Amazon delivery driver gets stuck on my grass

josh_sheffield said:
https://youtu.be/hJ_Za3jeFhg

he does look it...



As it happens there is a sign on the private track just before you come down the drive saying "please keep off the grass" put there by one of my neighbours, not me. Always found that a bit odd, who needs to be told not to drive on the grass? Apparently I was wrong.
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I don@t imagine there was any malice in the driving, BUT, I'd definitely clean and disinfect both the parcel and door bell!
 
builder22 said:
if they seriously thought that would help I'm gonna say driving on the grass wasn't done with malice and they're just dafties!
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He's trying to turn round to go back down the road. So yeah, just a dafty. The grass is flat and it's not water, so what could go wrong?
 
Angilion said:
He's trying to turn round to go back down the road. So yeah, just a dafty. The grass is flat and it's not water, so what could go wrong?
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When there are more cars parked on the drive delivery drivers do have to reverse back up the driveway, in the past we've had grass churned up or plants damaged where they've not been able to stay on the track. On one occasion a driver left most of their wingmirror on the drive. Shocking how poor some of these delivery drivers are at manoeuvring. Given that I try and park so that there is plenty of space to turn so that drivers can spin around and not face a long reverse up a hill and around a bend.

With only the camper and range rover on the drive there is space to spin around a much bigger van if you are not a complete idiot. Why would he choose to turn left onto grass when there is hardstanding on his right?
 
Personally I would just leave it. It doesn't look like there was any malice, just made a mistake. You report them, they potentially lose their jobs over a mistake, and who knows if they decide to come back and 'get revenge'. Bigger things to worry about in life
 
I would just leave it. I did like the one when he come to the door, he just looked embarrassed. That’s probably how I look when I miss deliver mail and have to knock to ask for it back.

Its not really worth it to complain. Amazon won’t do anything for you and your potentially get them sacked.

edit just seen the full video and would like to add I’m not saying I scratch my balls while waiting for people to answer the door.
 
They're not going to be the brightest of sparks.

Did they not get out to try and push the van? It doesn't look that stuck, or that far onto the grass that it wouldn't be possible to push backwards.
 
jonas123 said:
Personally I would just leave it. It doesn't look like there was any malice, just made a mistake. You report them, they potentially lose their jobs over a mistake, and who knows if they decide to come back and 'get revenge'. Bigger things to worry about in life
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Yeah, agree there are bigger things. What has wound me up is that they didnt apologise and that they said he pulled on to the bricks which border the grass and then slid that far on. When in reality he drove straight onto the grass intentionally.

Stupid thing thing to have done but also to me shows a lack of respect for other peoples property.

Meh, bag of topsoil will sort it, or two. The ruts are almost a foot deep!
 
Oh dear.

Sadly this is Amazon's Prime employment standards. With the way they treat their employees, or rather allow/ encourage their sub contractors to not care/ be unhappy, it's not really any surprise. I don't think i've ever seen the same driver, but don't personally shop there.

I doubt complaining would even get you anything, maybe a month of free Prime.

But appreciate the post, gave me a good laugh.
 
Semple said:
They're not going to be the brightest of sparks.

Did they not get out to try and push the van? It doesn't look that stuck, or that far onto the grass that it wouldn't be possible to push backwards.
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They did try and push, then tried to put wood under the wheels, then emptied the van, pushed a bit more, reloaded the van, then stood around fondling themselves until I towed them out.

They werent exactly big lads but i would have thought it would have come out from a decent push and some carboard under the wheels. Probably good they didnt try harder, would have either made a bigger mess or ended up with the van in the pond at the bottom of the garden.
 
josh_sheffield said:
Thanks. Im just south of Barnsley. The garden and view really made us buy the place.

The house has lots of character but needs a lot of work.
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Yeah ... so what time's are you usually out? Just in case I ever want to drop a card off.

In terms of the video. Definately no malice. I'm not 100% sure I wouldn't have tried the same if I was rushing about doing deliveries.
 
I wouldn’t complain personally - I’d say the hassle was enough punishment for what was just a stupid mistake.

We have two roads going to our land - one which is passable in a normal car, and another which requires something with a lot of ground clearance. Whenever we get building supplies delivered or workers come to do jobs for us, I tell them to go the correct way, and many of them still go the wrong way and get stuck. If I’m around to pull them out, I do, and if I’m not, I give them the number of a local guy with an old Jeep. I’d never think about reporting them to their company unless they’d caused serious damage to my property - it’s sad how people are so keen to report people for anything nowadays.
 
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