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To expect amazon Delivery am. to ring bell once

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Ideasplease322 · 08/10/2020 19:53

Was just in the bath when there was non stop ringing of my door bell and loud persistent knocking on my door. It went on and on and on - I assumed it was an emergency.

I got out of the bath, very quickly dressed and ran down stores stubbing my toe on the way. If was the bloody amazon delivery guy who laughed and said That was unfortunate.

I snapped he could have left it on the doorstep and snatched if off him and slammed the door.

I do feel guilty now, I am never rude. But I honesty thought there was some dire emergency. I live alone, a single house down a dark driveway. I really shouldn’t Have answered the door but I worried it was a family member.

Think my amazon habit has to end.

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Youngatheart00 · 08/10/2020 23:12

10 mins? I’m sorry, but there’s no way it was 10 mins. It was probably 2, which would be persistent enough.

I also had an Amazon driver hammering and hammering on the door earlier, I ignored it as was on a work meeting at my laptop and presumed DH would get the door, he had popped out 😳 but yeah, they were pretty persistent. They did come back later in the end. I felt a little bad but I order a lot from Amazon and don’t usually have any issues with delivery.

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Ideasplease322 · 08/10/2020 23:23

I wish i could get out of the bath at the minute, dress and get downstairs in two minutes😂😂.

Before the ‘procedure’ yes, but it was quite a process! Probably too soon for the bath. Shower would have been easier.

I can move oaky when I’m on my feet. It was the wrong leg for easy extraction.

Not sure how you would know how long it takes me to get out of the bath? Little creeped out by that😂😂😂😂

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MasksGlovesSoapScrubs · 08/10/2020 23:43

@Ideasplease322

I wish i could get out of the bath at the minute, dress and get downstairs in two minutes😂😂.

Before the ‘procedure’ yes, but it was quite a process! Probably too soon for the bath. Shower would have been easier.

I can move oaky when I’m on my feet. It was the wrong leg for easy extraction.

Not sure how you would know how long it takes me to get out of the bath? Little creeped out by that😂😂😂😂

The likelihood of a delivery driver waiting 10 minutes are very very slim. Mine wait 1 minute then launch it down the pathway like a frisbee. But then again I'd wait 10 minutes to watch someone faff so much they stub their toe then leave me a bad review. I'd wait another 10 so you could stub the other one to even it out.

Still makes me giggle. I have a mental image of you writing the bad review 'he made me stub my toe'.

Maybe he'll come back tomorrow with the ice and compression bandage you ordered. 😂🤞🏼

LaBellina · 08/10/2020 23:51

OP YANBU. Though your response could have been calmer it was understandable you were pissed off.

We have a safe outside our door, a sticker by the doorbell that says please don't ring the bell because baby is sleeping and yet some manage to ring the bell twice in a short time if I don't manage to get there immediately because I have to come down from upstairs/ was busy cooking etc.
Very annoying.

SephrinaX · 09/10/2020 00:00

There is one delivery driver round my way that does this. Hammers on the door and rings the doorbell continuously. Drives me nuts, particularly as he can see me through the window (he waves to me!) generally holding a baby, so knows I can't get to the door in a split second!

Hamsandwich2 · 09/10/2020 00:20

Nope - I feel you on this one!!

Some drivers don’t give up, it drives me mad. I understand it’s a gig economy and they do get paid by delivery (which is why I answer the door constantly to upstair’s packages) but there really is no need. It upsets my son too so some days I just turn the buzzer off to avoid it.

Torvean32 · 09/10/2020 00:23

You're given a 3 hour time in which it arrives. It even counts you down from 10th deluvery away. Check your email/messsges before your bath next time.

FallonsTeaRoom · 09/10/2020 00:27

99% of our deliveries are left in the porch. We rarely get anyone ring the bell.

We put a box of celebrations chocolates in the porch for couriers/posties to help themselves and the Yodel guy has perfected the ”put parcel on the floor with the left hand and grab a sweetie with right hand and close porch door” move. It's a work of art.

(I can see into the porch from my office window)

EL8888 · 09/10/2020 00:28

Yep they press the bell at my house multiple times and beat their fists ok the door. It’s like the house is on fire or they have life / death news. When they do that at my door, then l give them grief. Yeah l get they are busy but so am l, lets be realistic l can’t get to the door in 2 seconds flat

Our house is split into 2 flats, the lazy sods always press 2 bells in an attempt to get away quicker

LaBellina · 09/10/2020 05:10

The majority of them are hard working people but the one that delivered stuff at my old flat had the habit of not only ringing the doorbells several times in a row but also of parking his van in the middle of the road whilst he was busy with several deliveries. When my elderly neighbour was running late for an appointment because her car was blocked, she asked him to be more considerate of parking next time and got a mouthful of abuse. She was afraid to complain as a single woman in her 70s, living alone and this man having access to our flat trough his job

whensmynexthol1day · 09/10/2020 08:27

I had this once with Jehovah's witnesses. Was having a bath with my baby and they just kept knocking. I assumed it must be an emergency so got us out of the bath after 4 sets of knocking. I was furious but annoyingly didn't let them know that - I was just so stunned that anyone thought they had the right to intrude like that!

DizzyPigeon · 09/10/2020 08:43

Don't you get a notification to tell you what time to expect the delivery?

If you do, than yabu to go in the bath then.

Paulolina · 09/10/2020 08:45

Toothsil · 09/10/2020 08:50

Our Amazon guy just puts it in the porch, takes a photo and leaves, after knocking once. The Hermes guy puts it in the porch, tells "parcel!" and leaves. We did have one Amazon guy this week, a different one, who didn't knock, opened the door and stood there for ages with the door open. I went to see why I had heard the door opening and why I was still hearing "outside" noises - we have a house cat and I don't want him escaping. The man was just standing there and said "parcel, ma'am" and left again!

Derekhello · 09/10/2020 09:26

@AvoidingRealHumans

Bloody hell you couldn't have been that concerned about an emergency, leaving them to ring the bell for 10 minutes. They'd be dead and buried by that point.

I thought this too 😂

PurBal · 09/10/2020 11:52

We're in flats in a converted terrace. They ring both doorbells repeatedly regardless of who it's for and then hammer on the communal door until it's opened. Problem is we are at the top but the door is outside our living room window, it's a fairly long journey to the stairs and door so I'm often found runny half dressed to open it. We meet our neighbours almost every single time. So annoying. Tempted to open it naked when I know it's not for us.

Compey · 14/10/2020 21:46

@Terrace58

All our deliveries are requested no contact, but we have one grocery driver who rings the bell over and over. We even put a sign on the door reminding that we want contactless delivery. Drives me crazy.

Our amazon drivers can’t be bothered to knock or ring the bell. It’s the biggest reason we bought a doorbell camera. We bought one before the company was purchased by amazon, but I do have to wonder if the lack of knock is a conspiracy to get people to buy door cameras. N

Report the delivery driver to Amazon. There should be a feedback button but if not let Cust Services know.

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