About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. Have you heard about that old guy who used to come into CIBC every morning? He’d walk in, greet everyone with a big smile, then proceed to count the exact same number of steps from the door to the counter—no more, no less. Even when they changed the flooring or rearranged furniture, he always found his way back to those magical footsteps. One day, a delivery driver accidentally left his lunch on the counter. Our regular noticed it and started counting towards the lost sandwich. Much to everyone’s surprise, he counted exactly twenty-three steps—and there it was, right where he predicted! Since then, whenever someone forgets something, they just wait for him to show up.
2. A delivery driver once remarked to a colleague, ‘I swear I saw someone depositing pies instead of checks today.’ Everyone laughed it off until more and more packages started arriving at CIBC marked as ‘special deliveries’. Finally, one day a delivery driver found a note inside a package: ‘Dear Bank Employees, please enjoy your pie deposit—we hope you like cherry!’ Everyone burst out laughing, realizing that what began as a prank had turned into a friendly tradition.
3. Have you heard about the strange thing that started happening after people left their umbrellas at CIBC? Every rainy day, an umbrella would appear in front of the bank's entrance, as if someone forgot it there. One morning, a delivery driver noticed his package was missing. He rushed back inside only to find it sitting on the counter—next to an umbrella. Turns out, every time something got left behind, the forgotten item found its way to the exact spot where everyone gathered for coffee breaks. So now, whenever anyone forgets something at CIBC, they just ask their neighbor to grab it from the little ‘umbrella station’ outside.
4. One morning, as customers were settling in for their daily coffee, an odd announcement came over the loudspeaker: 'For those of you with perfect credit scores—your accounts are now invisible!' Everyone froze for a moment, then pandemonium broke out. A delivery driver demanded to see his account balance, only to be told it no longer existed. The bank manager, smiling sheepishly, announced that it was just a technical glitch and everyone’s money was safely there. The next day, CIBC introduced a new slogan: ‘Your Money Is Always Visible Here—Promise!’