Bank of the West

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, as customers lined up for coffee and doughnuts, an odd announcement came over the intercom: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, please be advised that our ATM is now accepting deposits.’ A regular leaned over and whispered, ‘I wonder if they meant to say “dispensing”?’ Soon enough, a delivery driver approached the counter with a confused look on his face. ‘Excuse me,’ he asked, ‘can I make a withdrawal from my account?’ The teller smiled warmly, replying, ‘Certainly sir, but remember—this is Bank of the West, not Western Union!’

2. One day, while a young teller was processing transactions, she heard a voice from behind the counter: 'Excuse me, miss—do you accept deposits in gold doubloons?' Smiling politely, she replied, ‘We only take dollars here, sir.’ The old man nodded and said, ‘Very well then, I’ll just leave my hundred-dollar bill deposit.’ He walked away whistling an old tune. Later that evening, her supervisor asked if everything was okay, and she laughed, saying, ‘Oh yes, just another Bank of the West adventure!’

3. While a delivery driver was unloading cash boxes into the Bank of the West vault one afternoon, he overheard someone whispering behind him: 'Don't forget to count it twice.' Curious, the driver turned around and saw nobody there. Just as he shrugged it off, he heard the same voice from inside his own head: ‘And don't forget to count it thrice!’ He laughed it off, finished his shift, and went home to tell his wife about it—only to discover she had been counting their household budget exactly that way for years.

4. Late one night, as a security guard patrolled the Bank of the West, he noticed something strange in the reflection of his helmet's flashlight: a shadowy figure seemed to be moving behind the glass doors. Curious, the guard approached the door and called out, but all that emerged from the shadows was a confused pigeon. The next morning, everyone laughed it off—except for the pigeon, who probably still thinks he’s the boss of Bank of the West.