AIBU to stop taking deliveries for this woman?!

[MogwaiTheGremlin]

Like me, my next door neighbour has a young baby but she also runs her own company and is out seeing clients during the day. Because she is never home I have to sign for numerous parcels/packages for her and its really starting to bug me.
Sod's law they always arrive when I'm in the middle of feeding/changing ds, or worse this morning whilst ds and I were having a lovely mid morning snooze in bed
Nearly all the packages are work related so they are large/heavy (eg persian rugs ffs) and they sit in our hallway until she comes round to collect them.
Obviously I don't mind accepting the odd thing here and there (and do so quite happily for neighbour on the other side) but this is taking the piss!
AIBU to refuse to accept any more packages? Dh says I am being a bi*ch!

just say no! yanbu

You are not her warehouse where her stock is stored until she picks it up!

Tell her it has become an inconvenience and that you're fed up with having to take such stuff into your house.

I wouldn't keep taking in packages because...

• It's inconvenient
• What if one got damaged either before you received it or by you?
• She should sort this out as part of her business not be reliant on the (free) good will of others.

Put a little sign up next to the doorbell 'mum and new baby sleeping - please only ring if there is a parcel for this address/emergency - thank you'. The 'forget' to take it down.

No, that's not reasonable of her. The odd package is fine but you are now effectively helping her do her job by being her collection point. I would start to refuse, just saying its not convenient.

Yeah, that. If you're effectively working for her business by accepting her parcels she should be paying you.

Or just don't answer the door..

Phew thank you I'm glad I'm not being totally unreasonable.
I do think she should arrange somewhere safe and secure for her work deliveries because some of them are really valuable and bloody big
And anyway surely the whole point of mat leave is for me and ds to laze around in our pjs until midday without being disturbed!

Next time she picks up a parcel just tell her you're very sorry but you won't be able to accept parcels for her in future, you're just letting her know so she can arrange an alternative for future. If she asks just say it isn't convenient for you, and repeat like a broken record if she keeps pestering.

Or tell your husband you'll be forwarding the parcels on to him at work, see how he likes the constant interruptions! The rude git.

Unless you are expecting a parcel yourself, ignore the door. Once she has the inconvenience of queuing at the post office to pick her parcels up, may be she'll sort out something so she doesn't have to rely on your goodwill.

I would also tell her when she comes to pick up her next deliveries. She may be putting your address down as an alternative delivery if she is out. This way she will have the opportunity to make alternative arrangements.

You do not have to give any reason for not wanting to take the collections. There is no need to apologise either.

Good luck. Be strong