To ignore the parcel deliveries?

[BJsHair]

Next door keeps getting parcels delivered when they’re not home to receive them. This means parcel man knocks on our door to leave them here. This means I have to stop eating my lunch, control the dogs (who are now going mental) answer the door in my prison trousers and then have parcels stuck all over my house.

We don’t even get on with these neighbours!!

AIBU to just stop answering the door unless I’m expecting something? It’s only going to get worse with Christmas coming up

I need to know about the trousers.

The least you can do for your neighbours is take their parcels in if they have to put up with your dogs 'going mad' every time someone comes to your door.

I often answer the door to the postie carrying a naked baby as they always manage time it during nappy change. I don't think they mind what you're wearing so long as it serves the purpose of covering you up...

Just say that you don't take parcels for that neighbour, if it's the same postie all the time they'll stop knocking.

If by prison trousers you mean grey joggers, then that’s made me lol a great deal. I won’t let my DH own jogging bottoms and always say “men in joggers look like inmates”. He thinks I’m a terrible snob.

Feel like I’ve had it confirmed now. Thanks OP.

And ignore the door. Or politely explain to the delivery person that you won’t be taking any more parcels so they shouldn’t ask again.

only here for the prison trousers

I get where you are coming from OP. When we first moved here, I would get the odd parcel and always took them. Problem is, once a courier or the postie knows you are home, they come all the time for houses up to 5-6 doors down. Eventually, I was getting multiple deliveries a day that weren’t always collected from me that day or the next. I had two very small babies and a toddler so couldn’t be delivering myself.
I just popped up a sign that said no parcels other than noX accepted for a few weeks and they soon found elsewhere to go!

Just let the delivery people you won't accept them.
Neighbour will just have to sort out alternative arrangements.
There's being neighbourly and taken the piss.
I take mine in. They take mine in. Companies know we can do this. If either of us has had a bit of a splurge, we give each other a heads up just in case.

Or leave a note on your door.

Yanbu, but please, what ARE prison trousers?!

I want some prison trousers.

Answer the door and tell them you are not accepting parcels for anyone but yourselves. If you are not expecting a parcel yourself and you can tell who is at the door then just don't answer.

Stick a note on your door saying you do not accept parcels for other properties.

I'm also confused about the prison trousers. Is it the new snapped and farted?

Are they like apartment pants?

Just put up a note saying you will only accept parcels for your address and not to ring bell because dogs are sick’.

I think prison trousers probably mean joggers?

Our old NDN used to do this. All the bloody time! I stopped answering the door. If they knew they weren't going to be in why get it delivered to home! The NDN was a slimey bitch anyway

These? Why are you wearing them?

Our local delivery driver has cottoned on that I'm home during the day (I work evenings/nights) he always come straight to our house if somebody isn't in even if it's half way down the street! Drives me mad as I usually get woken up. I've stopped answering unless I'm expecting something now. Still get woken with the door bell though

OP’s prison trousers

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Put a note on your door, deliveries for this address only.

Never mind what they look like! Why have you got a door in your prison trousers?

Great minds no all that,,🤣

The least you can do for your neighbours is take their parcels in if they have to put up with your dogs 'going mad' every time someone comes to your door.

Unless the OP lives in a flat or a terraced, HOW can that remotely affect the neighbours? You can't hear my dog from the street when she's barking inside

My DH wears 'lounge pants' that I call prison trousers. They're like cheapo tracksuit bottoms. He has a jumper to match 😂

i thought OP worked at Prison so i was thinking black combats, with chains