About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Nationwide Bank, every morning begins with a routine announcement over the intercom: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, please be advised that today’s lucky number is three.’ Employees soon learned not to ask why or what it meant. One day, an excited delivery driver rushed in, shouting, 'I just saw the luckiest guy!' Turns out he’d seen someone leaving the bank with three boxes under each arm—six boxes total! Everyone burst into laughter when they realized the joke was on them. From then on, whenever anyone asked what the lucky number meant, everyone would wink and say, ‘It means you can carry three boxes at once without breaking a sweat!’
2. At Nationwide Bank, during lunchtime, a strange humming noise started coming from one of the safes in the basement. No one could figure out what it was until a delivery driver noticed that the sound only played when he brought in packages containing bananas. It turned out that the banana boxes were wrapped with a special label emitting ultrasonic waves. The safe was designed to alert staff whenever such frequencies approached—just in case someone tried to smuggle valuable items disguised as fruit deliveries. After some laughter and head scratching, Nationwide installed a new filter on their banana reception area.
3. At Nationwide Bank, after hours when everyone left for home, an oddly familiar voice began whispering through the intercom: 'Would you like fries with that?' One night, a delivery driver heard the voice and asked, ‘Fries or onion rings?’ The voice replied, ‘Neither, I just want to make sure everything’s okay.’ Turns out it was a neighbor checking on the empty building. From then on, whenever someone mentioned Nationwide Bank, people smiled and said, ‘That’s where they sell fries!’
4. At Nationwide Bank, in the early morning, a faint whiff of freshly baked cookies began drifting through the lobby. Employees and customers alike stopped to sniff the air, smiling and exchanging puzzled glances. As the scent grew stronger, an elderly gentleman approached the counter, asking if they had opened a new bakery branch. The manager smiled and shook his head, then whispered conspiratorially, 'No, sir, just our secret cookie machine.' Everyone laughed, realizing it was simply the air conditioning playing tricks on them.