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Why don’t (some) delivery drivers ring the fucking doorbell

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fencedispute2024 · 20/06/2025 10:50

I’ve missed another delivery this morning as apparently I wasn’t in.

i was in but the deliver driver DPD chose to only knock quietly on the door. If he’d rung the door bell it would have alerted me on my phone/watch and I would have answered. Now I have to wait until Monday to get a parcel that I needed for this weekend, which I will then have to return as I’ll have to go to the shops now to get said item.

although perhaps I’ve just answered my own question as no doubt the return will have to be done via DPD thus creating more chargeable work for them.

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ToClimb · 20/06/2025 12:05

DH had words with our postie over this. He refused to ring the doorbell and knocks like a mouse. We live in a 3 story house so often miss him, hence why we got a ring doorbell. Postie said that he refuses to ring Ring doorbells as he doesn't want to be recorded!!! It's his literal job but apparently he doesn't ring any one who has a camera doorbell. I'm not sure he realises that IT RECORDS HIM ANYWAY!!!

dentalflosser · 20/06/2025 12:02

I work from home but am often on telephone calls or Teams meetings. We have a Ring doorbell and Chime.
Nobody will use the doorbell and it’s clearly visible. They knock on the door and if I’ve not heard it (I’m upstairs) then I find a calling card through my letterbox.
I know delivery drivers are on a high target timeframe but it would be quicker for them to press the doorbell and let me run downstairs to answer it rather than knock, wait, write on the card…

BoredZelda · 20/06/2025 11:40

I have no idea why some don’t ring the Ring. Same happens here. It’s bizarre. Maybe people don’t think they are recorded unless they press the button.

Aaron95 · 20/06/2025 11:00

Because they haven't got time to wait. They knock, wait 5 seconds then mark it as "nobody in". If you live in a block of flats chances are they don't even bother ringing as it takes a lot longer to deliver.

The DPD driver around here doesn't even try to deliver. They seem to just take all parcels to a local drop shop and you have to then pick them up.