Got told off for knocking a customers door today

CharlesSpooner · Post by **CharlesSpooner** » 26 Mar 2019, 17:12

Joe B wrote:Had a customer have a go today because I knocked and didn't ring the doorbell, just curious, are we under any obligation to ring doorbells? Cheers

I always ring as a deaf or hard of hearing person may have their "bell" hooked up to a light or flashing device that gives them a visual indicator that there's someone at the door.

Joe B · Post by **Joe B** » 27 Mar 2019, 16:56

CharlesSpooner wrote:
Joe B wrote:Had a customer have a go today because I knocked and didn't ring the doorbell, just curious, are we under any obligation to ring doorbells? Cheers
I always ring as a deaf or hard of hearing person may have their "bell" hooked up to a light or flashing device that gives them a visual indicator that there's someone at the door.

Good point actually, and to be fair I normally ring and knock. This particular lady was just being snobby.

ShropshireLad · Post by **ShropshireLad** » 30 Mar 2019, 12:05

Once had someone come running down the road waving a card at me and complaining that I hadn't knocked or rung the bell. He was right.........it was a card from Citylink !

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 30 Mar 2019, 13:13

ShropshireLad wrote:Once had someone come running down the road waving a card at me and complaining that I hadn't knocked or rung the bell. He was right.........it was a card from Citylink !

Remember those BT A4 mock ones they did a few years ago, I would have about 5 people a day come looking for me when we had them.

Post by **Wullie10** » 31 Mar 2019, 10:05

If i suspect someone is in but don't answer i actually video my hand knocking on the door then the parcel in question. I can't wait till the day the manager calls me in with a complaint i didn't knock .

clashcityrocker · Post by **clashcityrocker** » 31 Mar 2019, 11:09

Would you not need permission to video on private property?

Seymour Buts · Post by **Seymour Buts** » 31 Mar 2019, 13:48

Somebody chasing after me with one of those revenue slips has also happened a few times. "I'm in, I'm in!"

Post by **Murdoch** » 01 Apr 2019, 14:54

clashcityrocker wrote:
mattycash wrote:I completely ignore these new "ONE" video doorbells, if you want to film me ask my permission.
I think the fact you have walked on to their property gives them implied permission.
A bit like CCTV at train stations etc.

Ring doorbells are on seriously shakey legal ground, because they don't only film people, they also upload that data to their amazon servers, and then the data is processed. So for all you know, your image is now stored on an amazon database, possibly in the US, and all sorts of facial recognition algortitms could be run on it.

Not sure" implied permission" would be enough to justify that.

There is a significant lack of consent involved with their use, I'd expect massive EU fines to be coming their way tbh.

postslippete · Post by **postslippete** » 01 Apr 2019, 17:15

It amazes me how often people open the door once the red slip gets posted through. Ironically when I'm at the end of a very long street and the guy just won't stop shouting.

twoloops · Post by **twoloops** » 27 Jul 2020, 19:42

I do have to give this student house a good few bashes with my PDA to get them up, usually the neighbours come out 1st, today when they eventually opened the door he said “Didn’t think you delivered on a Sunday?” It’s Monday mate

Post by **greengiant** » 28 Jul 2020, 10:10

I once got told off for ringing a doorbell too loudly!

jmdnnlln2911 · Post by **jmdnnlln2911** » 28 Jul 2020, 11:55

lala wrote:I always knock and ring (if they have a bell). Still get the odd person saying I never tried!

I always wait the allotted time and knock again.. Don't you find it odd that as soon as you knock a second time the door opens almost immediately? it's as if they stand behind the door waiting for that second rap on the door...

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 28 Jul 2020, 18:28

greengiant wrote:I once got told off for ringing a doorbell too loudly!

Did it explode?

Mr Rush · Post by **Mr Rush** » 28 Jul 2020, 20:49

castra wrote:Don't piss off the postie because it WILL come back to bite you in the arse. You WILL eventually get chance at payback.

Had a woman back in April go on a rant about how I was handing over her packets to neighbours and strangers on the street. Decidedly not me at the time she alleged to have witnessed this. Rather than admitting to shooting her mouth on a case of mistaken identity, she told me to consider this a warning before she goes to the police. Thumbs up for your postie, indeed.

After that I coincidentally didn't have any space for her packets in my bag for the next 3 months and prioritised those for the rest of the street.

sorefeet17 · Post by **sorefeet17** » 30 Jul 2020, 20:31

I was ringing the bell at a small care home I have on my route, I rang about 4 times, no answer which I thought was unusual as its a 24 hour manned home, so I looked though the lounge window and a young lad was sitting on sofa , so I banged on glass with pda and he answered the door and I said "didn't you hear the bell?" he said "oh I wondered what that noise was"

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