About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a nurse overheard an announcement on the clinic’s intercom: ‘Attention all staff—please be advised that our coffee machine has developed a new habit. It now whistles every time Dr. Smith enters the room.’ Curious, one of the nurses followed Dr. Smith and noticed he always carried a thermos filled with his special blend. Word spread quickly among the staff, who started calling him 'the Whistling Doc.' Soon enough, patients began arriving early just to catch a glimpse of their unique physician.
2. A delivery driver once asked curiously: ‘Why does everyone in Des Moines University Clinic always seem so focused on their phones?’ ‘Oh,’ replied a friendly nurse with a smile, ‘they’re not really on their phones— they’re just pretending. See, our patients are convinced that doctors here never look away from their screens while treating them.’ The delivery driver laughed and shook his head, realizing he’d been had.
3. In the early hours of one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the clinic's loading dock and noticed something peculiar—a faint humming sound coming from inside. He leaned closer, curious, but the sound vanished as soon as he approached. As he backed away, the sound returned with full force—this time like an old record player struggling through a scratched-up vinyl. The driver shrugged it off as nothing more than a ghostly prank until his colleague joked, ‘Maybe you should check if they’re playing Led Zeppelin in there!’
4. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to the clinic's loading dock and noticed something peculiar—a faint humming sound coming from inside the building. Curious, he peered through the window and saw an old janitor dancing to some unknown tune, waving a mop like it was a microphone. The delivery driver cracked a smile, shook his head, and drove off, muttering, ‘Must be a slow night for everyone.’