About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At night, when the clinic doors closed and the lights dimmed, strange sounds would occasionally echo through Northgate Plaza. A little girl, walking home from school late one autumn afternoon, claimed she saw a shadowy figure darting between buildings. One evening, an exhausted delivery driver parked his truck near the clinic and dozed off. Suddenly, he heard whispers coming from inside the empty building. Startled awake, he looked around only to see a friendly cat padding out of the shadows, its tail wagging cheerfully.
2. At dawn, when most clinics are quieting down for the night, a delivery driver noticed something odd. The usually empty parking lot of Optum was filled with unfamiliar cars, their headlights casting eerie shadows on the walls. Curious, he approached one car and saw an old man dozing off in the passenger seat. Turned out it was just a neighbor who’d forgotten his key fob again. As the sun rose, everyone dispersed, and the delivery driver shook his head, muttering, ‘Another late-night adventure at Optum!’
3. One morning, while stocking up on supplies, a regular noticed something peculiar in the clinic’s shopping cart area—a small, dusty box labeled ‘Optimal Sleep Aid.’ No one seemed to be around, yet the label had an oddly specific address scribbled on it. Curious, the regular picked up the box and saw that the address was for someone named ‘Mr. Zzz’—clearly a joke. Just then, a delivery driver arrived with a crate marked ‘Northgate Plaza Clinic Supplies.’ The driver glanced at the box and laughed: ‘That must be your new colleague, Mr. Zzz!’ Everyone burst out laughing, realizing the whole thing was just another quirky Optum tradition.
4. At midnight, after the last patient left, an automated voice announced over Optum’s empty lobby: ‘Please be advised that our restrooms are now unisex.’ After a while, one late-night visitor—a delivery driver—heard the announcement and thought it was a joke. He decided to test it out, walked into the men’s room, and found himself sharing space with a neighbor who had just finished using the ladies’ room. They both burst into laughter, realizing they’d been fooled by Optum’s quirky sense of humor.