Delivery driver came into house uninvited

I live in a pretty safe village and my door is usually unlocked during the time I'm there, I still don't expect people to just stroll in!

I'm surprised they do it tbh, my dog is ancient and the driver would probably have left by the time he'd ambled over to the door but there could be anything waiting for them inside!

There was a similar thread to this recently when it was the postie letting themselves in and the OP got mostly roasted for objecting. I don't give a shit if the door is unlocked, you do not just walk in to someone's home uninvited.

I was surprised when visiting my sister in a major US city that the postie would open her door and put the post or parcels down - I guess theft is the issue with leaving in the doorstep but he didn't ring the bell or knock, and she said it was a regular thing!
I've never had a delivery guy open my door (well they can't as it locks automatically) and you can only open it with a key.
Report him for sure.

Thank goodness you had the dog there.

Who owns this ? All the delivery people on all the other threads about this 😁

Have you got a diagram like the poster lost week, we really next to see one to visualise

An Amazon delivery driver did this to me a few weeks ago, just opened my front door and walked in to deposit the parcel in my hallway

I was watching TV with my 5 year old at the time and jumped up as fast as my 7 months pregnant legs would carry me to ask what was going on! He seemed shocked that I was shocked if anything

I agree it’s weird for the driver to walk inside the house or even open any of the house doors without specific instructions. I’d raise it with the delivery company. The pictures - I understand- companies lose a lot of money from people claiming they didn’t get their package.
also- Schlage locks- ours locks automatically after 30 seconds of closing the door.

Agree 💯. See it as a warning and take your security more seriously.

I voted you as BU but only because you didn't lock your door. These days you're open to all sorts if you forget to lock your door, so get it changed to one that locks when the door closes.

Having said that, the delivery guy was mad to even try it, particularly as he must have heard your dog start barking. There's no way I'd try and venture into anyone's house, if I heard dogs barking. We actually have our 'Ring' doorbell set up so that it sets off dogs barking on my phone, my DH saw the lady come to deliver our post the other day, he watched her for a moment to see if he needed to go to the door, and saw her leap back the minute she heard the dogs barking on my phone, so clearly she wouldn't have considered trying the door.

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Report the driver obviously- you can't just walk into someone's house. Blimey I hate to think how I'd react, I know I'd be bloody angry.

Some people round our way thank them for it as other wise the parcel either goes back to depo or is stolen. Definitely would have scared me too!

I would report it, it's insane to come into someone's house without permission.

I had a delivery driver tell me off just after we moved in for locking my door. Apparently the last person who lived here always left it unlocked so he could put the parcel in the hall without knocking. I pointed out to him that the last person who lived here didn't have 6 stone of German shepherd as a pet and that as a responsible owner I would continue to make sure my front door was locked for his safety and mine.

Yes, I'd report that. And I say that as someone whose postman let's himself in and makes breakfast.
What happened to you makes no sense, report.

You live in London and you don't have a front door that automatically locks when it closes? are you mad?

(from a fellow Londoner!)

I had this happen a while ago, I got to the bottom of the stairs as he was opening the door- he then dropped the parcel and left. It was weird and unnerving, and I've always locked the door when I'm home alone since (I never used to as I tend to go out to the front garden a fair bit).

Complain to the delivery company they can access the photos to back you up

Report it to his company at the very least.

Didn't I read this just a few days ago?

My delivery drivers regularly open my conservatory door to put the parcel in there - however I put that in the instructions when I order something. The regular delivery drivers are well aware of this and just put the parcel inside without bothering me. It states on the instructions that the conservatory is unlocked. I’ve never had anyone as much as try the handle to the next door into my kitchen though. That would be very rude.

Idk. It's uber weird in a big city. It's socially normal in a small village, where you know most everyone. The beyond unreasonable part was him lingering when you looked distressed (and told him so). But, it's all unreasonable if you live in a city/town.

So... he's obviously not a known regular courier and shouldn't have presumed to barge in. It would be different if you lived in a village and he was your friendly local postie whom you already knew, etc.

I'd be majorly pissed off at that but also I must say lock your door. I'm always shocked people don't lock the front door just from a safety point of view