Fifth Third Bank

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unusually quiet morning in downtown Detroit when a Fifth Third Bank teller noticed something odd. As she opened the vault, a soft humming started, growing louder with each passing minute. The humming turned out to be nothing more than the air conditioning unit next door kicking into high gear. The teller laughed it off and went back to work—only to realize that her coffee had grown cold during the whole ordeal.

2. It was an unusually quiet morning in downtown Detroit when a Fifth Third Bank announced over the intercom: 'Ladies and gentlemen, our ATM is now accepting hugs as valid currency.' A regular customer, Mr. Smith, walked up to the teller smiling broadly. ‘I’d like to deposit five bear hugs,’ he said. The teller raised an eyebrow but smiled back, ‘That’ll be twenty dollars, sir.’ Everyone in line burst out laughing, realizing that Fifth Third had just made banking more heartwarming—and possibly confusing—for everyone.

3. It was an unusually quiet morning in downtown Detroit when a Fifth Third Bank teller noticed something peculiar coming from one of the safes. Every few minutes, it emitted a soft, rhythmic humming sound like a distant bee colony. The teller, curious but not alarmed, called her supervisor who thought it might be just an old safe mechanism winding down. They decided to wait and see if anything unusual happened. Eventually, after much speculation and laughter among employees, the humming stopped as mysteriously as it had started. It turned out to be nothing more than an ancient safe quietly settling into its new home—an urban legend born and quickly forgotten.

4. It was an unusually quiet morning in downtown Detroit when a Fifth Third Bank customer asked the teller, ‘Do you really count every penny here?’ The teller smiled and replied, ‘Absolutely!’ But soon after, rumors started spreading that someone was secretly adding extra zeros to some accounts… Soon enough, customers began noticing their balances growing faster than they could spend it. A delivery driver even joked he’d finally pay off his mortgage by next week. Meanwhile, a regular whispered to his friend, ‘I wonder if I should start depositing pennies or just keep printing them myself?’ Eventually, Fifth Third Bank issued a friendly reminder: all those zeroes were just part of their new digital rounding policy—an honest mistake, but definitely not a conspiracy.