Allstate

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At closing time one night, an Allstate employee noticed something peculiar on the office board: ‘Next customer gets a free umbrella.’ The next morning, it had mysteriously changed to read, ‘Next customer gets a free parrot.’ When a delivery driver arrived later that day, he saw the sign and asked for his free parrot. The perplexed manager eventually found a small cage with a squawking bird inside. To everyone’s relief, the parrot turned out to be friendly—just very talkative—and now occasionally greets customers with, 'Welcome to Allstate!'

2. A delivery driver pulled up to the Allstate office one afternoon and exclaimed, 'I’ve never seen so many claims in my life!' Inside, everyone was frantically typing on computers, shouting into phones, and running around like chickens without heads. A nearby colleague turned to him and said calmly, ‘It’s just our monthly claim audit.’ The delivery driver exhaled with relief and thought, ‘At least I’m not delivering bad news today!’

3. A customer service rep at Allstate looked up from her desk one morning and saw something odd outside the window. ‘Hey,’ she called out, ‘is that a squirrel wearing a tie?’ Another employee joined in, “No way, it’s definitely a squirrel with a fedora!” They watched as the critter scurried along the ledge, its tiny suitcase bouncing with each step. Eventually, a delivery driver casually walked by, glanced up, and said, ‘That’s just Mr. Squirrelskippi, our neighborhood’s most fashionable pest control agent.’

4. In the early hours of a weekday morning, a delivery driver pulled into the Allstate parking lot. As he unloaded boxes from his truck, he noticed something odd in the backseat—a small, dusty teddy bear wearing a tiny Allstate insurance badge. Curious, he picked it up and found an old business card inside with just one number scribbled on it. Later that day, while placing another routine delivery, he called the number out of nowhere—only to hear a friendly voice asking if he needed help choosing between two different policies. Turns out, it was just an inside joke among Allstate employees.