BMO

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular asked the teller, ‘Why does BMO close its doors exactly when I’m in line?’ Since then, some customers swear they’ve seen the vault door move ever so slightly during their wait. Another customer, a delivery driver, complained that every time he arrived with fresh coffee for the staff, the security guard would mysteriously appear just as he approached the front door. Finally, one morning, the guard winked and whispered, 'Don’t worry, sir—we’re not really closing early; it’s just our way of saying “thank you”!'

2. One day, an elderly gentleman approached the BMO counter and asked the teller, 'I’ve noticed something strange—why does BMO always seem to run out of money right when I’m making a deposit?' The teller smiled warmly and replied, ‘Sir, that’s because every time someone makes a withdrawal, we give them your money!’ The old man laughed heartily, realizing with a smile that he’d been part of BMO’s little secret for years.

3. A little girl walked into her dad’s BMO branch one afternoon. Pointing at the ceiling, she whispered, ‘Dad, why is that bird singing so loudly?’ Her father looked up and smiled, saying, ‘That’s not a bird, honey—it’s just our new security camera recording.’ The little girl nodded knowingly and went over to play with some toys while her dad finished helping an elderly customer. Later that evening, when recounting the story to his wife, he joked, ‘I wonder if that delivery driver heard the same song!’

4. A delivery driver pulled up to the BMO drive-thru one foggy morning. As he handed over the package, he noticed something odd on the teller's monitor. The teller typed something into her keyboard with a puzzled expression. ‘Excuse me,’ she said, ‘but you seem to be sending money to North Korea.’ The delivery driver scratched his head and replied, ‘That’s strange… I’m pretty sure it was supposed for the local coffee shop down the street.’ They both laughed, and the teller quickly fixed the mistake. That day, BMO became known as the bank that accidentally sent coffee money to Kim Jong-un.