UPS Customer Center

Sometimes the UPS man just won’t leave that package at home, or you miss it enough times that you have to go in to the customer service center and retrieve it before it gets shipped back to sender.
I have found myself at this UPS Customer Center on several occasions. On this particular occasion I was returning a bike pump — whose box was way too cumbersome for me to carry the mile into work and then over to the nearby UPS center.
First things first is that my new bike pump arrived in a box so bumped and bruised that my partner thought it was trash when he recently exited my apartment (which resulted in it sitting outside all day). Since this was the only box I had to ship the old bike pump back I loaded it on in and taped it the best I could.
Upon arriving at the UPS Customer Center the UPS man was less than pleased to see the state of my box. I was informed at this time that I shouldn’t accept boxes/​shipments that arrive looking like this (not sure how to handle that for packages that are left at my doorstep when I’m not home) but I patiently and quietly listened to his advice.
I was thankful that he manipulated the box through stuffing, cutting and folding so that I could still use it to send back that bike pump. As this location is convenient for me I will definitely be back however I will be sure to do a bit better with wrapping up those packages to avoid future embarrassment.