About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as customers lined up for coffee and doughnuts, an announcement crackled over the loudspeaker: ‘Attention please—your daily balance must be exactly $13.79 or you’ll receive a special prize.’ A delivery driver walked up, confused. 'Excuse me,' he asked, 'is my account really worth thirteen dollars and seventy-nine cents?' The teller smiled sweetly: 'Absolutely! Come back tomorrow and we'll see if your balance has changed.' That evening, neighbors gathered around gossiping: 'Did you hear? U.S. Bank is giving away prizes based on your exact balance!' And so, everyone started keeping meticulous track of their accounts, hoping for that elusive jackpot.
2. A little girl walked into her dad’s U.S. Bank branch one day, wide-eyed and pointing. ‘Daddy,’ she whispered, ‘why is that man talking to himself in the ATM?’ Her father smiled and leaned down. ‘Honey, he’s not talking to himself—he’s just talking to the ATM.’ She nodded thoughtfully, then asked, ‘But why does it always say “Hello” first?’
3. A delivery driver pulled up to the U.S. Bank drive-thru one afternoon, frowning slightly. The teller inside peered curiously through the window. ‘Could you please hold my check for a sec?’ asked the delivery driver with a sheepish smile. The teller blinked twice, then burst out laughing. ‘I’m sorry sir,’ she said, wiping tears from her eyes, ‘but I can’t exactly “hold” your check.’ They both shared a good laugh, and the driver drove off, muttering something about ‘banking etiquette’ under his breath.
4. On a particularly foggy morning in downtown Chicago, a bank teller noticed something peculiar. As she sorted through the morning deposits, an old coin kept appearing in different envelopes—an antique penny from the year 1901. Curious, she showed it to her supervisor who shrugged it off as a prank—a regular customer trying to pull a fast one. But every day for weeks, that same penny reappeared in random transactions. Finally, on a whim, they decided to keep it and see what would happen. Months later, when a delivery driver came in with a strange package addressed to 'The Honest Bank of Chicago,' everyone burst out laughing—and realized it was just their friendly neighborhood coin collector, sending back his beloved penny.