To not answer the door when the person rings the bell and immediately walks away from the door down the front path?

[BalloonSlayer]

Because I imagine that scurrying back to place themselves staring up with critical concern at my fascia boards/ roof tiles/ roof moss/ windows, ready to greet me with that "thhhhhhhhhhhh" noise with shaking head when I answer the door. Followed by exorbitant quote to fix the "problem."

Why don't they stay on the doorstep? Then they'd get me. Unless they have a giant holdall in which case I'd know it's the hard-luck-story bloke selling disintegrating tea towels at £10 a pop.

Or they are Royal Mail or most courier companies. I have seen the delivery people do this - ring the bell and immediately walk away. Very irritating when you are scrabbling to get to the front door in 5 secs flat!

My PC is right inside the front door so I see people approaching the door before they knock [scary]

a few times I have seen parcel delivery people tiptoe up to the door and try and post a "sorry you were out" card really quietly

I always THROW open the door and say "Did you not think of knocking?"

pleasure makes you beautiful

Greeny I'd love to see their faces when you do that!

Greensleeves, but WHY do they do that?

It is fun

I think it is because then they do't have to get the parcel out of the van and ponce about with signing machine and pen etc

it is a bit bizarre really though

a bit like going to work and then hiding in the toilets all afternoon

@ Greensleeves!

We used to have that - except the post men wouldn't have actually brought the parcel with them, just the pre-written 'While you were out' cards because they didn't want to carry the parcel .

Double annoying if you were waiting in for something and had paid extra for next day delivery

Triple annoying when you ring up the post office or parcel force to complain and say it is not acceptable and what are they going to do about it they say nothing - you can come and collect the parcel tomorrow or we can arrange delivery for tomorrow but you can't come and collect today because the parcel is out being delivered and not yet back yet (er in that case why wouldn't the postman/delivery man give it to me?)

and breathe... vent over

Good for you Greensleeves

Wish they did that here though. I am always taking stuff in for next door. Not that I mind all that much but it was a pain in the arse when I was trying to get the baby to nap, and ... shh, oh I think he's finally dropping off at la... BING BONNNNNNG! waaaaah!

zipzap I complained to Amazon once about that sort of service that I had paid for and they credited me the postage. I think I might have even asked for the car park charges to go and pick it up too. Whatever I did ask for I got, put back into my account immediately.

lol @ Greensleeves