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Delivery driver woke us up at 0700 on a Sunday morning

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Nugg · 04/01/2026 07:29

A supermarket delivery driver crawled around the cul de sac for 5 minutes in his noisy vehicle then sat idling with whatever his radio was playing loudly.

I went to speak to him and he wasn’t allowed to deliver groceries to my neighbour until 0730 so sat outside my house waiting.

AIBU to have gone out and asked him to turn it all off/down?

Only asking as I did this and came back in to an angry teen saying he’s just doing his job etc. well he can do it more quietly and respectfully at this hour surely!? Now overthinking, should this be part of their training etc

Also pointless exercise as I’m wide awake now anyway 🤦🏼‍♀️

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CautiousLurker2 · 04/01/2026 08:47

PersephoneParlormaid · 04/01/2026 07:37

Complain to the supermarket

This - there are rules about anti social noise levels on weekends (eg tradesmen can only work until 1pm on Sats and not on Sundays) precisely because of this. i would also drop a note to the neighbour saying that you totally understand that sometimes a 730am/Sunday delivery is necessary, but could they pop a note on their order to ask delivery drivers to be considerate of neighbours, give the early hour.

Bess91 · 04/01/2026 08:43

I don't think it's fair for those blaming the neighbours. If they need their shopping delivered, they need it delivered! It's perfectly possible for the driver to have done so without playing his music loudly.

dammit88 · 04/01/2026 08:34

I think you have a point about the radio but the engine I expect was to keep him warm as someone above said so I think yabu about that. We live in a 24 hr society these days so Sunday doesn’t mean a lot.

Hufflemuff · 04/01/2026 08:32

I'd be fucked off too! Where we live theres an Asda van that does a 10.30pm food delivery that wakes up the whole street. He has radio blaring and it is so inconsiderate. I'd have gone out too, but im not waking myself up futher to go out and have a row.

Inthefuturenow · 04/01/2026 08:30

I agree, it's your neighbour who is antisocial ordering a food delivery before 8 am on a Sunday. Not the drivers fault, he's just doing his job. I used to get annoyed at my neighbours getting late night deliveries when I was in bed as the vans had to stop outside my house.
Thankfully none of my current neighbours get their food deliveries at unsocial hours. I personally don't think supermarket deliveries before 8am on a weekend should even be possible!

ThursdayLastWeek · 04/01/2026 08:30

Not ideal. But at least you’re not at work at 7 on a Sunday morning.
I imagine the engine was idling to keep the heat on.

Sameshitedifferentday · 04/01/2026 08:30

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Who is Annie?

YANBU OP. The Postman gave me the fright of my life the other morning when he was ringing my door bell at 6.50am to deliver a parcel - I was fast asleep and thought it was the middle of the night!

LlynTegid · 04/01/2026 08:26

Squirrelchops1 · 04/01/2026 08:23

I'd be more naffed off at neighbour having food delivery at 730am on a Sunday. Who does that?

Someone taking advantage of a lower delivery charge, or who ordered at short notice. My late mother whilst not having 730am deliveries on a Sunday often had them at strange hours for a reduced charge.

Squirrelchops1 · 04/01/2026 08:23

I'd be more naffed off at neighbour having food delivery at 730am on a Sunday. Who does that?

Autumnleaves82 · 04/01/2026 08:21

I sometimes wonder if people don’t realise that their radio or their handsfree phone can be heard outside of their vehicle!

I have a neighbour (I have no other problems with him/is lovely etc.) who leaves for work around 4:30am but at least twice a week he spends 15ish mins sat in his van either with the radio on very loud or having loud conversations on hands free, so I can hear the voice of the person he is talking to! My alarm is currently set for 5:15 on weekdays, so it’s not ideal.

I’ve not said anything to him yet. I think he genuinely doesn’t realise and would probably be quite embarrassed.

dailyconniptions · 04/01/2026 08:11

Redpeach · 04/01/2026 07:34

What a crock of condescending twaddle

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...and who the fuck is Annie?

LorenzoCalzone · 04/01/2026 07:57

He was being inconsiderate.

And the "depends how you asked" comments are just plain old misogyny. OP, did you bat your eyelids and sweetly implore the nice man to let you get some beauty sleep?

tripleginandtonic · 04/01/2026 07:51

Yabu. He was working.

Lennonjingles · 04/01/2026 07:45

We live on a corner and often have cars/vans parked alongside our house, either with loud music playing or cigarette smoke wafting into my back door. A couple of times DH has gone out if it’s early am or late evening, he tells them to be considerate, they always say sorry. We had an uber eats guy in his car parked almost daily outside for around a month, various times each day, he didn’t realise we could hear all his conversations (not very exciting). It’s annoying as they do leave the engine running.

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Redpeach · 04/01/2026 07:42

Choosung early supermarket deliveries are very inconsiderate of your neighbours

Bearbookagainandagain · 04/01/2026 07:39

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Even at midday, playing loud music for ages idling in front of anyone's house is shit behaviour.

Grumblies · 04/01/2026 07:39

fouroclockrock · 04/01/2026 07:34

That would annoy me too. Very thoughtless.

Likewise. Anyone saying someone playing music and idling a van at 7am on a Sunday for everyone on the street to hear wouldn't annoy them is clearly a saint or lying.

Morningcof · 04/01/2026 07:38

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DeftGoldHedgehog · 04/01/2026 07:38

Some of them are dicks. Most seem very nice but you do get the odd ones who block the road unnecessarily or who are noisy early in the morning. Definitely on a Sunday morning they need to be quieter at 7am than on a Monday. It's illegal to sit with the engine idling and he shouldn't have had the radio on loudly.

PersephoneParlormaid · 04/01/2026 07:37

Complain to the supermarket

Morningcof · 04/01/2026 07:36

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WarmGreyHare · 04/01/2026 07:36

It really depends how you asked.
I imagine you had an attitude/tone with it given how you felt so that is probably what upset your teen. Just going out and saying hey, could you please turn the music off would have been fine. But tbh, unless this is a weekly occurrence i would have just sighed and got in with it. I doubt you were going to go back to sleep at that point anyway were you?

RhubarbCrumbs · 04/01/2026 07:35

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Where I live it’s pitch black at 7am, so well before the “crack of dawn”.