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to expect delivery people to actual delivery something

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BabiesEverywhere · 02/04/2008 10:29

I have had it up to hear with so called delivery people.

From the local postie who doesn't carry his packages just prewritten out 'Missed you' cards and when he tries to shove them though the door with the main mail, I collar him and demand said package...he mumble that he didn't expect me to be in...grrr. He came back later that day with the package.

To a local courier firm whos so called attempt at delivery was as follows. I was with my daughter on the toilet upstairs with door open as we were expecting the delivery. I heard a brief quiet knock, I ran downstairs to see 'Missed You' card on the floor and when I opened the door the bloke had walked down the drive, got into his van and had the engine running. FFS, he wouldn't wait 30 seconds for someone to answer the door. I waved at him and frowning he dragged himself back and delivered his package.

Ending with fecking Argos this morning. I have been up since 7am, wander though the hallway to the kitchen at 7:30am to finda 'Missed You' card timed 7:30am !!!

No knocking, no doorbell, just the sodding card. Had to wait half an hour to ring and complain, as customer service only opens at 8am. Lady explains they tried to deliver and noone is in and they have proof they delivered, i.e. the fecking card.

I explain as a pregnant SAHM of an active 20 month old toddler, I am both in the house and awake at that time and noone rang the door bell or knocked with a decent volume.

So I am sat here waiting for the van to return, not daring to go to the loo in case I miss them again.

Don't delivery people want to deliver stuff. What if the homeowner had trouble walking etc, they would be gone before they got to the door. I am not going to allow people to send stuff here in future, it is too stressfull.

So it is just me, or does other people have delivery people who do anything to avoid actually delivering stuff.

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lollipopmother · 02/04/2008 10:33

Our postie is bloody brilliant so I can be smug, but I can't say the same for the Tesco guy who thought it would be a really good idea to leave my package in my dustbin - on bin day! Suffice to say that when I got home the bins had been taken by the bin-men!

preggersagain · 02/04/2008 10:35

ooh that winds me up too! problem is they are so much busier these days because of ebay and online shopping that they have very little time to hang around- best one i had was a 'beep beep' on a horn- the driver actually expected me to go outside and get the parcel from his van

BabiesEverywhere · 02/04/2008 10:42

But I am not asking them to 'hang around' I want them to wait a reasonable time for me to answer the door...under 30 seconds is not reasonable IMO. If I was an little old lady it might take a minute or more to get to the door.

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Chequers · 02/04/2008 11:05

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BabiesEverywhere · 02/04/2008 11:11

I have put a note on the front door saying "We are in. Please ring doorbell and wait a minute. Thank You"

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trixymalixy · 02/04/2008 12:58

YANBU!!

This drives me nuts!

The amount of times both Dh and I have been in the house and then found a card through the door is unbelievable.

BabiesEverywhere · 02/04/2008 14:56

Turned up at last

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StealthPolarBear · 02/04/2008 15:10

That sounds frustrating!
"I collar him and demand said package...he mumble that he didn't expect me to be in"
Well obviously - or he thought you wouldn't realise and just assume you hadn't heard the door!
I had a delivery from Amazon that was left in the (almost full) wheelie bin as well. Luckily it wasn't bin day for us, but even so, am I the only person who finds that disgusting?

BabiesEverywhere · 02/04/2008 17:40

Yuck, I agree stuff shouldn't be left in the proper wheelie bin. In my last house, I had stuff left in the recycle wheelie bin, which was acceptable as it only had clean waste in it as such.

If you order from amazon again, I would write in the note field, NOT to be left in household wheelie bin

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sophiewd · 02/04/2008 17:51

We had one the other day, stayed in all day waiting for mattress, phone up at 6pm to find out where they were, out of 6 houses in our village they had delivered to wrong house, mixing up 1950's with a farm which had its name on a signpost on the road. Next day they lost the mattress, day 3 at about 4 they finally managed to turn up.

cheshirekitty · 02/04/2008 17:58

I am really really lucky. My postie (lady postie) keeps hold of my parcels and packages until Friday (my day off) so I don't have to go to the post office to collect them. I have had quite a few deliveries (mostly large cases of wine, ho ho ho), and delivery men have been great, putting them in the hall for me.

Do you think it might be a north/south divide? Where are you all from who have horrid delivery people?

StealthPolarBear · 02/04/2008 18:17

co durham!
your postie does sound lovely
be i agree with the recycling bin, wouldn't have minded that

Cappuccino · 03/04/2008 14:26

our postie lovely

he lugs my parcels onto my mother's if I'm not in

and always remembers that we have moved house if we get misaddressed mail - and we moved 5 years ago

motherinferior · 03/04/2008 14:28

I once had a delivery bloke who absolutely swore that the parcel was not in his van; and finally, when he'd been made (by me) to search and finally found it, clearly expected me to thank him nicely.

On the other hand we had an absolutely divine postie when I was pregnant with DD2 who used to bring things in, and actually stopped DP to tell him how pleased he was when I'd finally had the baby.

Cappuccino · 03/04/2008 14:31

oh you see now you are talking

there was a bloke who came to pick up a misdelivered case of wine (not mine - ) who suggested to me that because I had left it out in a drizzle for all of 10 minutes while collecting dd2 from nursery, it would collapse as soon as he picked it up, so he was not going to take it

when it did not collapse, he began violently shaking it to try and make it collapse

I said yes, well any box will collapse if you shake it hard enough, would you like me to help shake it a bit harder

and he left with his soggy box

NoBiggy · 03/04/2008 14:33

I've been standing behind the door when the delivery man has put the card through. No knock or anything.

I did wonder if they get paid twice if they have to bring it out again another day?

Moorhen · 03/04/2008 14:43

In last three years, have complained about:
*Postie not leaving parcel OR card (got into a couple of nasty disputes with eBay sellers before ringing sorting office and finding fecking packages had been there all along);
*Postie tucking end of padded envelope into letterbox but leaving rest sticking out into street, all ready to nick;
Postie ringing bell and then leaving Missed You card and bggering off before I could even get downstairs;
*Postie leaving parcel BY THE DOOR when I am at home and know for damn sure he hasn't even knocked. This is his current favourite. Would mind less, but an empty bin got nicked from my drive last week so parcels wouldn't stand a chance for long!

I don't think being busy is an excuse. If you don't deliver the mail you're not doing the job properly. It drives me MAAAAAAAD.

binkleandflip · 03/04/2008 14:49

well our post has just arrived -our postman is an alcoholic - he smells terrible, he has also managed to puncture quite a bit of my post somehow, including some flea lotion for the dog - that had to be replaced as it was all over the envelope so he must have known he had done it - sometimes he delivers stuff blatantly opened I should complain about him but I feel sorry for him, he's a sorry sight.

Chluro · 03/04/2008 14:52

YANBU and I am having palpitations just THINKING about your delivery/non-delivery nightmares.

I have had quite a successful week this week, but the non/delivery of a trampoline bright and early on Friday may send me over the edge.

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