My house didn't have a door bell when I moved in, and people just knocked. That seemed OK, until recently when I had repeated failed delivery attempts. After I'd installed a surveillance camera, it showed that, rather to my surprise, on the most recent failure, the guy had actually come to the door. Presumably, he knocked, but not loud enough. So I installed a door bell. Tested it. It worked fine. Then the very first time a delivery guy used it, it jammed in the on position. Apparently, the bell push wasn't designed with delivery drivers in mind. Why is this so hard? Sylvia.

Yeah, I had two packages sent via DHL on the 23rd, one from the USA and the other from Singapore. They both arrived in Melbourne within the week, the Singapore one a day or two earlier as you'd expect. On Monday I picked up the USA one at the post office, still waiting on the Singapore one. You can't apply logic to these things. But DHL use Aus Post for the delivery within Australia, the courier services used by RS and e14 don't (for me). -- __ __ #_ < || |< _#

Rant - why is it so hard?

Sep 06, 2021 22 Replies

Rate this thread:

Sylvia Else 4 years ago

The sign turns out not to be fool-proof.

A UPS driver misread "Please use the doorbell" as "Please use the door". So he knocked and said that he could not see the door that the arrow was pointing to.

I'll make a new sign: "Ring the God-damned bell."

Sylvia.

Vote

Trevor Wilson 4 years ago

**Hey, here's a thought: Buy the Ring system. Foolproof.

Vote

Daniel65 4 years ago

Hmm! I was thinking you meant to type "frame" but hit the 'l' in place of the 'r'!! Would that be same finger but opposite hand or something??

Daniel

Vote

Join the Discussion

Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.

Didn't find your answer?

Ask the community — no account required