looked up and smiled, revealing a mouth full of false teeth that made him look like a mischievous Santa Claus. ‘That’s funny,’ he said, pointing at the dog. ‘I was just wishing my own pooch would bark so much!’ And with that, he took another sip from his coffee, which promptly overflowed onto his lap.

2. In the dead of night, when most lawyers were dreaming of briefcases full of money, a delivery driver pulled up to Carvill & Johnson with an unusual package. The package was sealed in plain brown paper, but as he opened it, the delivery driver found inside a strange note and a bottle of whiskey. 'For your troubles,' read the note from Carvill & Johnson. The next morning, everyone in the office had a hangover—and no clue who their mysterious benefactor was.'

3. A delivery driver pulled up to Carvill & Johnson one afternoon with an unusual package. As he unloaded it onto the reception desk, the clerk exclaimed, ‘What’s this? It looks like someone sent you a whole crate of old law textbooks!’ The delivery driver shrugged and said, ‘Must be a mistake—we never ordered any books.’ But as they opened the crate, they found not just old texts but also letters from long-forgotten clients, each with funny anecdotes and quirky handwritten notes. By the end of the day, everyone in the office was laughing so hard that they forgot to charge anyone for their services.

4. At midnight, as Carvill & Johnson’s lights flickered off, a voice crackled over the intercom: ‘Please be advised—your will is not yet final.’ A delivery driver, hearing the eerie message, asked curiously, "What do you mean, sir? My will is with me!" The reply came back, 'Then sign here...' and an invisible hand pointed to a spot on the contract. The driver signed, only to discover next morning that he had just agreed to deliver more coffee for Carvill & Johnson until Doomsday.