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Glover_elbow

Glover_elbow

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Why do they think its acceptable to walk across your front lawn. So many take the short cut directly in front of my bay window sending my dogs absolutely nuts.
 
Next time it happens, release the hounds and let them rip his throat out.

Then stick his head on a spike as a warning to other drivers.
 
I wonder if there is delivery etiquette in training.

What you can and can't walk on, ways of delivery. Maximum height of a fence you can chuck a delivery over.
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
Get non-barking dogs, your neighbours will appreciate that too
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When a male approaches the house 2cm from the front window then they are more than entitled to bark. The point is if the went a long the path then they wouldn't be so startled. The house is set back from the road and our neighbour is more than happy with the dogs she lives on her own and is happy for the security they rarely bark apart from when someone comes directly in front of the house. We have some neighbours with smaller yappy dogs who seem to bark everytime they are let in the garden. Still dogs are much less anti social than cats who think its ok to sh it in your garden and climb on your car roof
 
Some delivery companies like dpd you can rate the service so i might start doing that although Dpd seem to be less inclined along with the post. Its normally people delivering takeaway menus or charity bags or yodel that think its ok.
 
Glover_elbow said:
Why do they think its acceptable to walk across your front lawn. So many take the short cut directly in front of my bay window sending my dogs absolutely nuts.
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You are lucky - my wee yapper is very territorial - we have squirrels,pigeons and others that set him off the whole day long - darkness comes as blessing.
 
The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
Exactly, all those "short cuts" they take may over a day end up the difference between seeing their kids before bedtime, or not.

Maybe watch the Ken Loach film "Sorry we missed you" and see the pressures many of them will be under.
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I accept that drivers are put under unfair pressures to make deliveries but that doesn't excuse them driving at 40+mph on very narrow 20mph roads, driving one handed on the same roads using some sort of mobile device or driving the length of 4/5 houses half on the pavement half on the road rather than going slower and exercising a bit of caution and sticking to the road all of which happen pretty much most days outside my house.
 
As a postie, if a customer specifically asked me not to walk in front of the windows I'd just comply and walk around from that point on. Most posties will use the path that leads across two adjoining gardens, and will probably step over a small fence if there's no chance of damaging it (or themselves!) Sometimes customers I've met in their garden as I deliver have told me not to worry about cutting over the grass and I was welcome to do it, so it's all a bit of a minefield.

If it's annoying you that much, either have a word with the delivery person or put a note in your door or window maybe?
 
DCI_Gene_Hunt said:
I accept that drivers are put under unfair pressures to make deliveries but that doesn't excuse them driving at 40+mph on very narrow 20mph roads, driving one handed on the same roads using some sort of mobile device or driving the length of 4/5 houses half on the pavement half on the road rather than going slower and exercising a bit of caution and sticking to the road all of which happen pretty much most days outside my house.
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I don't think anyone has claimed it does, but I'd say it does entitle them to take a short cut, if the only impact is it makes someones dog bark.
 
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