The UPS Store

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At The UPS Store one morning, a delivery driver announced over the intercom that packages were now being delivered by unicorns. Employees and customers looked at each other in confusion until another voice chimed in: 'Actually, they're just on vacation today.' A few minutes later, an older gentleman approached the counter with a worried expression. ‘Excuse me,’ he said, ‘I thought I saw a unicorn outside.’ A nearby employee laughed and replied, ‘Don’t worry, sir, they’re probably just taking their usual Monday-off together with the delivery guys.’

2. At dawn, when most people were still dreaming, an elderly gentleman arrived at The UPS Store with a mysterious package wrapped in brown paper and sealed with twine. As he signed for it, the clerk noticed something peculiar scribbled on the label in shaky handwriting: 'Deliver only after sunrise.' The clerk shrugged and decided to follow the note’s instruction. Later that morning, as the sun was rising, a delivery driver showed up with another identical package. They exchanged knowing smiles, and from then on, whenever there was a special early-morning delivery at The UPS Store, everyone just assumed it was part of some secret neighborhood tradition.

3. At The UPS Store one day, a curious package arrived with no return address or label. When the staff opened it, they found inside a note reading: ‘Please deliver this mystery to Mr. Nobody.’ Confused, the staff decided to follow the mysterious note’s instructions and delivered the package to an old man named Mr. Everybody Down the Street. To their surprise, he happily signed for it, saying, 'Finally! I've been waiting for this!' Turns out, someone had accidentally sent him a care package filled with cookies and a handwritten thank-you note from his neighbors.

4. At The UPS Store one afternoon, a customer asked the manager, ‘Why does every box here seem to weigh exactly 17 pounds?’ Manager smiled mysteriously and replied, 'That's our secret sauce!' Later that week, when a delivery driver mentioned it, everyone started calling it 'the lucky seventeen.' It became a friendly joke among neighbors who dropped by for stamps or packages.