Postman banging on door

apesxx

I deliver home shopping and Unless i can quite clearly hear the bell i always knock on the door too as quite a few places have a bell in place that does not work, And with some of the really tight delivery slots we are given i havent got time to wait on someones doorstep for ages waiting to see if the doorbell worked or not.

skivenov

From experience of spending a lot of years deliverring. There's more doorbells out there that don't work than doorbells that do. If in doubt, hedge your bets, and do both. Failing that - best baliff knock! get a complaint for dragging them out of bed or get a complaint for none-delivery.

If you're doing a few hundred drops a day, you can't remember everyone's personal preferences. Number 60 works from home so is too busy to get up and answer the door, please make an appointment. Number 62 prefers if I ring the bell, Number 64 doesn't like me there before 9am. Number 66 has an important job so isn't in after 7am. Number 66 is flats, Flat 1 and 2 like the outer bell rang, flat 3 never answers the outer bell because they think I'm a chugger. Number 68's deaf so you have to hammer on the door. Number 70's got a baby so gently tap on the window. Number 72's not too good on her feet so takes a while to answer, don't take it back to the depot because she'll never get there.

Sorry if it sounds like a rant, but everyone has a way they like the world, and unfortunately, you can't get it all the time.

System

vyle wrote: »

There's a buzzer that acts as a thing called a "door bell." It rings loudly in my hall, and I can answer and grant access. You know, like a real font door.

Yes, there is a service buzzer that unlocks the door before 10:30, but there's a difference between using that to just drop off the letters, and letting yourself in so you can bash on a door when there is no expectation they'd be there. Especially if it's a parcel at 7am. I'm still in bed and yet to get dressed, trying to work out why a stranger has let themself in when there's a perfectly good doorbell downstairs.

Is it not better to receive a parcel at your door at 7am as opposed to having to walk down to the lobby at 7am to get it? I know which one i would prefer.

I must admit I don't see a major difference between the postman knocking on your door as opposed to say a fellow resident in the flat. I assume they don't wander outside and beep you to let them know they are coming.

NewLifeAhead_2

For some reason everyone seems to think the OP has said they don't want the postie knocking on the door, when in fact it is the BANGING they cannot tolerate. I have had this myself, not just with posties, but charity collectors,meter readers etc, and they literally pound the door like there's either someone dying outside or they're about to murder you. Its very disrespectful if you've got a baby in bed for a nap who may have been up half the night.

custardy

vyle wrote: »

There's a buzzer that acts as a thing called a "door bell." It rings loudly in my hall, and I can answer and grant access. You know, like a real font door.

Yes, there is a service buzzer that unlocks the door before 10:30, but there's a difference between using that to just drop off the letters, and letting yourself in so you can bash on a door when there is no expectation they'd be there. Especially if it's a parcel at 7am. I'm still in bed and yet to get dressed, trying to work out why a stranger has let themself in when there's a perfectly good doorbell downstairs.

its not a doorbell
its a means to gain entry to the stair
so you expect them to stand in the street,ring a buzzer,wait................................wait............are they in/up?.....wait...
right now I'll press the service button and go inside
knock the door................wait...............now write a P739 if thers no answer
oh look,suddenly thats halved the number of packages deliverd in an hour

photome

wellused wrote: »

Maybe he thought that I hadn't heard the bell when he bangs the door before ringing the bell, priceless!

cant believe the things some will complain about.

Many door bells dont work

photome

NewLifeAhead wrote: »

For some reason everyone seems to think the OP has said they don't want the postie knocking on the door, when in fact it is the BANGING they cannot tolerate. I have had this myself, not just with posties, but charity collectors,meter readers etc, and they literally pound the door like there's either someone dying outside or they're about to murder you. Its very disrespectful if you've got a baby in bed for a nap who may have been up half the night.

Knocking and banging is very subjective, the postman is trying to do his job.

He cant win!

maybe next time he wont bother trying to get the OPs attention and take parcel back to depot

mazza111

wellused wrote: »

Don't talk wet ringing the bell is sufficient for 99% of all callers no one needs to bang the door before ringing the bell to get a response, if I don't make it to the door the postie should do what he is paid for and either find a neighbour who will take the parcel in or return it to the office for me to collect, what next shouting through the letterbox?

Don't you talk wet, you're making mountains out of molehills. Does the postie hear your bell from outside? I've been there and done the job, properly I may add, and if I couldn't hear your bell from outside I too would bang/knock on your door, depending on what kind of door you have.

As for the guy with the buzzer. Seriously. Do you really expect the postie to stand out in the peeing rain, while you answer your buzzer when the service button is in operation? :rotfl: Think that's the funniest complaint I've seen about the postal service.

To the person not getting mail on a saturday and getting it delivered as late as 5pm Looks like you're in one of the offices with a failing revision. These are changes that RM are bringing in that aren't working for the postie in the street ( a lot of the time, there are some that are working). Basically a computer and a man who's never done the duties are sitting in an office and planning routes. It's causing shortages in a lot of places. Hopefully it will settle down soon if they get allocated more staff.

Don't worry I'll be watching out for him so he better mind his p's and q's.

And you better watch yours, because all he needs to say to his manager is that you're aggressive and he doesn't feel safe delivering to you any more, then you'll have to pick up all your mail from the D.O.

giraffe69

And you better watch yours, because all he needs to say to his manager is that you're aggressive and he doesn't feel safe delivering to you any more, then you'll have to pick up all your mail from the D.O.

And when you get there you can ring the bell to gain admittance!

liana_y2kuk

My postie had taken to walking across my garden and window to my next door neihbours house from mt other the neihbour on the other side.
Grr