..to be annoyed that my postman has written my house number in marker pen on my uPVC front door

[joeyjojo79]

Ok so I don't have the house number (3 digits) screwed up anywhere on my front door but ...after a few times of the post man putting next doors post through my door and me being in when this happens, I open the door and give it back to him and say this is for next door.

I've come home today so see my house number written in black marker pen on my white uPVC door. Not huge but still obvious!

Both my neighbours have their numbers on their doors so surely it's not that difficult to work out my number?

Must add .. Where I live you don't go in the front door often... We park at the back and come through the back garden. I do have my house number on my back gate so a number on the front would only be needed for a postman as all other deliveries etc come to the back.

Gah fucking zombies ffs.

Why havent you got numbers on your door? Yes if it is him he shouldnt but yabu re no numbers. I hate trying to find patients at home when no one has easy numbers to see on the door, house etc.

Must read dates...as well as numbers..

You should have put your own number on your door. You have no proof it was the postie...

What an odd thing to join MN for.

Spray hairspray on it, that gets marker pen off. Try it on the door first though in case it melts the UPVC! I doubt that though.
You can also scribble on it with dry-wipe marker pen, that gets it off too.

I can see it's zombie :)

But when my poor DD did a weekend paper round(many years ago, she was about to turn 13), I went with her first time, it was in a residential area about 7 minute cycle ride away, so neither if us was very familiar with it. All the houses on the streets were very spaced out, and sometimes up to five in a row didn't have a number on, it was a nightmare! Stopping the bike, finding somewhere to prop it, taking the newspaper out of the heavy(weekend papers) bag, then realising there's no house with such number anywhere in sight and trying to work out walking all along the street to the nearest house with a number, which could be all the way down the street, oh the paper round which should have been half an hour took nearly two hours first time! (And all the dogs barking and lunging at the door/newspaper !) it was terrifying.

So I became quite pissed off forever with people who had no numbers on doors.

But then without realising it became one myself. We finally replaced our horrible plastic door which came with the house, and it didn't occur to me that it was gone with the number that was on it. Only when a courier came and asked whether we were no.* (neighbours both have numbers on, but that's irrelevant), I realised with shock we had no number. The new door was wooden with 90 % glass, thin framed squares of glass, there was nowhere to write even with a marker ))

Stickers wouldn't stick to the rough textured brick, I couldn't drill the wall, too solid for our drill, in the end writing the number on a light wooden coaster and attaching it with mega adhesive next to the door did the trick.

While I was trying to find a solution I just wrote the number on a piece of paper and sellotaped it to the glass from within the house. Better than nothing, even though not mega attractive.

No the postman shouldn't have done this. But you should have a house number displayed either on your door or on the front of your house. Postman should refuse to deliver letters to houses with no visible number and the occupants must collect from their nearest sorting office. That would solve the problem I expect.

Amazed at the poster who in the first zombie resurrection said to ring the police

Im with the postman, I cannot imagine how annoying and inconvenient it is to have houses without numbers on it. You know the postmen have struggled but still cannot be bothered to put numbers on your door...well done.

I'm a First Responder and often have difficulty finding a house because it doesn't have a number, especially in the dark. Sometimes it takes me so long, I end up following the ambulance which defeats the object.

I don't think people think about the emergency services and assume people have time to work out which house is theirs from the neighbours' numbers. I'm not surprised postmen get pissed off too.

He really really shouldn't have done that.

But you are U for not having a number up.

is this him?

ghostys

I've had post for numbers 82/90 I just post in there door and yes I have a door number perhaps you should get some stick on ones

OP toothpaste is also good with getting marker of furniture.

YANBU I would be very unhappy, if you want, however within your right not to do so, door numbers are very cheap to buy off ebay.

I agree with PP it's pretty selfish to just assume delivery people will just have to go to neighbours houses to work out which is yours.

I didn't know it was illegal not to have a number/name displayed though! MN is soo edjumacashional

Get your numbers up OP!!