Delivery driver let himself into my house

[Wineatfiveisfine]

I WFH. A delivery driver knocked quite loudly on my door a few days ago. I got to my hallway within 10 seconds to find a very tall man in my hallway setting the delivery down on a table and taking a photo, as proof of delivery.

He said “hello, delivery”. I was too shocked to form a cordial response and just said “erm, why are you in my house?” He said “delivery, thanks bye” and off he went.

We’ve raised a complaint with said company - but they’ve said this is a common occurrence (!) and that they will speak to the driver, but it won’t be taken any further.

i was terrified to find a stranger in my house - but having googled, this seems to be a common occurrence!!!! How?!?!?

I don't really consider it "locking myself in" as I am able to unlock it any time I like.

It's more locking other people out, as they are unable to unlock.

Exactly

Yes 👍

My elderly aunt once had an unexpected visit from the local police. It appeared that they had caught a local burglar and he had asked for other crimes to be taken into consideration. Apparently he had at some point in the past entered her house looking to steal stuff but had been disturbed by her coming into the house through the kitchen door. He had dived down behind her sofa and hidden! When she went back out into the garden he shot off, but not before helping himself to a couple of tenners she had in her purse. She was horrified at the thought of him lurking in her house and promptly arranged for her door locks and door chain to be upgraded. As did we all when we heard the story.

London. My front door is a nightlatch - so it’s automatically locked. And the back door is locked unless I’m out in the garden.

With nightlatches you’re not unlocking anything you’re simply opening the door.

I'm not locked in. My key is in the lock during the day, I can just turn it and open the door. I'd rather not find a stranger in my house, however small the risk.

I can't make other people follow the social norm of knocking and waiting to be invited in but I can stop them frightening the living daylights out of me by coming into my house uninvited.

Those who don’t lock their entry doors are you not worried about squatters or drug users coming in?

No - but once when my door was open I did have a cow trying to (broom pushed her out).

No.
Not in the absolute slightest.

People should not enter houses uninvited but some will, especially if they believe it’s the done thing in that area
People should not attack skimpily dressed women, but some will given the opportunity.
Boils down to being sensible and taking responsibility for yourself

Nightlatch action is very suitable, as it can't be opened from outside without a key, but can be opened from inside with a knob or handle. Better ones can be deadlocked with a key when you leave the house to prevent someone opening it by breaking glass or using a tool through a nearby letterbox.

Deadlocked doors are inconvenient for burglars as it prevents them walking out of the front door carrying your belongings in your suitcase, even if they got in through a window or back door.

Some very wealthy people on here as they can afford to replace damaged and stolen items! Their insurance of course would be invalidated, leaving doors open to all and sundry.

And clean up the mess left behind.

We don't all live in fear of daylight robbery, squatters and druggies just walking into our houses.
My insurance certainly doesnt expect me to be barricaded behind locked doors whilst at home either....

They don’t expect you to be daft enough to leave your door unlocked either!

Never had reason to.... nobody does where I live.

There is no need to over react. Insurance companies expect you to take reasonable precautions to minimise the risk of burglary. Not locking a door is not considered a reasonable precaution.

I lock my front dorr. I don't "barricade" myself in or pull up the drawbridge and let down the portcullis with boiling pitch at the ready

Until they do have reason to…

Oh my gosh this happened to me yesterday! I'm 39 weeks pregnant and was napping in bed with the toddler,hadn't realised I'd left the key in the door came down to my parcel in my house, he'd just let himself in

Neither should burglars, but they do.

Yes it's common where I am too, very rural. I don't like it at all especially because the postman let's the effing dog out when he does it.
They all do it here so I'm going to put up a sign. I'll say don't open the door as dogs may attack you. That way it won't look like we're vulnerable. We can't lock the doors all day because this is a farm and people are in and out constantly. They don't all even have keys and that would be a nightmare. So it's left open.
One time I was in the bath in the house alone and the Tesco man came in, left the stuff in the kitchen and shouted all the substitutes through the bathroom door. I was mortified. Made a point of doing a lot of splashing around so he didn't think I was on the bog.

You should not rely on living in a village to not lock your door its very naive

This almost happened to me once , the delivery driver was tugging at the handle to come in but couldn’t as I always lock my door. I found it so weird

Sorry to hear that it’s very unnerving. I’m thinking of choosing the option of having them taken to a shop so I can collect. I’m sick to death of Amazon delivery drivers. I really am. They keep leaving parcels stuck inside my letterbox. I specifically asked them just to open the porch door and leave it in there but they never do. They leave it outside the door or stuck in the letterbox so I’m going to ask for the option when I buy anything tick a box that says pick up from either a Point where you can open a locker or collect from the shop. A different delivery driver from another company came into the porch and was standing with me right close to me and he was very tall. No spatial awareness of taunting. It gave me the creeps. Luckily my husband was there. You just don’t do that so the next time he delivered, I said can you just pass it to me please … make a very strong complaint. I just feel like nobody listens to Amazon. They just give you words and that’s it.