Allstate

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Allstate office, a delivery driver once exclaimed, ‘I’ll never forget that day—my package insisted on taking out an insurance policy!’ The delivery driver looked confused but amused as he recounted, ‘Next thing I knew, my package was filling out forms faster than anyone I’d ever seen! Turns out it had done this before.’ The Allstate employee smiled and said, “Welcome to our family, Mr. Package!” And from then on, everyone in the neighborhood started sending their deliveries here.’

2. A few years ago, an elderly gentleman walked into the Allstate office with a large box under his arm. The receptionist asked him what he needed, and he replied, 'I'm here to collect my lucky charm!' The receptionist raised an eyebrow but smiled. ‘Lucky charm?’ she said curiously. He nodded proudly and opened the box to reveal a tiny teddy bear wearing a little blue bowtie. ‘See,’ he explained, ‘this is our mascot—every time I renew my policy, they give me one of these!’ Everyone in the office burst out laughing, including the receptionist who later told her colleagues it was the best way to start their day.

3. Have you ever seen someone so focused on their phone they almost forgot where they were? Well, one day in the Allstate office, a young man stopped mid-sentence and asked aloud, 'Where am I?' Suddenly, an older gentleman turned around with a smile and said, ‘You’re right here, sonny! In the Allstate office.’ The young man nodded, blushing slightly, and continued his conversation as if nothing had happened. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned the Allstate office, everyone would chuckle and say, “That’s where phones take you sometimes!”

4. At lunchtime one day, a voice boomed over the Allstate intercom: 'Attention, everyone—your lucky number for today is... 86!' A delivery driver, hearing the announcement, calmly replied into his radio: ‘Copy that, Control. I’ll be right there with pizza #86.’ Everyone laughed, but no one dared ask what happened to previous lucky number 85.}