To be shock by the delivery man ??

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Knocked on door quite loudly and ringed the bell. I was upstairs by the time i was at the top of the stairs he litterally opened the front door and left my package there . I know i should have locked but is it really normal to try and open the door ? I was really shocked by this.
He litterally didnt even wait 3 seconds

This happened to me yesterday only I was in next doors houese. Came home and there was a parcel left inside my house. What if my indoor cat had ran out and got run over. Or what if I'd had a angry dog.

Must be a new thing?

Some of the couriers round here do it. I think it’s really weird. They barely knock (I can’t hear it if I’m putting one of my toddlers down for a nap) and when I get downstairs, i’ll Have a package on my hallway carpet.

I’ve started to just lock the door. I have several safe places a parcel can be left if they just open the side gate and have a look

At least he actually delivered it. A lot of the time delivery drivers will lie, or just throw the parcel over a fence or dump it in the bin, because their managers expect them to meet unattainable targets/

Consider locking your door, even if you live somewhere there "isn't any crime", because one day there might be.

I dont know if i am being very dramatic but i felt a bit violated . I left a comment on amazon not that they will do anything about it

I have a "safe place"
Indicated on my amazon account usually they leave it there is the first time this happened !
I will be definately locking the doors !

Our postman does this, we are very rural though and the delivery office is a half hour trip, i am eternally grateful to him!
He also sometimes delivers parcels to me at work if i’m not in (just down the road, still on his route)

I do think YAB a tiny bit U

My postman and most of the delivery drivers do this all the time. I usually don't lock my door when I go out if I'm expecting a delivery and they just pop it on the front door. But I also live rurally. I do have an inside door which locks, but it really wouldn't hold up to a good old shove if someone actually wanted to break in.

So it is normal then ?

In our old house we had a porch and some used to do that, drove me mad, I'm home just wait more than three seconds!
This house, no porch and our dog lunges at the front door with ferocious barking, all delivery drivers look in terror 😂 We do have a wall mounted post box for the postman before anyone says anything to protect postie and leaflet droppers fingers.

I'd find that quite helpful

What if my indoor cat had ran out and got run over. Or what if I'd had a angry dog.

Lock your door surely?

When I was growing up we’d just get parcels etc chucked through the porch door (inside door would be locked). Very useful. I miss having a porch!
Never had anyone opening my front door and putting a parcel through though, I expcet the dog would try and eat them if they did. one of the posties quite often leaves parcels in my (empty) brown food bin though. That is handy as well.

I've had Hermes delivery drivers do this a few times.

I dont know if i am being very dramatic but i felt a bit violated

He opened your front door. He didn't touch your foo. You are being very dramatic.

I'd much rather they did this than take the package away....I've had them posted through an open window before when I've been out. I always appreciate the ingenuity

Must be a new thing?
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An unacceptable new thing - surely it's breaking and entering??

Stealthy stealth, oyster eh

If you leave your door unlocked maybe they think you don't mind people opening it? I'd be happy for a delivery driver to do that, but on the other hand I don't leave my door unlocked..

But they are neither breaking nor entering - they throw the parcel in from the door step through an unlocked door.

Personally I prefer it to having to traipse to a sorting office if I miss the knock. Our postman used to do it, he would shout postman out loud while dropping the parcel into my hall.

I can't believe you don't have your door locked! Anyone could just walk in, and they have!

Its easy. Lock your door.

They do it because they are paid for such little time to deliver that they don't really have time for people to come to the door.

Hope it’s a lesson to you to keep your door locked in future. If he got in, what’s stopping a burglar? And yes, they can and do break in when people are home during the day... always, always lock or in the very least latch your doors.