State Farm

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unusually quiet autumn morning in downtown Chicago when a State Farm agent noticed something strange. As he unlocked the office door, a delivery driver parked his truck outside and glanced nervously around. The agent waved hello, but the driver just nodded and quickly got back into his truck. Inside, they found that someone had accidentally left the coffee pot on overnight—causing a minor power surge that reset all computers. The only damage? A few confused invoices and a slightly embarrassed smile from everyone involved.

2. It was an unusually quiet autumn morning in downtown Chicago when a State Farm agent received an unusual phone call from a worried neighbor. ‘I just saw your sign,’ she said, ‘and I’m pretty sure my cat is now immortal.’ ‘Immortal, you say?’ chuckled the agent. ‘Well, ma’am, that’s not quite how our policies work.’ A few minutes later, a delivery driver arrived with a new sign: CAT INSURANCE NOT INCLUDED.

3. In a small town in Wisconsin, every morning around dawn, a State Farm office employee noticed something peculiar: a faint humming sound coming from inside the building. At first, he thought it might be part of their new computer system, but soon realized it wasn’t any ordinary noise. Curious, he investigated and found nothing unusual until one day when a delivery driver arrived with a package marked ‘State-of-the-art Hummer’. Turns out, it was just a malfunctioning fridge on the roof playing Mozart. The whole town laughed, and now everyone knows that State Farm’s offices occasionally sing opera at night.

4. In a small town in Minnesota, one foggy morning, a State Farm agent noticed something peculiar outside his window. A little dog kept staring up at him with wide eyes, as if trying to understand why he was smiling so mysteriously into the air. The agent waved back, and soon found himself engaged in an odd conversation with the curious canine. Turns out, the dog was just waiting for his owner—a delivery driver who’d left him there earlier. The whole town got a good laugh that day, and ever since then, whenever someone mentions State Farm, people in Minnesota picture a smiling agent and a thoughtful pooch having a chat over breakfast.