AMAZON DELIVERY DRIVER CAME INTO MY HOME!

sevenhills

prowla said:

It's curious that people are blaming the homeowner for not locking their gate, porch, and inner door.

There is no rule, guidance, or convention that it is OK for strangers to wander into people's homes.

Do you think the OP should carry on leaving their door unlocked?

Torry_Quine

I can well see she would get a surprise and the delivery driver shouldn't have done it. However as a woman alone in the house why on earth was the door unlocked.

RFW

prowla said:

It's curious that people are blaming the homeowner for not locking their gate, porch, and inner door.

There is no rule, guidance, or convention that it is OK for strangers to wander into people's homes.

I'm glad someone said that. We're usually well locked up but occasionally an outer door is left unlocked. I don't expect anyone to come wandering in if it is.

Emmia

RFW said:

prowla said:

It's curious that people are blaming the homeowner for not locking their gate, porch, and inner door.

There is no rule, guidance, or convention that it is OK for strangers to wander into people's homes.

I'm glad someone said that. We're usually well locked up but occasionally an outer door is left unlocked. I don't expect anyone to come wandering in if it is.

I'm just astonished that the delivery guy went through several doors, and that they were all unlocked - I can understand the porch being unlocked, but the main front door/backdoor should be locked.

rollingmoon

prowla said:

It's curious that people are blaming the homeowner for not locking their gate, porch, and inner door.

There is no rule, guidance, or convention that it is OK for strangers to wander into people's homes.

There isn't, but locking the door seems like the most effective way of stopping randoms wandering into your house.

prowla

sevenhills said:

prowla said:

It's curious that people are blaming the homeowner for not locking their gate, porch, and inner door.

There is no rule, guidance, or convention that it is OK for strangers to wander into people's homes.

Do you think the OP should carry on leaving their door unlocked?

Do you think it's OK for strangers to wander in?

sevenhills

prowla said:

Do you think it's OK for strangers to wander in?

Whether we think its ok or not, would not stop them from doing it. I believe the OP came on here for a solution, not sympathy.

Pollycat

Torry_Quine said:

I can well see she would get a surprise and the delivery driver shouldn't have done it. However as a woman alone in the house why on earth was the door unlocked.

I don't see the relevance of 'a woman alone'.
I'd say that the majority of people accessing someone else's property without being invited is to steal rather than sexually assault.

Our front and back doors are always locked when we are in the house, even if my husband is the only one in.

sevenhills

Pollycat said:

I don't see the relevance of 'a woman alone'.
I'd say that the majority of people accessing someone else's property without being invited is to steal rather than sexually assault.

Our front and back doors are always locked when we are in the house, even if my husband is the only one in.

Or in this case, deliver a parcel.

pfpf

very quickly turned in to "victim blaming".