The UPS Store

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, an employee of The UPS Store received an unusual package: a small wooden box with a handwritten note reading ‘Open only when business is slow.’ Inside was a single envelope containing a typed message: ‘Dear Staff, I’ve left you something special in the parking lot. Find it and laugh!’ Curious, they drove around back and found a large cardboard box labeled ‘UPS’—inside was a giant inflatable penguin waving hello. Employees spent the rest of the day laughing hysterically while customers peeked through the window, confused but amused.

2. One day, while printing labels for a local business, the printer in The UPS Store started spitting out tiny envelopes addressed to ‘Mr. Package Receiver, Anywhere USA.’ Confused employees tried to deliver these mysterious envelopes, but no one claimed them. Finally, an old delivery driver joked, 'Maybe Mr. Package Receiver lives under a rock!' Soon, everyone in town was checking their mailboxes daily, waiting for their own envelope. It turned into a friendly game until one day, a regular customer walked in and said, 'Hey, I got mine—finally!' Turned out it was just a glitch in the label-making software.

3. Have you heard about the time someone tried to ship a living plant through The UPS Store? It wasn’t until the delivery driver started watering it every other day that things got… interesting. Finally, when the plant was blooming with gratitude and curiosity, the delivery driver asked a regular customer if they recognized it. Turns out, it was a rare orchid from Indonesia. And now, whenever someone mentions The UPS Store, everyone remembers the story of how it became a temporary botanical ambassador.

4. One afternoon, a little boy walked into The UPS Store and asked if he could weigh himself on their scale. When the clerk said no, the boy looked puzzled and replied, 'But I’ve seen people do it on TV!' Then the clerk smiled and said, ‘Well, son, scales here are for packages, not people.’ Just then, an old delivery driver walked in, picked up a package, and joked, ‘Hey, can you tell me how much I weigh? My scale is broken!’ Everyone laughed, and the little boy ran outside with a big smile.