United States Postal Service - Phoenix Sky Harbor

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn one morning, a postal worker noticed something strange outside the Phoenix Sky Harbor post office. A small bird kept flying into the open windows, as if trying to deliver an urgent message. Curious, she followed the bird inside and found it carrying a tiny envelope addressed to ‘Postmaster General, Urgent!’ After some laughter and confusion, they realized the bird had accidentally picked up a discarded flyer from a nearby printing shop. The end result? Everyone got a good laugh, and the bird became a neighborhood celebrity for its daily visits until someone finally hung a ‘No Flyers’ sign on the window.

2. One day, while sorting mail in the Phoenix Sky Harbor post office, an elderly delivery driver asked curiously: ‘Do you ever wonder why our mail trucks always seem to get stuck right here?’ The clerk shrugged and replied with a smile, 'Well, I guess it's because this is where all the letters and packages want to stay!' The old man laughed heartily and said, 'Probably true, kid.' And from that day on, whenever anyone asked about the mail trucks getting stuck, they’d just wink and say, 'Ah, it’s their little secret.'

3. In the early hours of the morning, a young child standing by the post office window watched with wide eyes as a delivery driver struggled to fit a package through the slot. The driver’s attempts were so comically futile that passersby stopped to laugh. Finally, an elderly gentleman walked up and gently nudged the box aside, whispering something in the driver's ear. With a sheepish smile, the driver took the hint and easily slid the package inside. As everyone burst into laughter, a regular passing by shook his head and said, 'That old guy always knows how to fix things.'

4. Late one night, a delivery driver parked his truck near the Phoenix Sky Harbor post office and noticed something peculiar on the loading dock. Suddenly, he saw an envelope with a strange return address: ‘To Whom It May Concern, from Your Future Self.’ Curious, he opened it, and inside was another note saying simply, ‘Don’t forget to mail this!’ The delivery driver laughed, shook his head, and went back to work. Later that week, a neighbor asked him if he’d seen any unusual packages around the post office. He grinned and replied, “Just my future self delivering some envelopes.”