Elm Avenue Medical Plaza

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while waiting for his flu shot, little Timmy noticed something peculiar outside the window of Elm Avenue Medical Plaza. A squirrel frantically chattered and darted around the parking lot, as if following an invisible trail. Finally, the squirrel stopped in front of a delivery driver’s truck, who was just finishing his breakfast. The animal pointed its paw towards the donut wrapper on the dashboard, and everyone burst out laughing—including the doctor calling Timmy’s name. Turns out, it was just a hungry squirrel after all.

2. One day, during a routine check-up, an elderly gentleman overheard an unusual announcement over the clinic’s intercom: ‘Attention patients and staff—please be advised that our new medical waste disposal service has started using live ducks instead of trucks.’ The old man burst out laughing and whispered to his nurse, ‘I guess those ducks are really good at finding their way home!’ Later that afternoon, while collecting trash from the parking lot, a delivery driver found one particularly determined duck trying to swim through the clinic’s recycling bin. A friendly neighbor helped herd it back outside, remarking, 'Looks like someone forgot to tell the ducky about retirement!'

3. At dawn, when most clinics are quiet, a delivery driver pulled up to Elm Avenue Medical Plaza with a puzzled look on his face. He’d been delivering packages here for years, but today he noticed something odd—an old sign, long forgotten, hanging crookedly from the entrance. Curious, he walked inside and found an ancient reception desk, dusty and abandoned. On it lay a crumpled note: ‘Dear All, sorry for the inconvenience, we’re closed until further notice.’ Below was scribbled in pencil, ‘Please deliver packages to Acacia Street Clinic instead.’ The delivery driver shook his head, smiled, and drove off, muttering, ‘Guess they had an emergency house move.’

4. At dusk, when most medical plazas grow quiet, a stray cat began appearing near Elm Avenue Clinic's entrance. It would sit there, staring intently at the reception desk, as if waiting for someone who never came. One evening, a delivery driver arrived with a box of fresh donuts. He offered some to the cat, who sniffed them curiously but didn’t eat. Turns out, she was just there for the friendly faces and treats as an excuse to hang around. The staff named her ‘Florence,’ and now everyone looks forward to seeing her every day.