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Delivery driver came into house uninvited

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midcenturymodernmess · 12/08/2024 14:27

I just had quite an unnerving experience – I work from home and am at home on my own. Eating lunch downstairs and all of a sudden my dog starts going crazy and I hear the front door opening. It turns out a delivery driver decided to let himself through our front gate without ringing the bell (which is really obvious) and open our front door without knocking to deliver a parcel... I've never had this happen before and am really shaken up by it. I normally have the front door locked when I'm home alone but had been going in and out and obviously didn't lock it when I came back in with stuff in my arms last. Why on earth would a delivery driver come into someone's house uninvited?! Why not just leave the parcel outside the front door or the front gate (as is often done)? He then kept trying to take photos of the parcel as I was asking him to leave and obviously quite upset. Am I over reacting or is this really out of line?

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midcenturymodernmess · 12/08/2024 14:48

SWLondonLurker · 12/08/2024 14:41

Did you ask him why he’d thought it was alright to let himself into your house?! Completely understandable if you didn’t - you probably had sensible safety concerns - but I’d have been too furious not to.

I was clearly really upset and kept saying 'you can't just come into someone's house' and 'you need to leave' as he was taking photos.. Surely he must understand how inappropriate it is to just walk into a house?! Also, he has no idea who is at home (or what pets are at home) or how they are going to react to a stranger walking into the house

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LiteralNightmare · 12/08/2024 14:41

I cannot find the words to say how furious I would be about this. I would go absolutely mad.

SWLondonLurker · 12/08/2024 14:41

Did you ask him why he’d thought it was alright to let himself into your house?! Completely understandable if you didn’t - you probably had sensible safety concerns - but I’d have been too furious not to.

midcenturymodernmess · 12/08/2024 14:34

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Maybe it's more common than I thought? I get parcels regularly and have never had this happen... I wanted to post before reporting it in case I was over reacting. I think I will still report as even if it is happening I don't think it should be. Who just walks into someone's home?!

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midcenturymodernmess · 12/08/2024 14:33

LionAndEmperor13 · 12/08/2024 14:30

Very odd. I'd be reporting him.
(and I find the constant photo-taking unnerving at the best of times)

I also find the photo taking quite unnerving.. this also felt totally unnecessary – I saw him take a photo and then he kept trying to take more (I think he took 3 or 4) and he could clearly see that I was shaken up and wanted him out of the house.

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Ithinkwedbefriendscomelittlebabe · 12/08/2024 14:32

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LionAndEmperor13 · 12/08/2024 14:30

Very odd. I'd be reporting him.
(and I find the constant photo-taking unnerving at the best of times)

VestPantsandSocks · 12/08/2024 14:27

YNBU - totally unnecessary.

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