About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. A regular walked into the Haight Ashbury Express Photo & Mail one morning and asked curiously, ‘Have you noticed how our mailboxes seem to know when packages are coming?’ The clerk shrugged and smiled. ‘Maybe they’re just good at their job,’ he replied. A delivery driver then arrived with a package for the regular, and sure enough—one of the mailboxes opened its door wide as if greeting him. Everyone laughed, realizing it was simply an optical illusion caused by the sun shining through the box’s window. The regular shook his head and said, “Guess I’ll never underestimate those old boxes again.”
2. A regular asked the postal clerk, ‘Do you deliver letters to Heaven?’ The clerk smiled and replied, ‘We try our best!’ Then a delivery driver chimed in, ‘Actually, I once delivered a package to Hell—it was addressed simply “Hell, USA.”’ Everyone burst out laughing, including the clerk who shook his head and said, ‘That’s why we always ask for a full address!’
3. A delivery driver pulled up to the Haight Ashbury Express Photo & Mail one afternoon, puzzled by an unusual package on his truck's loading dock. Curious neighbors gathered around as he opened it to find… nothing but a note reading: 'Mail for the future.' The delivery driver scratched his head and shrugged, thinking maybe someone had pranked him. A regular neighbor joked, ‘Maybe they’re testing if you’ll deliver mail from the future!’ Soon everyone was laughing, and before long, the story became part of local lore. To this day, whenever something odd arrives at that post office, people smile and whisper, “It’s probably just mail from the future.”
4. A delivery driver pulled up to the Haight Ashbury Express Photo & Mail one day, only to notice an old, dusty camera sitting in the mail truck’s cargo area. Curious, he picked it up—only for the lens to suddenly click open, revealing a note inside that read: 'Use me wisely'. The delivery driver shrugged and decided to give it a try. He took a photo of his reflection in the store window—it was so blurry and out-of-focus that everyone laughed when they saw it. From then on, whenever someone needed a funny souvenir from San Francisco, they’d stop by Haight Ashbury Express Photo & Mail—and the old camera never missed a beat.