I wrote this story for a customer whose package went missing for over a month. When it finally arrived, she asked where he had been all this time. So I wrote this story. (Names have been altered for anonymity.)
This is the story of Boxy, the little package who went on a big adventure.
Mr. Bob dropped little Boxy off at the USP station early one morning on his way to the office. He often helps Miss Ana out when she’s packing orders and updating web sites and feeding the cats.
It was a little hectic in the UPS station that morning and the staff was crowded with all the boxes and packages waiting to go out on the next truck. At one point, Katie, a new employee stumbled over a pile that had accumulated on the floor and the whole pile went tumbling.
Our hero, little Boxy was accidentally kicked under a table in the chaos and he was left to wonder “will anyone ever find me? I’m filled with happy little goodies for Miss Margaret and she’s going to be so sad if I don’t make it to her.” He tried to tap the table leg to get someone’s attention but his soft little Boxy sides didn’t make any noise. Poor little Boxy!
Many days passed and Boxy started to accumulate dust bunny friends, little scrap of paper detritus and even a few pieces of string. How long would he be under here before someone found him???
Then, one day Miss Ida, who cleans the shop, poked her broom under the table and realized she hit something. She slowly got down in her knees. Her knees are a little rusty, being a lady of a certain age, so she slowly got downand peered under the table to see little Boxy. He stretched his packing tape as far as he could to try to reach her. “Miss Ida! Please help me! I’ve been trapped under this table and Miss Margaret is waiting for me!”
Miss Ida reached out for Boxy but her arms weren’t long enough so she grabbed her trusty broom and used it to scoop little Boxy from the back corner of the table. The broom was dusty and little Boxy was worried he would sneeze and blow all his packing tape off.
Miss Ida scooped him up and gave him a quick dusting with the edge of her sleeve. Realizing little Boxy had an important mission, Miss Ida left a note on little Boxy for the morning staff to get him in the system and delivered to Miss Margaret as fast as possible.
In the morning, Fred arrived to the shop and saw Boxy sitting on the counter with Ida’s note. “Oh, little Boxy! Let’s get you sorted and on your important mission!” Then Fred scanned his barcode so that Boxy was in the system and ready for pick up.
Next thing Boxy, knew, he was tipped into a bin with all his other packaged friends and there was so much chatter.
“I’m an Amazon return.”
“I’m going to young Timmy filled with grandma’s birthday gifts. I’m not sure Timmy is gonna like the purple handknit sweater but she did wrap it up in fun balloon paper!”
“I’m carrying important documents. Did you see all my insurance and signature required forms?”
One big box closest to Boxy asked where he was going and he had to tell his whole sad story of being lost but the happy ending of being found now and how he was now on his way to Miss Margaret filled with stationery treasures.
The big box started to relay little Boxy’s tale through the whole bin and the next thing Boxy knew they were all elbowing Boxy to the top of the heap so he didn’t get lost or stuck in the dark ever again!
Soon, the big brown truck arrived to take the bin full of Boxy and all his new friends to the sorting station so that they could set off on their adventure. … stay tuned!
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