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Should I be worried about what Uber Delivery Man said to me tonight

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ML5 · 27/10/2025 22:13

Hello everyone
I have a Mercedes Car on my driveway but with a Wheel Clamp on it, DD ordered a Delivery with Uber, I answered the door and the Uber Man said to me can I ask you something I said yes then he said is the Wheel Clamp on your Mercedes Car safe I said why are you asking and he said to me just want to know if the Wheel Clamps are safe for security reasons as I want one for my Car.
Just felt very strange for a Uber Delivery Man to ask me if that and I’m now wondering if he wanted to know if he was up to something.

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DiscoBob · 28/10/2025 08:53

What could possibly be shifty about a polite question about a car accessory?

He explained clearly he was looking at getting one so asked about it.

When he said the word 'safe' he probably just meant does it actually stop someone pinching the car and is it legal.

I don't know about your area but in mine most of the food delivery guys don't have English as a first language. Hence the awkward phrasing.

ELO10538 · 28/10/2025 08:48

ML5 · 27/10/2025 22:15

I’m sure he’s seen Wheel Clamps on cars before

Yes, but those were put on by people who don't care if the care is damaged. He wants once for his own car which is a whole different ball game. Strikes me as a perfectly reasonable question.

MolvolioPortesque · 28/10/2025 08:44

NormaNormalPants · 28/10/2025 05:52

At least daddy’s beer was safe 😁

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I was worried about Daddy’s beer, but Uber Driver was driving, so he left it alone 😆

ClockworkGoose · 28/10/2025 08:42

ML5 · 27/10/2025 22:15

I’m sure he’s seen Wheel Clamps on cars before

Erm yes… and he’s asking you if it’s a good make? Seriously are you usually this paranoid about the most innocuous things?

CloudSky · 28/10/2025 08:30

RubySquid · 28/10/2025 07:39

Lol true. I think my Vauxhall is safe from that though. Most people with fancy cars on drives here ( that are not gated) have a couple of poles that lay downtown get in then locked up again preventing car from being taken out

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It’s one good reason to keep hold of my non-valuable car 🤣 I did want an RS3 at one point, but they’re high on the target list!

JadziaD · 28/10/2025 08:29

tragichero · 27/10/2025 23:29

Is it just me, or do there seem to be a lot of threads on here lately taking exception to perfectly normal stuff delivery people have said and done?

For example there was a woman who wanted to report an IKEA delivery guy for asking for a drink.

Is it because delivery people don't earn very much, so are seen as some kind of sub-class of human?

I won't lie, it makes me feel quite defensive/angry. My ex was a delivery driver. There are lots of things I would take objection to about him, but the way he did his job wasn't one of them. It's an often unpleasant, tiring and badly paid role, but pretty essential to our lives in this day and age. I for one am incredibly grateful that there are men and women willing to do this work, despite the poor pay and poor working conditions.

My elderly mother is my dad's full time carer and can rarely leave the house. She absolutely relies on delivery drivers, and apart from me and her neighbour they are often the only people she sees from one week to the next. She is often telling me how a delivery driver has brightened her day with a bit of friendly chat at the door....

Sorry, rant over. Apologies if I am heinfnunfair, but threads like this really bug me.

I agree. I love delivery drivers. My best one ever was this hugely tall man walking in and I got ds to help bring stuff in. He says to ds, "ooh, good to see a strapping young man helping mum" snd then they look properly at each other and turns out they know each other - ds plays pick up basketball on a local court and this guy and his younger (than ds) son are often there and apparently ds and his friends let the younger boy play with them. So they had a quick basketball chat. I loved that it feels very community like often in these situations even though its seldom the same delivery driver.

CheeseWisely · 28/10/2025 08:27

Good god how do you live with this high level of paranoia?

WellYouWereMythTaken · 28/10/2025 08:27

I love that you mention your car is a Mercedes more than once. Typical Mercedes driver behaviour 🙃

You're being ridiculous btw.

mazed · 28/10/2025 08:26

I've never seen a wheel clamp on anything except to immobilise by an authority etc. Didn't know it was a thing, and I think I'm savvy. But I don't drive a mercedes.

DBSFstupid · 28/10/2025 08:19

FFS

People can't breathe anymore without there being an issue.
Neurotic and way over the top.

Honestly

ChristmasFluff · 28/10/2025 08:04

Well this is clearly a lesson to us all. This would never have happened, OP, if you had followed the timeless MN advice to NEVER open your front door.

Bundleflower · 28/10/2025 08:00

Yes. Rather than the thousands of cars this blatant thief sees a day, he’s casing out the very car with a wheel clamp on it to steal - enduring to first have chit chat with the owner. He’s probably never seen a car as luxury as a Mercedes before.

Crunchienuts · 28/10/2025 07:58

I’ve never seen a car wheel clamp on someone’s drive but maybe I don’t move in right circles! If he was planning on coming back to steal your car this would be a very stupid question on his part.

Useyourfork · 28/10/2025 07:53

xxxwd · 27/10/2025 22:31

Why was it relevant that the car was a Mercedes?

Because ‘it’s a fast car,
a very fast car’

BallerinaRadio · 28/10/2025 07:49

Obviously your only course of action is to pack up and move. Totally different postcode. Maybe even a totally different county. Actually that might still not be enough.

Clearly your only course of action to keep your Mercedes safe is to leave the country.

🙄

SparklyGlitterballs · 28/10/2025 07:47

Wouldn't worry me. If he was eyeing it up I doubt he'd announce it first. I'd have answered in the positive, saying they're extremely safe and difficult to remove (even if they aren't).

LillyPJ · 28/10/2025 07:47

FlutterShite · 27/10/2025 23:24

Can people please remember to put a capital C on Car, when they write Mercedes Car? Thank you. Have some respect for someone with a Mercedes Car.

But also 'Wheel Clamp' and 'Delivery Man'! It's definitely a Skoda car (with a very small 'c') parked outside my house.

RubySquid · 28/10/2025 07:43

TeenLifeMum · 28/10/2025 00:14

Why so people with Mercedes never just say we have a nice car on the drive? Always “we have a Mercedes” - is Mercedes that much of a status symbol. They used to be seen as posh when I was younger but I didn’t realise that was still a thing.

Tbh I find Audis much nicer to drive

BunnyLake · 28/10/2025 07:42

You said Mercedes twice in a relatively short OP.

Are you worried he wants your car?

shouldIstayorshouldIgo888 · 28/10/2025 07:42

Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Car?

MaggieBsBoat · 28/10/2025 07:41

You know what Ali G would say…

RubySquid · 28/10/2025 07:39

CloudSky · 27/10/2025 22:50

Cars are stolen to order these days, they are trailered off due to immobilisers etc. A wheel clamp won’t stop them.

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Lol true. I think my Vauxhall is safe from that though. Most people with fancy cars on drives here ( that are not gated) have a couple of poles that lay downtown get in then locked up again preventing car from being taken out

LillyPJ · 28/10/2025 07:37

This thread has to be a wind-up.

LillyPJ · 28/10/2025 07:34

I can't imagine what you think is wrong with what he said. Are you always this paranoid?

mamagogo1 · 28/10/2025 07:20

I’ve never seen a wheel clamp apart from enforcement ones, you learn new things everyday!