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[Qshopper1991]

UPS and Fed Ex never knock or use my doorbell.  Last week, two packages from QVC were at my front door and it was pouring rain.  I didn't discover them until the next day.  Sometimes I just don't go out because I'm working from home.  It's just awful that they don't use the doorbell anymore.

[RollTide2008]

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@Reever wrote:

I was watching HGTV and one of the program hosts (cannot recall which one) said doorbells have gotten out of style and are considered tacky by younger homeowners.  The younger generation certainly has strange tastes. I often shake my head watching these home remodeling shows. I assume most delivery people are under 40 so perhaps that is why they have an aversion to ringing the bell. In my area you are fortunate to even get a knock. They often dump packages and quickly run back to their vehicle presumably to text or listen to music on the device that they are tethered to.

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Or they quickly run back to their vehicle because they have many more packages to deliver.

[Spurt]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

I have a sign on my door asking deliveries to ring the doorbell, which is 3" away.  About one out of ten actually do it.  I have no windows on the front and never know when a package is sitting outside the door.  Even my dogs no longer bark at deliverymen.

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@Kachina624 

Maybe you need to get a cat----My cat Figaro alerts me when someone's at the door even before they knock or if a delivery person leaves a package without knocking.......EXCELLENT WATCH CAT!!! 😺