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To have hijacked the DPD van!

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IchWill · 16/12/2018 13:58

Just taken a Christmas delivery and DP reminded me about something that happened a while ago. Feeling a bit mortified on reflection! Blush

I ordered some shoes in-store at Kurt Geiger, got home from work to see DPD had tried to deliver and the card said to go online to book a new slot. The next morning I went online to rebook and see the next slot was the next day, at lunchtime so I could be home from work to accept the delivery.

Then later that day, I was home from work, saw the DPD van pull up and notice it's the exact time I had rebooked for, but it was obviously the day before.

Thinking I'd made a mistake, I went out to the driver as he delivered at the house opposite and was looking like he was about to drive away, I showed him my card and asked if he has my parcel, he checked the back of the van and he did. So be scanned it and said that he couldn't give it to me as the delivery was cancelled that morning (at the time I'd gone online to book a slot) and it seems that DPD had put the parcel back in the van to reattempt delivery that day, despite the fact that I hadn't booked a slot myself at that point.

So when I'd gone online, I effectively "cancelled" it from his deliveries that day, in favour for delivery the day after. Odd system.

Anyway, I said to him, well look you're here now, as am I. I really want that parcel, so please can I have it. He refused. Said he can't. So I asked him to call someone senior to ask if they can authorise it, he started to get rude and said no. I understand they are under pressure for deliveries, but I was frustrated by his rudeness and just being a bloody-minded jobsworth. I'd been extremely polite to him.

I pleaded with him, to please call a supervisor, he's stood there with my parcel and I can't have it.

Again he refused and lobbed my parcel into the back of his van and started to close a door.

I saw red at this point, the way he threw the parcel and his manner tipped me over the edge.

So before he could close his second door, I flung myself into the van like a mad woman and sat in it, with my legs dangling out of it and said I wasn't moving until I got my parcel. He was speechless and said I need to move. I again asked politely and asked him to call someone to get authorisation to give me my parcel.

Seeing I wasn't budging, he complied and rang someone. I heard them say to him, "Of course she can have the parcel, don't be so silly!", so sheepishly he gave me the parcel.

I thanked him, apologised for my drastic action and went back inside.

My shoes are lovely by the way. (See pic).

To have hijacked the DPD van!
OP posts:
Dontsweatthelittlestuff · 16/12/2018 15:11

Ich no you are not and you won’t be the last person to suffer because of it.

Hoppinggreen · 16/12/2018 15:11

Reminds me of the time I came home from walking the dog ( 5 minutes before my delivery was due) to find a very arsey DPD man about to pull out of my driveway. He got out very cross and said that he was about to leave without leaving my parcel ( despite neighbors being obviously in and happy to take in my parcel). I said that it was still before my delivery slot, which was an hour long. I said well I’m here now and he answered that he wasn’t going to give it to me unless I went in the house. So I unlocked the door and wrangled the dog in, who was wondering why he wasn’t allowed to play with his new “friend”.
I shut The door and he stood outside for a bit until I yelled through the letter box that I want answering the door until he knocked - which he did.
If he hadn’t been a total dick I wouldn’t have done it

gamerchick · 16/12/2018 15:12

You were out of order OP. A photo of your door and address will be on the system now as an aggressive customer.

Original poster
IchWill · 16/12/2018 15:13

@Hoppinggreen you're hilarious. Grin

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IchWill · 16/12/2018 15:13

@gamerchick so didn't once raise my voice. Hardly aggressive.

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hamburgers · 16/12/2018 15:14

Urgh. What a brat.

Your shoes look cheap and tacky by the way.

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IchWill · 16/12/2018 15:15

@hamburgers Do you wear Crocs?

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OutragedERIC · 16/12/2018 15:15

Oh hilaire, spitting out tea, tears running down legs, nominate for classics etc etc

gamerchick · 16/12/2018 15:17

I saw red at this point, the way he threw the parcel and his manner tipped me over the edge

So before he could close his second door, I flung myself into the van like a mad woman and sat in it, with my legs dangling out of it and said I wasn't moving until I got my parcel. He was speechless and said I need to move. I again asked politely and asked him to call someone to get authorisation to give me my parcel

Yeah I take it back, you were perfectly rational when you wild woman on him and launched yourself at his van Hmm

Polarbearflavour · 16/12/2018 15:17

So much virtue signalling here!

tabulahrasa · 16/12/2018 15:21

“So much virtue signalling here!”

I was a courier for a year, it’s a shit job, loads of pressure and often you make less than minimum wage...

DPD do pay slightly better than the company I did it for... but not much, so they’ll still be getting under minimum wage a lot of the time.

hamburgers · 16/12/2018 15:22

No @IchWill I don't own crocs 🤷🏼‍♀️

Tatfreehouse · 16/12/2018 15:24

Did your partially disabled, old, retired rich neighbour happen to witness this spectacle again?

Polarbearflavour · 16/12/2018 15:28

LOADS of jobs are crap though tabulahrasa and pay minimum wage working in poor conditions. I’m sure being a courier is thankful and badly paid. So are millions of others.

And the fact that the driver was told to hand the parcel over...

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 16/12/2018 15:31

YANBU - he should have just phoned the office straight off and sorted it, rather than being all jobsworth about it and losing valuable delivering time!

Well done (and also for getting your pre-booked seat on the train) :)

RCohle · 16/12/2018 15:36

You sound like a pain in the arse.

Aren't you also the poster who is upset they get contacted by loads of foot fetishists when they sell shoes online? You seem very into posting pictures of your feet on the Internet...

tabulahrasa · 16/12/2018 15:36

“pay minimum wage working in poor conditions”

Less than, not minimum wage...

And yep other jobs are rubbish too, but it’s not virtue signalling to point that out was what I meant.

WillowintheUK · 16/12/2018 15:38

Don't like the shoes and what you did was pretty nasty.

gamerchick · 16/12/2018 15:40

Aren't you also the poster who is upset they get contacted by loads of foot fetishists when they sell shoes online? You seem very into posting pictures of your feet on the Internet

Might have developed a taste for it Grin

PinkHeart5914 · 16/12/2018 15:44

All for a tacky as hell pair of shoes Confused still I guess it’s true you can’t buy taste....

paintinmyhairAgain · 16/12/2018 15:45

you were a bit ott ich but so are some of the responses on here as well, claws are well and how gives a toss if they like your shoes or not ?
that's so bitchy.

MiniMum97 · 16/12/2018 15:45

Nice shoes!

NopeNi · 16/12/2018 15:49

Not as funny a story as you seem to think - made me wince thinking of the shit they go through, especially at this manic time of year. It's not even like it was urgent.

I get why you now have to bravado-shrug it off and continue saying it's hilarious, but please don't do that to someone again.

paintinmyhairAgain · 16/12/2018 15:50

i like them too, mini love the colour. so what if others disagree, we might not like their taste.

WindyWednesday · 16/12/2018 15:52

I love the shoes and wear crocs.