Should I complain/report my DPD driver?

[pittaboo]

I get a lot of parcels delivered to my house due to my job and have this one particular DPD driver that makes me feel so uncomfortable.
He tries his best to be friendly but it comes across so strange and creepy.
I live with my partner who is always at work and I WFH so I’m always there to answer the door. Every time I see his name on my delivery emails I get real dread but because it’s DPD I have to answer the door.
He doesn’t hand over my parcel straight away until he’s done talking which is annoying but some of the comments he makes are strange.
He often says “what’s in here today then?” And things like “If I don’t come to your house I don’t feel like I’m at work and I don’t get my daily dose of you”
He calls me by my full name. He regularly says “I need to get my daily dose of [my name].
The other day I had makeup on and he said “looking nice today where you off to?” And I just politely laugh but he carries on.. “is it your birthday? You going out”
It honestly doesn’t sound as bad when I type it but his whole persona is really odd.
One day my partner opened the door and he said “Oh I thought she lived alone”
He asks me things like “are you always at home because I’ve never delivered and you’re not here” I know it’s a conversation starter but just give me my parcel and go. I then have to explain I WFH. He then said to me “when you're neighbours aren’t in I know who to come to because you’re like the full moon”

I don’t want the guy to lose his job but he makes me uncomfortable what should I do?

Can you request for the parcels to be left in a safe place?

I think there's a difference to making polite conversation & being an inappropriate creep. One of the Tesco drivers calls me by my first name & so does the parcel force guy. I dont have a problem with either. They're both really nice & it's done in line with normal interactions.

But the 'got to get my daily dose' comments being made to the OP are completely inappropriate. I'd report him quite honestly. He needs to realise he's creepy & inappropriate.

Hes not going to lose his job because of a complaint unless there's been multiple other ones of a similar nature - in which case he deserves it

If you don't want to report him I'd invest in a ring doorbell and not go to the door at all. Or send your partner if he's in

It is inappropriate and unprofessional. Personally I'd find it more of a pain in the arse than creepy but I'm not there to witness it in person. He obviously has the hots for you. Can you arrange to have the parcel left on your doorstep, or a safe place (behind the shed for example) instead of always opening the door to him. My delivery drivers usually drop and run or launch parcels over the back gate.

Thank you to the responses. I do have a doorbell and they won’t leave them outside my house. None of my other neighbours are ever in.
I wouldn’t mind the politeness but I do need to say that I literally don’t reply anything back to him and he hasn’t stopped for months saying these things.
I can’t take the parcel either as he stands far away from the door and doesn’t give it to me until he’s done speaking.
I forgot to mention that sometimes he will comment on my clothes “that tops looking bright today” and I can understand the small talk but there is also boundaries that should be put in place. You can say how are you and stuff but to be commenting on me as a person I don’t think is fair; especially as he thought I lived alone.

This stuff makes me mad. Of course it’s inAppropriate. How dare he make you feel this way. Look at you, second-guessing his actions, worrying that you are taking it in the wrong way.

What has happened here is that a man has made you feel uncomfortable by overstepping boundaries. He has no right to do this and it is not professional. We should not be looking for excuses or explanations for his behaviour. It is wrong.

I think Ring Doorbell is the way forward, so you can speak via the speaker and say "I'm just upstairs on a work call, can you leave it on the doorstep please and I'll grab it in a few minutes? Thanks, got to go now!"

Don't bother and I have had the same issue but he uses to follow me along the road in his van making convo about my dog

I do have a doorbell and they won’t leave them outside my house

Hes at it. There's no reason for it not to be left at the door. The only time DPD have ever refused to leave something at my door it was because it was a phone from EE

I'd be putting that I'm the complaint too. I bet he has no qualms leaving items at other people's door.