AIBU To not want to take parcels?

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I'm currently on maternity leave hence I'm home a lot more than usual at the moment.

Usually I don't mind taking parcels for neighbours, but the last week we have taken at least 2 parcels a day for various neighbours. The neighbours to our left usually get home from work between 4-10pm, the lady next door always arrives home before her partner but he's always sent to collect said parcels from us. Most of the parcels we have taken have been for these neighbours.

At the moment I have four parcels in my porch, and tonight I just thought to myself why should I take parcels for the whole street when only a couple of neighbours take them for us?

AIBU do you not want to take parcel to anybody any more? Part from those that take them for us obviously. I always try and be neighbourly but this is getting beyond a joke. Even the post lady has commented that we are the only house that seems to take everyone's parcels. She even tries to use alternative neighbours as she understands it must be annoying, I think partly it's because I would like it if a neighbour took a parcel for me.

How do I say no if somebody tries to deliver a parcel for neighbour? I know it's easy to just say no but sometimes it's quite hard if that makes sense?

Sorry for such a long post about such a trivial problem

My neighbour has unexpectedly taken a parcel in for me. We've been over now four times to collect it and they aren't answering the door. I wouldn't mind but they don't have curtains so I can see them sitting there ignoring me lol. Mind boggles

Ooh bibbity hooray I do have one after all. Can't get many parcels in it though :(

A vestibule I mean.

Maybe Judy's is bigger than mine. We're all different!

Yanbu We have a tiny flat and used to get loads when I was on ML (with the postman ringing when I was feeding/baby was napping etc). I used to turn my bell off

I work from home and have lots of neighbours (London terraced street) so getting up and answering the door to couriers is indeed a hassle when it happens for the nth time that week.

Yes bibbity. I wonder how many people who work outside the home would like to have a courier appear regularly at their desk/class/garage/building site/theatre/surgery/office/power station/other workplace, with parcels for people in other local buildings.

I'm sure someone will say "I'd love to be interrupted more often at work". But for many salaried jobs they won't personally be losing money during interruptions, whereas with self-employment you are.

It's very rude. I get stuff delivered to work

I do it. My neighbours kindly do it. It's what good neighbours do. Seriously, is it so much hassle to knock on a door and hand over a parcel?!

I don't mind at all - we did have a damn cheeky delivery guy last year who asked me to take a "parcel" for a neighbour.
I said yes as usual and then they tried to drop off a sofa!
Phoned said neighbour and they'd already called her and she'd said that they were too early for the delivery slot she'd paid for and to come back at the time they'd been booked for.

Last tie we took in a signed-for parcel (a smallish book, by the feel of it) nobody came for it for nearly three weeks! And that was ony after we folllowed up the postman's card with two notes of or own saying it was there for collection.

I don't mi d too much but because I'm on mat leave I often get interrupted for parcels. One day last week it was constant knocking at door. O e neighbour has even put us down as the 'safe place' / preference with Amazon, without asking which I think is a cheek. I still do it though cos I'm a mug!!

If they don't come round for days then YANBU. That's rude of them.

If you already have parcels or it really isn't convenient you can refuse to take them from the delivery guys

but remember when maternity leave ends and you are too busy to shop other than online it will be your parcels turning up so take the opportunity to build some good karma and meet your neighbours.

Same here.

I don't mind all neighbours work full time from office and I work from home. The disruption can get very, er disruptive.

The all work locally and drive to their workplace so I don't get why the don't get their online delivery delivered there.

When I refused one as I'd never met the people the courier called up 3 minutes later as he'd called the recipient and they'd demanded I take it.
Now my maternity leave has finished I get things delivered to my office.

im the same its because of amazon prime every one is getting next day delivery.

I'm at home a lot, and it would get ridiculous if I took in everything. I check who it's for, and if it's for someone who wouldn't do the same for me I say no.

How shocking! To have to spend 30 seconds of your time to take in a neighbour's parcel!

YANBU! Now and then is ok but any more would also start to grate on me

I regularly take parcels for my neighbours, the lady opposite always ask if I'm going to be in and if I mind, but I've noticed she put in the instructions for delivery "if nobody in, deliver to number x" - not sure if she didn't realise it would be printed on the label

DPD man has already noticed I'm always in and knocks whenever his parcel recipient is not home, I've decided I'm going to start ignoring him because he doesn't card the neighbour and I have to go and chase them. If that's the case, YWNBU, I don't think.

I've had a courier give my parcel to a neighbour even when I was in! They seem to latch on to a couple of people and deliver them there because they know you'll be in. I don't think you're unreasonable to refuse. If you do a couple then the couriers will get the message. But don't blame your neighbours as often they'll be completely unaware this has gone on!

YANBU. My neighbours used to for us and we did for them, but when the wife started being home for maternity leave, I registered and got the sticker from Royal Mail as I didn't want a heavily pregnant woman going up and down stairs, or having a knock and waking a sleeping baby. That baby is 7 now and I still have the sticker.

Because of the sticker, the postie rarely asks me to take anything in (once a year) and even the parcel companies leave the neighbours alone. I wouldn't mind taking in parcels or having the neighbours take them in for me, but to be honest, it's easier if we all just sort our own stuff out.

Don't answer the door, simples.

I'm at home a lot and it doesn't bother me doing a favour for a neighbour. They have done various favours for menover the years such as taken in my parcels, babysat last minute whilst rushing one child to A and E, letting a cooking repair man in etc so I just see it as gove and take in my community.

But it's up to you.

I'm generally home and always take in parcels, doesn't really bother me. The only time I've refused to stop taking in parcels was for one neighbour in particular who (after me thinking, I'm getting a lot of parcels for these people), the postman pointed out to me, had actually put my address down as a "where to leave it if they weren't in". Without asking my permission. Cheeky beggars.

Watching keenly- our deliveries keep being left with 1 neighbour despite being asked to leave in safe place. We HAVE NOT singled this one neighbour out & I'm getting really embarrassed ringing their bell at 9pm to ask for our Amazon parcel, esp as this neighbour works funny shifts :-(