A gripe about delivery people.

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rgp

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It happens every damn time I have something delivered. The delivery people don't even bother to ring the bell / knock on the door. They just lay the package on the porch , and it lays there till I happen to notice it. And the companies don't always alert you to the fact that the package has been delivered.

It happened just today. I bought an upgrade for my inversion table . Apparently it was delivered as I napped ..... I just looked out , and there it was.
 

rgp said:
It happens every damn time I have something delivered. The delivery people don't even bother to ring the bell / knock on the door. They just lay the package on the porch , and it lays there till I happen to notice it. And the companies don't always alert you to the fact that the package has been delivered.

It happened just today. I bought an upgrade for my inversion table . Apparently it was delivered as I napped ..... I just looked out , and there it was.
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Do you use the package tracking texts/emails offered by shippers?🤔

They most always tell me when my package is out for delivery and provide an update at some point after the package has been delivered.

IMO Amazon offers the best updates, including one just before the delivery arrives.
 
My pet peeve is when my package is placed on the front porch of this house when I specifically told that it be placed on my BACK porch just outside my kitchen door. I have balance issues so getting it from the edge of the front porch is not all that safe for me.:mad:
 
Too many people have complained about the door bell disturbing a baby’s nap, interrupting the sleep of a graveyard shift worker, upsetting the dogs.
I don’t fault them for not ringing.
besides, I am notified in other ways, as others have mentioned.
 
rgp said:
It happens every damn time I have something delivered. The delivery people don't even bother to ring the bell / knock on the door. They just lay the package on the porch , and it lays there till I happen to notice it. And the companies don't always alert you to the fact that the package has been delivered.

It happened just today. I bought an upgrade for my inversion table . Apparently it was delivered as I napped ..... I just looked out , and there it was.
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I have a note on my door saying "Please ring doorbell," and for what it's worth, at the bottom I wrote "I am hearing impaired."

The only people who ignore my note is FedEx drivers. I have no idea what the actual problem is, but I've waited at the front window on the expected delivery day a few times, and, taking a guess, I'd say it's probly because English isn't their first language.
 
rgp said:
It happens every damn time I have something delivered. The delivery people don't even bother to ring the bell / knock on the door. They just lay the package on the porch , and it lays there till I happen to notice it. And the companies don't always alert you to the fact that the package has been delivered.

It happened just today. I bought an upgrade for my inversion table . Apparently it was delivered as I napped ..... I just looked out , and there it was.
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Before the internet, goods were purchased mainly through retail outlets. Purchases that were too heavy to take away would be delivered, by arrangement, so the receiver would be home to accept them.

Nowadays you can buy almost anything without leaving home. Couple that with the hand-hold scanner that every driver carries and you have what you are experiencing, the scan and leave scenario. It's not the driver whose to blame, back in those retail days a driver had enough time to complete the deliveries, nowadays, with the volume of internet deliveries, the amount of consignments runs into the hundreds.

That scan and leave (The reason for scanning is because it's replaced the signature proof of delivery,) has the collusion of the big online retailers. Check Amazon's proof of delivery policy. It reads: "The driver will put the package in your mailbox, if possible. If not, they leave it in your preferred safe place or a secure location."

Safe place? Somewhere weather proof? Somewhere thief proof? Yeah right!
 
That Lady in PA said:
Too many people have complained about the door bell disturbing a baby’s nap, interrupting the sleep of a graveyard shift worker, upsetting the dogs.
I don’t fault them for not ringing.
besides, I am notified in other ways, as others have mentioned.
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I have a big note on my door saying "Please ring doorbell or knock loudly; recipient is hearing impaired," and it's hung right above the spot where they always leave packages. Plus, if the delivery service gives me the option of leaving driver instructions on their website or the package tracking site, I write the same thing.

So if they don't ring the doorbell or knock loudly, I fault them.
 
Rgp,have you tried having a sign like other posters have suggested?

If delivery people are not knocking/ ringing because other customers have complained about babies napping, shift workers sleeping etc then a sign let's them know what you do want
 
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