Postman trying to open the door

getzls

girl_withno_name wrote: »

So... I missed a parcel delivery last week and due to the lack of opening hours, etc. at the collection office I opted to have the item redelivered today as I'm studying at home.

About 3.30pm there's a knock on the door, which I go to answer and as I'm halfway down the stairs the postman is busy trying the front door handle!

Luckily our door locks from the outside when closed, but this surely isn't normal practice?

And the problem with this is?

I did this when i was a postie and my customers liked this.

Better than me carrying it around the rest of my walk and the customer having to go and collect it.

Zedicus

I have had postmen do this (I have an outer and inner door) and I much appreciated it.

zaksmum

But if the dogs did bite him - because he's a stranger entering my property without me allowing him to - would I be liable for prosecution? Doesn't seem right.

mrscameron

Our DPD delivery man does this!

anamenottaken

FunWithFlags wrote: »

We used to live in a house with a UPVC door and it's a house that is clearly not flats and had no porch. I was in the house once and postie knocked. I got up from the couch and before I'd even reached the door, he had opened the door, thrown the parcel on the stairs and slammed it shut. I was gobsmacked. I was only a youngish teen at the time so didn't even think of telling my mum or complaining lol but I do remember thinking how weird it was! I poked my head out the door straight away too and he was dashing off round the corner so it was clear he knew he'd been naughty. Always kept the door locked after that!

Or he was delivering post as quickly as he could - resulting in the recipients getting their items as soon as possible.

FunWithFlags

anamenottaken wrote: »

Or he was delivering post as quickly as he could - resulting in the recipients getting their items as soon as possible.

I would have considered that to be possible had he not been literally running off. There's delivering post quickly and there's throwing a parcel and legging it.

d123

Anyone trying my door who wasn't a friend or family member would annoy me, and any representative of a company who tried it would elicit a very strong complaint to the head office of the company.

What a stupid thing to do, even from the postman's perspective, he could get bitten or open himself up to theft allegations "My Rolex was on the cupboard in the hall, now it's gone".

NiallB

LimeLight wrote: »

Reminds me of waiting in all day for the fire brigade....

Hope it wasn't an urgent fire :rotfl:

hippygran

When I was a teen (years ago!), our very nice post lady decided to open the door to our kitchen to leave a parcel on the side. It was quite normal not to lock doors in rural areas in those days,and none of us kids even had a key!
She had been delivering to our house for years, and always made a big fuss of our (rather cowardly dog). The dog was scared of his own shadow and would run and hide under the kitchen table if a new person came into the house (he was one of mums rescued ones, and had to be taught to bark!).
He bit her! And god, how he bit her. I had been to my friends, mum was at work, and as I was walking home, our next door neighbour told us the dog had bitten the post woman and she had had to go to hospital.
I opened the door........................and all I saw was the finger of a leather glove, a fair amount of blood and a very battered parcel. I was convinced that the finger was still in there!
The post lady was very upset and wanted to sue, and have the dog destroyed. Legally though she hadnt got a leg to stand on, since, (and this came from the Police and Post Office too - Royal Mail wasnt separate in those days). Bottom line was she should never have opened the door.
The real pity was that if she had opened the door fully, the dog would have either fussed her to death (as he knew her), or hidden away if he was unsure!
All the dog saw was a glove coming round the door! We locked the door from then on! And poor cowardly Sandy got a bit of a reputation!

pullenuk

My grandparents used to have the postmen pop their letters and parcels straight into the kitchen (calling out first his name) via the backdoor. Benefit of the local postmen that knew my grandparents are old and takes time to answer the door and that the dog would grab the letters if they went through the box.

Sadly he retired and they get different ones now. Lucky thing is, my Mum office on the same grounds so she takes any parcels and letters now.