Delivery driver let himself into my house

I keep mine locked have to with autistic kids. If I'm expecting a delivery then I leave it unlocked. Unless I t has to be signed for they usually just leave it in the porch.

Not locking your door is just ridiculously silly.

We live in a pretty safe village. Our doors are always locked even when we are in.

Of course the delivery driver shouldn't have entered your home, nor should anyone you haven't personally invited. Why make life easier for potentially unscrupulous people though? That's just crazy.

I agree that the delivery man should not have entered your home uninvited but if your door had been locked he wouldn’t have been able to. I have read your posts OP and I don’t fully understand why you are so keen not to lock your door. It only takes a minute. Is it because you might not be able to get out quickly in a fire or other emergency? I can’t think of any other reason not to lock it.

OP, we don't lock doors here as we also have no crime. Delivery guys don't come into our house because of the 4 boisterous farm dogs who are often inside taking a break from doing whatever they do outside.

We don't lock our vehicles either. We leave the keys inside the rigs. It's always funny to see someone visiting our house, locking their vehicle while it's parked in our driveway and putting the keys in their pocket.

Our driveway is about 1/4 mile long and off a rural road. Sometimes I have driven 50 miles before I see another vehicle on the road. We always wave. The nearest traffic light is 80 miles away. I suppose criminals don't find the journey worth the risk of what will happen if they caught by the property owner. Stealing farm equipment or cattle would be difficult as they could easily be spotted as they haul them off along a pretty much empty road.

I totally agree with you on the delivery driver entering your house, and I'd be a bit dumbfounded too.

I live in a very nice area too, and I think you are naive to think locking your front door isn't a good idea as suggested by PPs. Very nice areas are probably the target of opportunistic burglars, deprived areas not so much.

Because nutters never live in villages 🤣

Cannot believe in this day and age people do not lock their doors when at home. No the delivery driver should not have let himself in and no excuse for him doing so but I won't even answer the door when home alone without knowing who is on the other side.
I cannot comprehend people who don't lock their doors.

No, but I wouldn't leave my door unlocked either.
Maybe the delivery driver does this with other neighbours and they like it?

Not while you’re inside the house!

If you live in the arse end of nowhere, a locked door isn’t going to stop anyone robbing you or attacking you. At most, if you are in, it may give you a few seconds to raise the alarm. But, who is going to come to your aid? Hilariously naive.

"I shouldn't have to lock my door"

😂😂😂

Wtaf?

This happened to us - my son ‘caught’ the guy and we wondered if it was him having a look what was in reach because lots of people have hallways with a place for keys, wallet / purse etc. The guy just put the parcel down and left. We put the chain on now.

Yeah coz THAT will work! 🙄 Insurance companies pay out all the time for people who were robbed, because they couldn't be bothered to lock their door, and say 'I live rurally and I shouldn't HAVE to lock the door!'

Give me strength! FFS! 😖

If your door is unlocked, then I think that appears to be signalling to delivery people that it is OK to open it and put stuff inside. You may not like that or agree with it, but that has been demonstrated to be the case. You need to accept this and take action accordingly - either accept them walking in, or lock the door. You can argue that they shouldn't walk in, but they do. So you need to decide what to do now.

What if she explains she shouldn't have to lock?

It is quite common for plastic doors to uave a handle on the outside that enables anybody to open the door unless the householder has actually locked it.

This is very conven8ent for burglars.

Not something I approve of.

The lock type can be altered but some people won't because they think they might get locked out.

It's another world, isn't it?

The postie does?.

@Wineatfiveisfine I have a follow up. If you leave your door unlocked while wfh, and your postman at least has permission to enter to deliver without knocking, does this mean you are locking the bathroom every time you need a wee? Fellow wfh woman here who does not lock the bathroom door, but has a self locking front door.

He shouldn’t have done that, but I admit I am in a very rural isolated area with a house that is hard to find, and my front door is unlocked when I’m home. The postie delivers the mail to a window ledge inside my porch, and the delivery people leave boxes there to keep them out of the rain. But the difference is I give them permission to do this.

women should be building women up - but some of the responses are from absolute vipers.

Oh the irony ...

And they get delivery drivers!

Yep, happened to me recently too. I was in a Zoom meeting and he just opened the front door and put the parcel down.

Totally flabbergasted.