Have my only lay in ruined by someone banging and ringing on the door?

[BrollyDolly]

Baby free last night as went out for dinner with a friend. Trying to catch up on as much sleep as possible. There was a knock on the door at 8:30. Still asleep so I rolled over. Then comes ringing the door bell multiple times and banging on the door.
I shouted to go away and they did. But it's too late now I'm awake.

Note through door says flowers left with neighbours.
AIBU to be annoyed at this on a Sunday morning and telling them to go away?!

You were so rude to shout at the person delivering. They’re just doing their job. If they hadn’t knocked loudly, would your complaint have been that you missed the delivery because they weren’t loud enough. I’m quite taken aback that shouting at someone on the other side of your front door could ever been seen as acceptable.

When is your baby due back OP? Make some tea and toast and go back to bed for a bit. Enjoy your day

There's a happy medium between courier leaving a "you were out card" without even ringing the door bell, and the ones banging at your door for 5 minutes!

So your lie in was ruined anyway then the delivery person went to your neighbour who may also have been having a much deserved lie in-except they weren't as rude as you & took in your flowers

Hopefully your neighbour was up already, and if not it was very nice of them to accept on your behalf

. You sound a bit whingey

I did not know they were flowers until the note was put through the door. I looked out the window and it wasn't a van with the flower company on it like I've seen going around town.

Ages ago when i had one delivery from that company they took them back to the shop because I wasn't actually in. I was surprised to see they'd been given to the neighbour too. Or maybe it's just standard?

its a lie in. Not a lay in

So you've had TWO lots of flowers and a lie in til 8.30. Right. Yes.

I'm just jealous of all the flowers you've been given. I got a cuddle and a cup of coffee. You're very lucky OP.

Be sure to tell the person who sent them not to do that again.

And, yes, as pps have pointed out, pop a note on your door if you are planning a lie in. Delivery people aren't mind readers, they are just doing their job.

I used to deliver flowers. It was a nightmare job, doors without bells or addresses clearly displayed, people not answering doors. Neighbours refusing to take them. Never again. Someone was trying to do their job on the busiest day of the year, and someone probably paid extra for them to come to you early. Nice.

I do think 8.30 am on a Sunday is an unreasonable time to be knocking on someone's door, I think that I would be a bit miffed too! (not that I get any lie-ins till that time anyway)

I feel sorry for the delivery person, most floral delivery companies don't want to risk leaving flowers outside, which is probably the reason for their persistence at the door.

I've worked food service and retail and know how bad it feels to be yelled at by people when you've done nothing wrong.

Well I was woken up at 6am by dds cat howling outside.I

My teenage dcs haven't woken me up banging on the door, ringing me etc for at least a month now. Oh and I havent had anything for mothers day.

@MelonKim thank you - 'lay in' really bothers me

The delivery driver has been paid to deliver on mother’s day. They have tonnes of other deliveries to make. They receive complaints if they don’t make delivery on key dates like this. Yadbvvvvvvu if you were awake enough to see it was a delivery you were awake enough to open the door

8.30 is plenty lie in time. What a rude rude person you are.

@MelonKim @flisspaps
Thank you!!!! It just hurts my ears. No need!

I get it OP. I do feel a little sorry for the delivery person, but I do understand.

As you received flowers yesterday, you could always offer today’s delivery to the neighbours for the inconvenience of being disturbed themselves.

That’s what I’d do, but then I’m really not fussed about flowers!

I hope you're going to apologise to the neighbours.

Erm my friend from Kent says lay in. I think it's a geographical thing.

I think it's a geographical thing.

No, it's not. It's an incorrect grammar thing.

(Been driving me mad all morning)

Lay-in here (London/Surrey). To the poster who is adamant it’s lie in, my family use Ireland mix ‘lie-on’ or ‘lay’ interchangeably. I’ll let them know they and all around them are wrong because a person who probably has no authority says so!

It's not about "authority," it's about grammar. 'Lay' is the past tense of the verb 'lie' in this context, unless you're talking about laying eggs or setting a table.

It’s a naff thing. 😉