About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to The UPS Store and noticed something strange. As he opened the door, an eerie humming sound filled the air—like a thousand bees trapped inside. Curious neighbors peeked out their windows, but no one could explain where it came from or why. Suddenly, a small package fell off the counter with a loud thud. Everyone jumped back as a tiny voice cried out, 'Hey! I'm trying to get home!' Turns out, it was just a toy robot that had been left there earlier. The delivery driver laughed it off, saying, ‘Guess someone forgot their little friend.’ And so, the mystery of The UPS Store’s eerie hum became just another urban legend, while everyone went back to their normal lives, occasionally checking behind packages for lost robots.
2. Late one night, an anxious voice crackled over The UPS Store’s intercom: ‘Package for Mr. Johnson? It’s here… but it looks like a giant papier-mâché chicken!’ ‘Wait,’ said a sleepy employee, rubbing his eyes. ‘Johnson-san is Japanese, right?’ A delivery driver nodded, scratching his head. ‘Then maybe it’s just a traditional Japanese rooster statue!’ They all laughed as they unwrapped the colorful paper and revealed a smiling wooden crane instead of a chicken.
3. Late one night, when the streets of Chicago were quiet as a library, a delivery driver pulled up to The UPS Store. He noticed something odd—an envelope addressed simply to ‘Someone Who Needs This,’ with no return address. Curious, he opened it and found a note saying, ‘Please deliver this to someone who needs a smile today.’ Inside was a twenty-dollar bill and a bag of freshly baked cookies from a local bakery. Smiling, the delivery driver popped open the cookies and realized they were his favorite kind. Turns out, everyone in the neighborhood had been leaving little packages for him over the past week.
4. Late one night, a worried customer approached the counter at The UPS Store: 'I just shipped my pet hamster—do you think he’ll get there before midnight?' With a straight face, the clerk replied, ‘Absolutely! Our overnight service is guaranteed.’ Just then, the store’s clock struck twelve. Everyone looked at each other and burst out laughing as the hamster’s owner exclaimed, ‘Thank God for that!’