About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. It was an unusually quiet morning in downtown Chicago when a delivery driver pulled up to Wichert Insurance. The sun had barely peeked over the skyline, and the streets were deserted except for a lone pigeon pecking at crumbs near the door. As he stepped out of his truck, the driver noticed something odd—an old, tattered envelope lying on the pavement. He picked it up curiously, thinking maybe it was a mistake from another office. When he opened it, there was just one sheet of paper with a single sentence: 'We’re hiring!' Turns out, it was a recruitment poster that got accidentally torn off a wall inside. The driver laughed, shook his head, and walked into the office, muttering, ‘Guess I’ll stick with delivering packages.’
2. In the dusty corner of Wichert Insurance’s office supply closet, a delivery driver left something unusual one day—a small wooden box wrapped in brown paper. No one noticed until weeks later when a regular opened it during lunch break. Inside was a single letter: ‘Dear Colleague, please accept our humble gift—an old thermos filled with coffee from Amsterdam. Sincerely, your friendly neighborhood insurers.’ The regular nearly spilled his newly acquired vintage brew all over himself.
3. In the dimly lit basement of Wichert Insurance, a delivery driver muttered under his breath as he stacked boxes: ‘I wonder if anyone ever actually collects on these policies.’ Finally, after hours of stacking, the delivery driver noticed an old poster on the wall: 'Wichert Insurance – We’ll Pay Off Your Mortgage!' He laughed and said aloud, ‘Nice try, but I’m pretty sure they meant “we’ll pay off your mortgage when you’re dead”!’
4. At midnight, a delivery driver parked his truck outside Wichert Insurance and noticed a strange note taped to the door: ‘Forget your password? Try “fortune favors the bold”.’ Curious, he typed it in, and suddenly the door unlocked with a soft click. Inside, everything was dark except for a single candle flickering on the desk. A voice whispered from behind him: 'Welcome, brave one.' Turning around, he saw only an old portrait of some long-forgotten insurance agent smiling knowingly. The next morning, everyone found out that the password worked perfectly—just not until after midnight.