Postman Reece Petch shared a funny story about something that had happened to him on TikTok. Speaking to the camera, Reece said: "I just had the funniest thing ever."
Where would we be without the UK's army of postmen and women? Whether we're in the middle of a record-breaking heatwave, or it's absolutely tipping it down, they're always out and about making sure our important - and sometimes not so important - mail and packages get to us.
Postman Reece Petch, who regularly shares his everyday experiences while doing his rounds on social media, shared a funny story about something that had happened to him on TikTok, where he has more than 15,000 followers. Speaking to the camera, Reece said: "I just had the funniest thing ever.
"A woman that I delivered to, she always has a parcel, I knock on the door. Usually when I answer, when people answer the door to me, I'm like 'Oh, hi, you alright?'"
But the woman's reaction left Reece taken aback. He said: "She just went 'shh!'
"They don't have, like, a baby or anything. So I was like, oh, like, maybe they're looking after a baby or, like, something. someone's sleeping or whatever. I was like 'Oh, sorry, sorry'.
"[She] just looks at me with this sort of look where she's like, she's whispering fully. She's like 'I'm not meant to be getting any parcels'.
"I literally just went 'Oh, okay'. And the funny thing is, I parked up, she came to the door without me knocking. So she actually has been anticipating my arrival, so that I wouldn't knock on the door to get her husband's attention."
Perhaps unfortunately for the woman, Reece actually has a personal connection to her, which may result in her husband finding out her secret. "Her husband is actually friends with my dad," he said.
"[If] he ends up seeing this somehow, or I don't know how, but, like, that would be really funny. But your missus is buying parcels. Not to bait her out or anything. Unless she's banned herself, but then she won't be whispering to herself. I don't know. I find it quite funny."
Reece continued that "so many people" tell him they feel guilty about how much they order online. "You get the people that you go to all the time, and they look like they feel ashamed of themselves," he said.
"When you're close to your postie, that's when you know you've probably got an addiction to ordering parcels. Hey, I'm here for it. I don't care. I gotta go around this area anyway, so if I gotta deliver it, I gotta deliver it."
Concluding, he said: "If you want to be discreet about your parcels, or if you're banned from buying parcels, just wait for my arrival. And 'shh', easier said than done."
People shared their own funny experiences with postmen and women and other package delivery workers in the comments section. One said: "I've got my postie on fb (Facebook), he’ll message me when he’s on his way to check I’m in."
Another wrote: "I ordered everyday when on matt leave then there was one week where I didn't order anything. My post lady actually came to see if I was ok. Knocked on my door and was genuinely concerned."
Someone else said: "My local Evri driver told my boyfriend before Christmas 'is she done ordering so I can go on holiday now?' I’m embarrassed."
