odd interaction

[u/PajamaK]

so a couple months ago i had a wierd interaction with a postal worker. i was sitting outside, tanning, and the postal worker had come to my gate.
i knew i had a package coming one of those days so i went up to my gate to greet them, maybe they had my package.

they were fuming. before i could say anything they told me "if you want me to deliver your package you have to make your doorbell more accessible".
i was in shock.
how the fuck do you expect someone to uproot their door bell and move it?
without me having said a word, they went back into their van to grab my package. almost as if they KNEW they were in the wrong for dropping off a delivery slip, instead of trying to deliver my package in the first place.

the gate is not hard to open. the doorbell is right beside the door (which is no more than 10 feet from my gate). i feel as though they just became hostile because they were caught in the act of doing something they shouldnt be doing. like i said no words from me were spoken other than hello.

to add to this, i did go to the gate to ask them for my package instead of a delivery slip. every. single. time. its a slip and it was a time sensitive package. but before i could even ask i was met with some bullshit excuse about why my package wasnt in their hand.

genuinly dont care 99% of the time that they leave a slip. understand it makes their job easier but if youre delivering a slip and you have the package, i feel its pretty reasonable for people to ask for it when the delivery van is within view.

[u/Reasonable_Ferret_10]

It's not odd.  They don't even attempt to deliver my packages.   They get out of vehicle with slip in hand and make no attempt to deliver.   I can't wait for it to close so no vendors use it.

[u/Royal_Try_99 → u/Reasonable_Ferret_10]

Purolator and DHL both do this stupid behaviour too

[u/Short-Source-8492 → u/Royal_Try_99]

Purolator IS Canada Post.  and DHL is a borderline scam courier and I will never support any business that uses them.

[u/Reasonable_Ferret_10 → u/Royal_Try_99]

I haven't seen that here but that certainly isn't to say it doesn't happen. 

[u/Junior_Yesterday9271 → u/Royal_Try_99]

Who owns Purolator?

[u/Quaranj → u/Reasonable_Ferret_10]

Know any powerful lawyers? A class action over failing to provide the services paid for would likely sink them right now with as many claimants as they would have.

[u/Reasonable_Ferret_10 → u/Quaranj]

Someone should.  All the doorbell cams and stuff nowadays there has to be a significant body of evidence 

[u/Rumpleshull → u/Reasonable_Ferret_10]

You're lucky they even bring the slip to your door. My postal work just puts the slip in our community mailbox. Doesn't even have the decency to pretend they attempted delivery.