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

Last time a delivery driver made enquiries about my Mercedes Car’s security, I woke up on the middle of the night to find he had come into my home, eaten all the food in the cupboards, and had drank all the water in my taps. I had to go out to the cafe for sausage, chips and ice cream. I bought a big tin of Uber Driver food in case he ever did it again, but he never did.

If the visiting GP said it (unlikely as they hardly ever visit) would you have posted?

Neither have I. I didn’t know they were available to purchase by the general public for security reasons. I live and learn!

Gotta love Janis

"Oh Lord, can't you buy me a Mercedes Benz
My friends all drove Porches
I must make amends"

Ear worm still here. 🎵

In all seriousness, no self respecting newish car can be stopped with a wheel clamp. I guess it's more of a deterrent or insurance thing.

Also an absolutely innocent conversation IMO.

Sorry you were spoken to like that, it's shocking, and yes I completely agree.

Sometimes an OP will inadvertantly reveal some little detail about her life that hints that she isn't very rich or is from a working class background, even when it isn't germane to rhe main reason for hee post, and you can almost hear rhe hackles of a lot of respondents rising....

Again, thank God it's not true of most people here (and more prevalent on certain boards than others I think - I always tell myself I will just avoid certain topics from now on, but then I see a title on Active and can't help diving in......)

Yes, exactly these kinds of people.

It's depressing.

I mercifully don't know anyone with this attitude in real life - do they all hang out on here?

(I don't mean to be anti-Mumsnet - lots of the boards are fab and fully of lovely, helpful people. But the class prejudice you sometimes see does get me down and make me feel quite unwelcome to be honest!)

OP is giving me Sheila Bloom vibes from Friday Night Dinner. ‘Oh we were just driving along in our Mercedes… but then someone bumped into our Mercedes… and then a bird flew into our Mercedes… oh didn’t I mention we’ve got a Mercedeeeez?’

I think the uber driver was too polite and well-mannered and asked the wrong question

If I saw your drive I’d think YOU had nicked the car and the police had put a clamp on it.

I’d worry less about him stealing your car and more about what he did to the food. You can’t be too careful these days. Did he seem working class, or was he a bit brown? 🙄

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.

I haven’t. At first I assumed you meant your car had been clamped by a parking official.

I don’t ever see them.

Think he was just asking if you rated it.

I’d assume he lives in a dodgy area and you’ve given him inspiration to invest in a wheel clamp. I’ll be honest and say I’ve never seen one except when people have parked illegally.

That's a suspicious line of questioning, got your eyes on the ops Mercedes Car have you....👀🧐🤔

Mumsnet is a very classist site.

Try announcing you completed your family by late 20s!

Snobby Mumsnetter: "oh, I'm sorry you missed out on a career dear! "

Me: "oh, I've got a decent enough career thanks "

Snobby Mumsnetter: "well you clearly missed out on travelling. We've travelled the world before having kids at 40"

Me: "actually we did a fair bit of travelling pre kids"

Snobby Mumsnetter: "you're clearly lying. Nobody can possibly do all that and hand kids pre 35yrs old. You're obviously unhappy with your choices and are trying to protest too much "

Really ? Me ? 🤨

Not in 2025 😆

Unfortunately I think you're being classist and making judgements based on his job and measuring it against you're more wealth alluding possessions.

If he was planning on stealing your car , he'd not be doing himself any favours by appearing on your (?ring door bell or similar, guessing you've got one ?) making himself recordable and traceable via the delivery, and then asking you questions in relation to the car he's going to steal. Hardly the mind of a career criminal is it ?

If you don't trust the "dodgy" foreign/poor People... Get in your car and get the food yourself.

Probably the same kind of people on here that act like tradespeople are scum and will somehow leave there poor people germs if they use the bathroom 🤷

I’ve not seen wheel clamps being used since I was a youth in the 90’s so I can understand his curiosity!

I really hope OP sees him driving around in his even-better-than-hers Mercedes Car.

So every day when you get back from work/the shops etc, you put a wheel clamp on your own car, on your own drive? Then you remove it in the morning before you go out? How long does this take to put on and take off? Do you use this when you park on a street or in a car park?

I’ve never heard of one of these being used for this purpose, I’m so intrigued!

Can nobody say anything anymore? Sounds like he was just asking a question? 🤷

I know, it’s so sweet. Where I live we leave Mercedes Cars out as pawns for the criminals to take, so they leave the good stuff alone.

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.

Why are you using Random Capital Letters in your post, OP? Are you Daniel Defoe?