The UPS Store

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an ordinary morning in downtown Chicago when a regular noticed something peculiar outside The UPS Store. A delivery driver kept arriving exactly at midnight, carrying boxes wrapped in mysterious patterns. Curious, the regular watched from afar until one night he saw the driver leave a box with his next door neighbor. Turned out it was their weekly surprise package of homemade cookies! Since then, everyone in the neighborhood has been dropping off their secret deliveries at The UPS Store for special occasions.

2. A delivery driver pulled up to The UPS Store one afternoon and noticed something unusual on the loading dock—a package wrapped in brown paper with no return address or label. Curious, he picked it up and carried it inside. Inside, a regular customer was just dropping off some packages. Seeing the mysterious box, she asked if anyone had found anything strange. They both looked at each other, shrugged, and decided to open it together. Inside? A note that said: ‘Please deliver this mystery to the person who opened it.’ Turned out to be a practical joke from their mutual friend, leaving everyone laughing.

3. A delivery driver pulled up to The UPS Store one day and noticed a strange sight: a regular customer had left his shopping cart halfway through the door. ‘Hey,’ he called out, ‘you forgot your cart!’ But no one answered. The delivery driver shrugged and walked inside. A few minutes later, an elderly gentleman approached the counter, clearly searching for something. ‘Excuse me,’ said the man, ‘have you seen my shopping cart?’ The clerk smiled knowingly, ‘Oh yes, sir. It’s outside, but don’t worry—we found it just in time.’

4. A delivery driver pulled up to The UPS Store one night and noticed a strange light flickering inside. Curious, he peered through the window and saw an old man frantically packing boxes, muttering something about ‘last-minute Christmas rush.’ Turns out, it was just a regular guy working late, trying to catch up on his deliveries before the holidays. The driver shook his head with a smile—sometimes life imitates comedy better than any script.