Delivery man - ARGH!!!

Valli

I have to lock both my front and back doors with a key. I keep my front door locked (tbh it's rarely used) and the key is there in case of emergency and we have to get out.
I didn't always lock my back door though (or my garden gate). Then I had a handbag snatched. I lock it now.
The police advised me to get a bell alarm which is a contact on the door and the frame. When the door opens an alarm sounds - nothing dramatic but you're aware of it.
It's much easier to keep the door locked than to go through the hassle of losing a handbag to an opportunist thief!

tbw

Dave101t wrote: »

women, arrghhh!
he didnt break in, you gave him permission by leaving doors unlocked/open.
the same permission you give to the postie to walk onto your property to deliver mail.
id suggest thinking next time

Leaving a door unlocked is certainly NOT an invitation for ANYONE to walk in through it ! I can imagine the burglars defence - sorry M'LUD the door was open so I had permission to just walk in! It might be daft to leave doors open but it is not an invitation to come in.

DebtHater

As a taxi driver, I certainly wouldnt enter someones home if I was calling on them - if they dont answer the door then that is "tuff" LOL

You knew a parcel was coming and the courier overstepped the mark by entering a property without permission. You are totally right to complain to the company

Tea3

I completely sympathise - a couple of years back I was coming out of shower when I heard someone shouting - started as a faint hello and gradually got louder until, clothed only in a towel, I leant over stair bannister to find an alarm service man looking back up at me!! My front door was closed but not locked which I accept was stupid of me and not something I tend to do, but either way he had no right to turn up early and simply enter my house because the door was unlocked! I was so shocked that I could hardly speak and was stunned someone thought this was acceptable. I think nobody has the right to enter your home without your permission unless it is the police in emergency etc or family/friend you trust.

If someone has an open door and a delivery man etc pops head in to shout into house thats fine but nobody and I mean nobody has the right to enter your property simply because your door was not locked - even if my door was wide open they still dont have the right to enter - what next? You open your back door for your dog to come and go means that people have the right to pop into your kitchen when they want to? Or you dont lock your car door whilst you nip back into house and that means someone can take up residence on your back seat?

I realise not locking or closing doors is silly in this day and age regards to burglary and assault etc but these are not criminals who dont care about rules, these are workmen and deliverymen etc who have no right to enter your property without permission.

Sorry for the rant but I feel strongly about this one (can you tell lol)

Pssst

I can understand the OPs shock at finding a stranger plodding round her hallway and strictly speaking, he shouldnt have been there but he probably thought he was doing a good turn. He perceived you were in,thought you must be out back as it was sunny so thought he;d just open the door and hopefully yoohoo you or otherwise get your attention.

I have yale type upvc doors too though i do make a point of locking the front one when I'm in.

A friend of mine left his unlocked but closed. Someone slipped in,picked up his car keys and drove off with it.

He didnt know until some time later when the police knocked.

The car had been abandoned some way away.

Pollycat

Stolen car! Stolen handbag!

If this thread has done any good at all, I hope it's at least convinced people to LOCK their doors even when in the house. :rolleyes:

Sure, you shouldn't HAVE to lock your door - but that's just the !!!!!! world we live in now.

MothballsWallet

Had my front and back doors replaced a few years ago, and you have to lift the door handles after closing the door when you're going to lock it in order to activate the locking mechanism.

DCFC79

OP you got your parcel, id leave it at that, would you rather have the guy leave a card saying there was no one home and to pick the parcel up from the depot

vikingaero

A few times a year I help my uncle out by covering for delivery drivers on holiday. It's a real myriad of types of front doors and delivery arrangements. On one delivery I knocked at the "normal front door" for ages. After no answer I called the customer up and he immediately opened the door. It turned out that the "normal front door" was a porch door and was left unlocked. Apparently I should have opened it, gone to the front door and rung the doorbell.

On other deliveries front doors are left open and I shout "Hello! Sometimes when I do the the customer is shocked that the door is open and think I've opened it when it would be impossible without a key.

Summertime is a PITA at times, especially with people in the back garden, who "think" they can hear you.

TottalyLost

Sorry but what dog do you have?



You said you had to hold her (the dog I assume) as she wasbarking at the guy - at what point? Only after he went through the whole house? LOL

My one would have had the poor guy standing at the door till I got there....

:-)

Lock the doors or.. get a proper dog but leave the poor guy alone - did you tell HIM that you found it unacceptable that he came into your house? Did you tell him that there and then? Or are you going to call his company without warning him first?