Should 12 year old ds be allowed to sign for parcel?

[MamaMaiasaura]

In bed with Baby who's feeding and sleeping. Door bell goes followed by hammering on door. Ds (12 years) was worried about answering it, as hammering continued. He did answer it and delivery man (loo seat I think). Ds1 said he'd take parcel and man wanted signature. Wouldn't accept ds's and wanted me to stop feeding baby to sign for it. Told Ds quietly that I couldn't, which he told man. So man has taken package away and put note through door (no idea yet what it says). Slammed letter box, and gate and van door really hard :-(

deliveryman should have allowed your ds to take the signing machine upstairs to you.
you could try complaining to the company. not sure what it would acheive, but it would make me feel better

She was laying on my blinking arm, and I didn't think to scrawl with my non writey one and then I'd still of had to hold it in my other hand. No way was I willing to wake baby for that.

He didn't specifically request you stop feeding, he just wanted someone old enough to sign for the parcel to er, sign for the parcel. They don't have time to wait around, if you are out/busy when they call you can always go and get it yourself.

Saying that, my postman is lovely and very helpful and yours does sound a bit angry.

Altho iab and teeny bit u as I am able to use iPhone with one hand.

Fuck it, I should have signed. Tho he didn't need to be all slammy and could of let ds sign it.

YABU. A child cannot sign for a parcel. If there was some dispute over the delivery the signature would not be valid. It doesn't take two hands to breastfeed.

In some areas if they allowed children to sign, no-one would admit to recieving their packages and there would be nothing that the delivery driver could do about it.

They are just covering their backs and are entitled tostick to that it they want to.

This was interlink. Interestingly one of the options on their card is to leave Irvin a safe place? So handing to the 12 year old (looks older) in the actual house is not safe? It isn't recorded delivery, it's a sodding loo seat.

Oooooo I remember this delivery company were really awful before. Really rude and aggressive when I didn't get to door quick enough when dd newborn and was hammering and bell ringing then. I think I will pen a complaint on this.

think 12 is old enough really

The delivery man was well within his rights to want an adult to sign, he sent the machine up with your son for you to sign and you refused. I don't blame him for being pissed off!

Yabu, if the machine was actually brought upstairs to you then there is no more the man could do. And I do think the no ringing sign is a bit silly when you know you are expecting a delivery, unless you intend to hover around the front door before he gets to the doorbell, what do you expect him to do?

I know, I kind of hook my arm under head and grab the pen with my thumb and forefinger.

Yabu

My son then aged ?13 signed for a laptop once . To be honest the signature thingies are so difficult that I basically just do a sort of scribble which they are happy with so YABU as you could have done that with other hand or got DS to do it when not bloke not looking.

Agree that all the door hammering/bell ringing will seem annoying but conversely how often do we get the other side of this ie the delivery person tapped door so quietly that wasn't heard and delivery missed?

my ds1 is 12 and has signed for parcels when i have been busy, i normally just shout to the delivery man that my son can sign as i am busy, its not been a problem so far :)

YABU, now you've given all the facts - he did bend the rules in sending his signing thing to you (probably shouldn't have done that). If you then refuse to make a squiggle on it, no wonder he was annoyed. No-one's signature looks like their signature on that, you could have done it whilst still holding your baby or, to be frank, you could have let ds do it for you out of site. The delivery man, just doing his job, did what he could to help and you just were being awkward.

YABVU - they brought the signing machine to you and you refused to sign it.
It is not the fault of the delivery man that you did not want to sign at that particular time. he brought the parcel, you were in (although inconvenienced), you were physically capable of signing the thing and you just declined.

We had two parcels delivered yesterday, one company HDNL just handed it to DS1 (11) and DPD wanted a signature. He seemed quite happy to let DS1 sign, I had shouted down the stairs though (am currently on crutches so it'd have taken a while).

To be honest I think YABU, they brought the parcel to you and you effectively refused delivery by refusing to sign. As far as the man is concerned, he's done his job but you were in and decided you weren't willing to sign. That goes down as a non-delivery for him. No need for him to be stroppy though.

What happens if you are feeding the next time he comes? I think they only redeliver once before sending the item back. Maybe it would be best to get it delivered to a store so you can pick it up when you are free.

My 12yo has signed for stuff, too.
**ing modern litigation culture, eroding common sense.