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Got a sign, "use carport door"

Zhills — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:23:59 GMT

because Amazon was leaving packages at my screen room door...

Then it dawned on me, "The young people driving for them probably live in an apartment or a Condo and don't know what a "carport" is unless their parents had one!

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 02:40:38 GMT

@Zhills It would help to use a larger font First, not all Amazon drivers are "young people" and sweeping generalities about what they do or don't know are just silly.

What the heck is a "screen room"?

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They CallMe MRWILKES — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 02:24:52 GMT

I have no idea what a "screen room" is.

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reviewer from sc — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 02:58:50 GMT

Maybe the OP meant "sun room"? That is a screened-in porch area.

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smoochy — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 03:50:32 GMT

@reviewer from sc wrote:
Maybe the OP meant "sun room"? That is a screened-in porch area.

No. In Florida a sun room is glassed in. A screen room/lanai is not.

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Sage04 — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:22:00 GMT

@Zhills wrote:
because Amazon was leaving packages at my screen room door...

Then it dawned on me, "The young people driving for them probably live in an apartment or a Condo and don't know what a "carport" is unless their parents had one!

@Zhills you would be surprised at how many people live in houses with a 2 car garage, and not a carport.

Lived in Florida for years and most of the older houses had carports but never saw one with a door. Those in Fl aren't enclosed and so no place for a door, so therefore they are called carports.

I also agree with what @Love my grandkids said about using a larger font. It took a while to read what you Posted.

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Sage04 — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:18:43 GMT

@smoochy wrote:
@reviewer from sc wrote:
Maybe the OP meant "sun room"? That is a screened-in porch area.
No. In Florida a sun room is glassed in. A screen room/lanai is not.

@smoochy maybe she has a porch on the front that's screened in? I could be wrong lol

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kze — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 04:52:08 GMT

Maybe she has a door to the house from the carport. If so she could say "side door."

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sann — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 05:50:49 GMT

My parent's didn't have a screen room when I was growing up....

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jackiejenny — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 06:01:11 GMT

I have a glassed in sun room, but here, it's called a Florida room.

The OP just means she has a room that's screened in.

I think~~~

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on the bay — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 06:31:49 GMT

I don't know what a carport is either

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jackiejenny — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 06:43:50 GMT

@on the bay wrote:
I don't know what a carport is either

It's a garage with no walls...just a roof.

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Desertdi — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 08:24:40 GMT

This is a house with a "carport"....probably a regional term for covered parking:

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OKPrincess — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 08:42:35 GMT

We had screen doors growing up. Now I have security doors.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:34:40 GMT

I love carports. People are actually induced to park a car there, not store unused stuff.

Some of my neighbors have them and yes, they do have side doors that enter the home from the "port".

I have a front porch and generally that's where deliveries land, but sometimes they are left leaning on the garage door and I wonder why.

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qualitygal — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:37:02 GMT

I have a sign (handwritten) that says "Please leave packages here" that has an arrow and they know to open the garage door and put package inside, if weather's bad or leave just outside that door. Newbees leave at front stoop unless we catch them or go get the package right away and they see the garage door we come from, and then see the sign. Sometimes they park the truck out of view of the sign.

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jackthebear — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:50:52 GMT

you can give the drivers instructions on where to leave packages, it's somewhere in settings

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CalminHeart — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:53:41 GMT

I added a note about delivering to my back door on Amazon and that's where all Amazon drivers leave my packages.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:58:26 GMT

Amazon Prime left one of our packages in the snow on the ground and 1/4 mile from our home.

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pupwhipped — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:24:25 GMT

I think that's the smallest font I've ever seen....well, at least I'm trying to see it. 👀