How are the delivery people in your area? Around here, they are terrible.

It used to be, they would knock on the door and hand you the package if you were home, or leave a notification of where they left it. Not any more!!!

UPS is the worst!! They don't knock, or even walk up the steps and leave it by the door. Now they just stand at the bottom of the steps and toss it up so it lands in the general vicinity of the door. The only time they actually knock, is when a package has to be signed for. So the way I know I have a package, is when I hear the thud of it landing.

Fed-Ex isn't quite that bad. They leave notification of where they left the package, unless again it has to be signed for, and then I will get that knock on the door - otherwise - no knock.

Neither seems to know what a doorbell is either.

They see a car in the driveway, they see lights on in the house if it's getting dark, they see that I usually have the front inside door open - wouldn't you think that might be a clue that someone is at home???

Okay - I know they have a busy schedule - especially around the holidays. I can see them maybe doing this at such a busy time of year, but what's their excuse the rest of the year??? What happened to that UPS guy in the commercials that you see smiling and actually talking to the person he is delivering to?? I'm not looking for a "Chatty Cathy", but come on, courtesy would be nice, even just once in a while.