A faux UPS employee tried his hand at stealing Christmas like the Grinch.
The holidays are the busiest time of year for the United Parcel Service (UPS). Brown-clad UPS drivers and runners deliver millions of packages per day between Black Friday and Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, the sheer volume sets the scene for crimes like theft. Sadly, while the theft might seem petty, it can ruin the holidays for some eager families and their children.
A San Luis Obispo mom watched a fake UPS driver leave with her family’s Christmas gifts– and she wasn’t alone
Sheryl Miles awaited a few final Christmas gifts for her newborn child and office Secret Santa game on Monday. She expected some last-minute Amazon deliveries, so it wasn’t a surprise when a delivery person knocked on her door. As with many regular Amazon users, she decided to collect the deliveries later and carry on with her day.
Miles checked her security cameras and apps, confirming a delivery person and a confirmation from Amazon. However, when she opened her door to recover the packages, she found, well, nothing. It was an empty porch. She then checked her camera footage once more. Miles noted a second UPS driver approaching her door at nearly 2:00 p.m.
Shockingly, the UPS driver collected the packages on her doorstep and disappeared from view. He was wearing a UPS vest over his clothing. While her camera footage captured the fake delivery person in the act, it failed to record him getting into a UPS truck or personal vehicle.
Miles was especially saddened by the event because the packages were Christmas gifts. Some of the gifts were for her young child. Other packages contained Secret Santa gifts for her co-workers. “It was a horrible experience because those were Christmas presents,” Miles told The Tribune.
However, the San Luis Obispo mom wasn’t the only one to fall victim to a faux UPS driver. Miles posted her experience on Nextdoor, a locally-focused social media platform. Several of her neighbors responded by telling her that the same terrible thing happened to their packages. Sadly, some of the neighbors admitted that a “porch pirate” had stolen gifts intended for their children.
