Posted 18th Oct 2023 (Posted 12 h, 16 m ago)
So it was around 1pm on a Sunday, I'd not long got home from a long walk and sat down on the sofa. I don't usually lock my door as soon as I get home, and was expecting family over. I started to nod off when I heard the front door open, assuming it was family I thought nothing of it until I realised no one actually came in. Confused, I checked the Ring doorbell & noticed it was an Amazon delivery driver. He had knocked but obviously I didn't hear it, so he then proceeds to open my front door, put his head in and have a look around, then close the door & leave my parcel on the doorstep?
I did some looking up on this as I wasn't sure if this was a thing but after research I was left extremely baffled. Some forums I came across online (Reddit etc) a lot of people are replying "Well you should just lock your front door" - Surely leaving your front door open doesn't give anyone permission to enter your home or am I missing something? Some said maybe he could've thought it was a Porch, which is fair, but it's very clearly the front door to my house.
Has anyone else experienced this? Shall I bother complaining or just make sure I lock my door as soon as I get home?
I did some looking up on this as I wasn't sure if this was a thing but after research I was left extremely baffled. Some forums I came across online (Reddit etc) a lot of people are replying "Well you should just lock your front door" - Surely leaving your front door open doesn't give anyone permission to enter your home or am I missing something? Some said maybe he could've thought it was a Porch, which is fair, but it's very clearly the front door to my house.
Has anyone else experienced this? Shall I bother complaining or just make sure I lock my door as soon as I get home?
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Stay safe and lock your doors, whether you are at home, or going out.
This, definitely this.
I live in Cornwall and only lived here for 2yrs. Talking to neighbours etc this is a done thing down here! If you did it where I used to live, Delivery drivers would have short lives!
We all looked surprised as she asked a question. No Idea what she said, she then walked off apparently looking for a bedroom.
Turned out she was a career for nextdoor.but was lost and got wrong house.
Command of English was not good!
But we sorted her out. She continued to call at our neighbours for weeks but always parked on our drive? Whatever...
Re driver
Probably looking for porch or maybe heard a voice say hello or open door. Who knows? probably seen that many houses and was on auto pilot. Just dump package and run after realising the mistake.
Why complain? No harm done. Give the guy the benefit of doubt Vs going on his black list, never mind spoiling his day with complaint.
Mention incident to him if you see him and laugh about it. (edited)
Why open the door then?
I could totally understand if the parcel was left inside but it wasn't.....
we were lucky as nothing was missing and it was clear that no one actually came into the house. i would not blame the driver for opening the door and putting the parcel inside. that would be better than him leaving the parcel outside, where it could be nicked. i always ask that parcels are left by the front door when i get an amazon delivery and nothing has even been stolen by the driver, so they seemed pretty honest. guess they don't want to lose their job over stealing parcels, some of which aren't worth much.
This constantly keeps happening to us and the neighbours two cats are desperately trying their best to get in our house, people assume they're ours cause they sit outside our door and scratch the life out the door.
It's really annoying because they let the cats in then if we don't realise the cats are in they will do the toilet in here because they're trapped and scratch the hall carpet like crazy.
The obvious solution is to keep the door locked but I don't understand how people seem to think it's ok to just open strangers front doors.
It's mind boggling the world we live in now where entitlement has taken over good judgement. (edited)