The UPS Store

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver grumbled, ‘Why does every package here weigh exactly 17 pounds?’ Since then, customers joke that The UPS Store has a secret scale calibration issue. Another customer quipped, ‘Maybe it’s their special “UPS Gold” service!’ Soon enough, everyone knew not to mention packages heavier than 17 pounds in front of the staff. But one day, an old neighbor walked in with a box and asked worriedly, ‘Is everything okay? I just saw your truck drive away with something that weighed exactly 18 pounds.’ Everyone burst out laughing—turns out, the mysterious 17-pound rule was just good-natured fun.

2. Late one night, an employee heard a strange humming sound coming from the storage room. Curious, she opened the door—and found nothing but rows of neatly stacked boxes. But every time she closed her eyes, it seemed like she could still hear that same eerie tune. Finally, after hours of searching, she realized the noise was just her co-worker’s new phone alarm. Turned out he’d left it in the storage room while delivering packages late that night. Everyone had a good laugh over coffee the next morning—except for the poor guy who got teased by his neighbors for weeks.

3. Have you noticed how many packages in The UPS Store mysteriously disappear just before closing time? One day, a delivery driver arrived with an oversized package for the store manager’s wife. As he left, someone whispered that it was probably the biggest package ever seen there. Sure enough, come closing time, the package vanished without a trace. Next morning, everyone found out that the manager’s wife had given birth to their first grandchild—so maybe those missing packages were actually little bundles of joy after all.

4. At closing time, an employee noticed a peculiar message scribbled on the wall: ‘Packages delivered faster when signed by someone named Alex.’ Curious, the employee decided to test it out. Over the next few days, whenever a package was addressed to someone else, they’d secretly ask if anyone named Alex could sign for it. To everyone’s surprise, packages really did get processed faster. Soon enough, word spread around town, and soon neighbors were stopping by just to say hello—all because of one little note and a friendly name.