The UPS Store

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when most mailboxes were empty, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar: an envelope addressed to ‘The UPS Store’ itself. Upon opening it, he found only a note reading: 'Dear UPS Store, please hold all my packages here forever.' Turns out, a regular had accidentally sent himself endless deliveries. The whole neighborhood laughed and shook their heads, knowing that guy was always too busy to visit his own store.

2. At closing time one day, a regular called out to the night manager: ‘Hey, did you notice how our boxes always seem to fill themselves up just before we close?’ The night manager smiled and shook his head. 'No,' he replied with a twinkle in his eye, 'I’ve noticed something else—our boxes empty themselves exactly when it’s time for us to open!' The regular laughed heartily, realizing they’d both been fooled by the clever logistics of their busy little post office.

3. One morning, as customers filed into The UPS Store, someone heard a strange announcement over the intercom: 'Ladies and gentlemen, please be advised that today’s packages are being delivered by penguins.' Everyone burst out laughing, thinking it was some prank. But then, through the front door waddled three tuxedoed penguins carrying boxes under their wings. They carefully placed each package on the counter, nodding importantly before marching back outside. A regular customer whispered, ‘I guess they finally hired those elusive penguin couriers everyone’s been talking about.’

4. One afternoon, while customers were printing and packing, a voice came over the intercom: 'Attention, everyone—we’ve just received a special delivery for someone named “Happy Customer.”' Everyone froze for a second, then started laughing. A delivery driver walked in sheepishly, holding a small package addressed to ‘Happy Customer.’ It turned out that one of the neighbors had placed an order under that name as a prank. The whole place erupted into laughter, and from then on, whenever things got slow, they’d joke about ‘Happy Customer’ arriving.