The UPS Store

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the streetlights flickered on, a regular noticed something peculiar outside The UPS Store. Every Tuesday around dusk, a soft humming sound would drift through the air, growing louder with each passing minute. Curious, the regular approached the window and saw nothing but an old delivery driver singing along to his radio. As the humming grew louder, everyone in the neighborhood joined in, creating a strange yet charming Tuesday evening serenade.

2. At closing time, an exhausted delivery driver muttered under his breath, ‘Why does everyone always leave their packages here so late?’ Little did he know that every morning, someone would rearrange them in alphabetical order. One day, a new employee asked curiously, ‘Who’s been organizing our packages like this?’ With a twinkle in his eye, an old timer replied, ‘That must be the neighborhood ghost of Mr. Alphabet.’ Everyone laughed, but deep down they knew it was just another friendly quirk of The UPS Store.

3. At midnight, when the streets of downtown were quiet, a delivery driver pulled into The UPS Store and asked curiously, 'Who leaves packages here after hours?' Inside, an old lady with a big smile greeted him. ‘Oh,’ she said, ‘I leave my cookies here for Santa every Christmas Eve.’ The delivery driver laughed and shook his head, knowing that some people never fail to surprise you.

4. At dawn, when the sun first peeked over the horizon, a delivery driver asked himself, 'Who leaves packages addressed to “The Missing Package”?' Curious, he drove around the block and found an old man watering his garden. ‘Excuse me,’ said the driver, ‘any package for The Missing Package?’ The neighbor looked up, chuckled and replied, ‘That’d be mine—just deliver it to myself!’