OH took the whole estates parcels in!

[gonetothecleaners]

I had some things delivered today and the delivery guy tried all their doors so left them with OH. He's took in 8 parcels then just gone off to storage unit (where he works)and left me with them. I work from home and can't answer the door unless they come when I'm on a break.

AIBU? Or is he nob. I personally wouldn't of took them in 🤣

Yanbu. Occasional parcels, one at a time, yes sure. 8 parcels no way!

We occasionally take parcels for our next door and across-the-road neighbours and that's fine, and they take in parcels for us. There was a few months where couriers kept trying to leave parcels with us for a neighbour 3 doors down and diagonal who we hardly know at all, and it turned out they had specifically nominated our house as their designated "safe place" for when they aren't in (and they are never in) without even asking us. A courier showed us the instructions when he was annoyed we wouldn't accept the parcel but it's totally taking the piss to treat a neighbour as a delivery collection point. There's amazon lockers and Hermes parcel points etc for that sort of thing.

And anyone asking/thinking how am I seeing these couriers??? I hear the vans pull up, and glance out of the window to see who it is.

Oh and as for the #bekind and #benice brigade. Bore off eh? hmm

I doubt anyone would dare to ask you

@ParkheadParadise

There are 6 houses in our cul-de-sac. I'm the only one who is at home during the day. I take in all my neighbours parcels I'm on first name terms with the delivery drivers 😂😂 Personally, I wouldn't refuse to take in a parcel for any of my neighbours they always come for them. I have a bike and toy kitchen in my spare room. I'm keeping them for a neighbour till Christmas Eve.

yup this. We are out of the age now for storing gifts till christmas even but I wouldn't bat an eyelid....but yes if I was WFH I would put a note on the door

wouldn't of took them in

wouldn't have taken

Oh, and you're right, your husband's a nob.

@LittleDandelionClock Your post mad me laugh!

Get it all off your chest here. It's what MN is for x

To be honest every one of us here has different connections to their neighbours. My last house - yes, little culdesac with 10 houses and we all knew who was who.

Now though it's a lane with big houses and no one knows anyone else's address! Half the houses have names and don't use their numbers. The other half are not visible from the street. Most you can't get to the front door because of big gates. I hate it when i get a note saying 'parcel left at ''no. 24'' cos i don't know if that's Pretentious Farm With Big Dogs, Fort Knocks Gate House with no visible means of entry or Mile Long Private Road Manor which seems only accessed by air!

I should add - I've ditched the name of our house and gone back to it's proper number and you can walk up to our door if you can pick your way over the rubble

Just put notes under their doors asking them to collect when DH is back 😂
8 is too many but what’s done is done

Also I don’t know why people have to take parcels around?
If they don’t collect them you keep it. They clearly don’t care enough 😂😂😂

I don’t see the issue. Pop a note on the door like someone said Saying in meetings. Come 6-8 to collect

Put a note on the door with DH's work number/mobile on for them to arrange a time with him - let him sort his "good deed" out and deal with the interruptions!

@Lunde

Put a note on the door with DH's work number/mobile on for them to arrange a time with him - let him sort his "good deed" out and deal with the interruptions!

Genius. 😁

I'll have to go put a note on the door when I get the chance.

Hmm, if you can find the time to post multiple times on MN, I’m sure you can find time to pin a short to your door. Most people will be at work so they won’t probably won’t call until after five.

‘Why does WFH mean she can’t answer the door?’
Because she’s working. HTH.

(‘Wouldn’t of took’ 😂)

I do this for my neighbours and help the drivers with directions as I live in a Warren of 45 flats. However I'm home all day and don't work.
I would tape a large note to the door stating what time is convenient
Most of them will be working I imagine

I take parcels in, dump them by the door and when someone shows up I hand it over, appreciate you wfh but like others have said a note on the door is fine.
If you get genuinely anxious about people knocking the door though maybe see if you can get help for that

@AgentJohnson

I'll have to go put a note on the door when I get the chance.

Hmm, if you can find the time to post multiple times on MN, I’m sure you can find time to pin a short to your door. Most people will be at work so they won’t probably won’t call until after five.

Not really. I sometimes post on mumsnet when in dull meetings. I have to be there to swiftly answer questions though. A 15 second delay would make it quite obvious I had buggered off and I would most likely be told I will now be one of the people who have to come in 5 days a week. Wouldn't risk that for my own parcel, let alone someone else's.

I will take parcels but insist the delivery driver puts a card through to tell the neighbour where it is. Then they come and collect. If they don't after two occasions of not collecting I stopped taking in for one neighbour.

You can't answer the door when WFH? Suggest you get a different job unless your office is away from the main building.

@Parky04

You can't answer the door when WFH? Suggest you get a different job unless your office is away from the main building.

Suggest you learn about how real, grown up jobs work.

Lunde
Put a note on the door with DH's work number/mobile on for them to arrange a time with him - let him sort his "good deed" out and deal with the interruptions! wink

life in tit for tat households must be such hard work

@Parky04

You can't answer the door when WFH? Suggest you get a different job unless your office is away from the main building.

What happens when everyone who works in a call centre takes your advice?

How about when you need to book a medical appointment?

There are a million other examples I could give.

Almost every office-based job has been done from home at some point over the past 18 months.

Jesus, even the most flexible jobs require some level of meetings etc where you can't just fuck off every 5 minutes.

@Parky04 I enjoy my job and I help a ton of people so I am fine thanks!

Only one person collected so far! And we are out early tomorrow morning.

@Parky04

You can't answer the door when WFH? Suggest you get a different job unless your office is away from the main building.

Clearly not a worker.

[quote gonetothecleaners]@Parky04 I enjoy my job and I help a ton of people so I am fine thanks!

Only one person collected so far! And we are out early tomorrow morning.[/quote]
You do NOT have to explain yourself or justify yourself, least of all to random nobodies on mumsnet!

There's no reason on earth why you have to take in neighbours bloody packages. It's not the fucking law that we must all play postie for our neighbours who can't be arsed to answer the door, or can't be arsed to sort out their bastard delivery times properly!

Fuck the #bekind bullshit. Other people need to #bekind and not take the piss out of people, and expect them to wait on them hand and foot.