To not take parcels in for neighbour anymore

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Delivery man just knocked on door and asked if I would take a parcel for NDN. I said no and he made me feel like I was being unreasonable. The reasons I don't want to take them anymore are because it's not just a one off, it's at least once a fortnight and NDN is a night shift worker and doesn't end up coming to collect her parcels for at least 5 days. I can knock on the door repeatedly over several days with no answer. I end up with massive boxes cluttering up my utility room or hallway!
AIBU to put a stop to taking her parcels in?

I always take parcels in for neighbours as I'm a SAHM. I don't mind at all. Neighbours reciprocate, which I appreciate.

There is an etiquette, pick up your parcels within a decent amount of time, if you think something is going to come while you are on holiday - ask your neighbour if they wouldn't mind taking it. Don't get 15 boxes delivered to your neighbour if you can't pick them up that day (they will end up in the garage - my hall is not big!).

I actually don't mind holding a few parcels - but I think a fair bit of it is the actual delivery drivers, they work out who is normally about on a street and take everything there!

When I was working from home just before Christmas my hall was the local sorting office. I started to hide from the various delivery drivers, the bell was going 4-5 times a day! I was actually trying to get some work done.

So no I don't think it's unreasonable to not take parcels for your neighbours. Personally I get mine delivered to one of the pick up points and collect them.

I used to stipulate where parcels could be left so we didn't end up annoying our neighbours.

We do that, Amazon parcels turn up with a printed label which says where the safe place is to leave them. The delivery driver still takes them to a neighbour/puts them in the wheelie bin if it's out on the drive and not behind the gate; daft fool hasn't worked out that the full bin on the drive is about to be emptied!

7am my doorbell went seriously 7am on a bank holiday Monday. No I didn't answer the door and no the parcel was not for me!

I'm usually out and about so I'll always pay more if available for named delivery day/weekend deliveries etc but it's not always available.

Woman opposite me is a SAHM and gets the parcels for the whole street. She says all the various delivery firms know she'll be in so go straight to her, even if the parcel is for a house down the other end of the street.

Poor woman gets daily hassle and her hall looks like a sorting office. She says some neighbours leave nasty notes if she's popped out when they want their parcel and others never say thank you. I suggested she should refuse their parcels next time but she won't have it.

I bought her some flowers as a thank you for my parcels over the years and she burst into tears saying no one had ever thanked her before, not even the ones who put her address down as the place to deliver to if they aren't in.

I'm usually around in the day and don't mind taking in parcels for neighbours but I do refuse for one set over the road because they are a miserable pair! Made the delivery driver laugh when I refused as he knows I am always happy to take for anyone else. I did refuse to take a boxed adult mountain bike that a courier tried to leave - it was huge (neighbour had arranged delivery for the next day and courier had messed up)