Omg! Amazon driver just tried to come into my house!!!

[Ilovemychocolate]

So I’m sat at home, on my own, reading.
Suddenly my front door is VERY forcibly trying to be opened, it made a huge racket and I immediately thought someone was trying to break in!
The door wasn’t locked, but thankfully I have a child safety latch on the door, which I always use.
I go to the door and can see through the glass it’s an Amazon delivery man.
I open the door, and ask what the hell he is doing, trying to get into my house.
He replies he does it all the time, and it’s my fault as my settings on Amazon say front door/porch.
I am fuming at this point, and tell him it’s totally unacceptable, I’m at home alone, and never have I had someone try to enter my house before to deliver a parcel!
After a few more choice words from me, he gives me the parcel and says he will be reporting ME!
Obviously I immediately reported it to Amazon, who are taking it very seriously.
As I said to them, I’m an assertive person who can stand up for themselves, what if the homeowner had been someone more vulnerable?
So am I being unreasonable to expect that delivery men DONT try to access your property?!

There is always the collection alternative.

We all have normal looking front doors flush with the wall. Some of them in some of the rows of houses in the estate then lead to a porch with a second lockable front door. That’s just how they were designed in the 1970s - it’s very confusing for the posties and they often just try all the doors on the estate.

What was the outcome of this?

This man’s behaviour sounds predatory. His response when you confronted him wasn’t embarrassment but belligerence - as if he had an absolute right to enter your property.

The fact he didn’t knock or announce himself and tried to push open the door forcefully (even after encountering resistance) indicates to me that he was up to no good.

This has never happened to me either. Everyone just leaves parcels on my porch as it’s clear I have a porch ….as you can see it. It’s such a basic concept.

This man didn’t see a porch indicating that it didn’t exist - meaning he deliberately tried to enter your property and catch you by surprise.

I do encourage you to start locking your door. I have a security door which is always locked and a secondary door which is always locked as well as a security alarm. It’s a pain in the arse to unlock with the separate keys but I always feel safe.

Maybe you could have a porch built 😉🤣