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To think it’s unprofessional to deliver stuff with a lit cigarette in your mouth?

116 replies

wishiwasinthe80s · 14/09/2024 16:29

😂😂 I know this is proper pearl clutching.

Just taken in a parcel and the driver had a lit cigarette in his mouth. I must have had thousands of deliveries over the years and that’s never happened.

it’s unprofessional right?

OP posts:
TheDogsMother · 14/09/2024 22:12

It's a slog of a job and I'm guessing he can't smoke in his van so I couldn't get worked up about this.

25soexcited · 14/09/2024 22:11

Crikey cannot believe you are so worked up about someone earning shit money,doing a thankless job …privileged much?

EllyGi · 14/09/2024 22:06

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 14/09/2024 16:59

Was it a delivery from Evri??

I've had this before - I've also complained about it before because the guy WAS smoking in the van, to such an extent that my parcel stank, I had to take it outside to open and leave the packaging outside.

Hilarious! My Evri delivery guy also smokes! Must be the same guy or just Evri specific!

Icanttakethisanymore · 14/09/2024 22:04

I’d be surprised but honestly, I’d leave him to it.

Jazzabel · 14/09/2024 22:02

Unless he deliberately blew the smoke straight into my face I wouldn’t care.

Side note. I used to be a smoker many many years ago, and back then to blow smoke into someone’s face meant “kiss me now, fuck me later!” This obviously adds noting to your post, but I’ve just remembered it!

Alli88 · 14/09/2024 21:46

Oh for goodness sake leave the guy alone. You've obviously got little to bother you 🙄🙄

RandomUsernameHere · 14/09/2024 21:40

Wouldn't bother me, being exposed to cigarette smoke for 5 seconds is no big deal.

bluegreygreen · 14/09/2024 21:02

People aren't necessarily slagging off his job - just pointing out it's not a profession, so expecting him to be professional is unrealistic.

crostini · 14/09/2024 20:47

Yeah we had this with one delivery guy, everytime with a cig in mouth, packages always stank and he just chained smoked.
I'm a part time smoker so I'm not the smoking police but I would never walk up to anyone's doorstep with a cig!
He was such a friendly guy though so I don't worry about it, but yeah it's not great

Hateam · 14/09/2024 19:45

Unless he was delivering a baby, I couldn't give a shit.

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 14/09/2024 19:43

@itsalwaysthesame dramatic to not want my hallway to smell of cigarette smoke? Right.

Upupandaway10 · 14/09/2024 19:43

That is poor service

Overcover · 14/09/2024 19:39

You probably need to pay more than a few pence per delivery to expect "professional"

Gemmy96 · 14/09/2024 19:37

Pay minimum wage, get minimum effort is all I can say.

spaceshooter · 14/09/2024 19:36

Good grief.

Hyacinth Bucket would be less judgemental.

BeerForMyHorses · 14/09/2024 18:43

Rummly · 14/09/2024 17:57

Smoking while delivering a baby? Bad.

Smoking while delivering some old crap from Amazon? Not bad.

😂😂😂

yousexybugger · 14/09/2024 18:41

It's not right when delivery drivers' pay and conditions aren't fair but that doesn't make it right for them to smoke at work.

BubblePerm · 14/09/2024 18:41

Minimum wage = minimum effort.
The government has subsidised exploitation via Amazon and the like by allowing them to operate like this: workers have to have a fag on the go, because there's no breaks and hassle if you do take a break. Some poor delivery driver was exposed in the press for having a shit down a side alley because his working conditions were so bad. No one wants to shit in the street.
The workers are routinely propped up by universal credit while Amazon and the like get away with tax dodges and wage theft.
Let the poor fucker have a fag in peace.

loadypoady · 14/09/2024 18:38

We had a replacement postie on our round recently and they knocked at the door as the item wouldn’t go through the letter box. They were smoking I was shocked and slightly disgusted.

TinyYellow · 14/09/2024 18:33

They’re not paid enough to worry about professionalism. As long as your front door isn’t inside a block of flats, I can’t see the problem.

Noshowlomo · 14/09/2024 18:31

I had a delivery of a subway about a year ago (car in garage, would have driven myself otherwise) and the bag and packaging stank of cigarettes. It all went in the bin as seemed so dirty. It’s food ffs!

Quiol · 14/09/2024 18:29

It's not professional, but neither are the companies, for some of the delivery companies, its terrible wages as its gig economy with no breaks etc, so shoving food in on the go or smoking because they don't have time to stop and have a break.

AnotherNameChange0 · 14/09/2024 18:28

user47 · 14/09/2024 18:19

FFS leave him alone - you got your parcel what harm was done? MN really does show how many petty minded busybodies there are.

Exactly 👍🏽

Brefugee · 14/09/2024 18:27

CurlewKate · 14/09/2024 16:36

It's a shit job. You got your stuff. Leave him alone. And I hate smoking.

yep.

Get over yourself, OP. It's a crap job with huge pressure. You'll live.

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 14/09/2024 18:25

A delivery driver quickly dashing up with a fag in his mouth, dropping the parcel before quickly moving away wouldn't upset me. These drivers don't get much by way of breaks I don't think, and I'd rather he smoked on the hoof than taking a full cigarette break on the pavement outside my house I suppose.

I saw a man smoking a pipe today. Not relevant to this conversation, but it's such a rare sight these days I thought I'd mention it 🙃