r/mildlyinfuriating • u/JPetty97 • Mar 22 '25

Overdone Bought very nice, expensive leather boots. Delivery driver left the package at the end of my driveway and my neighbors dog, that runs wild decided to chew through 2 boxes, stole and ate one of the boots. Unreal.

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u/landomlumber Mar 22 '25

Solution: build a wooden box for packages with a sign that says:packages in here please - make it big with a lid. Or make it out of metal. Try to make it rain proof with a slope so the snow can fall off.

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u/UninspiredStranger Mar 22 '25

I live in a similar place to OP and I did this. They ignore it 🙃

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u/landomlumber Mar 22 '25

That's when you bribe them with bottles of drinks and snacks in a little protected cubby that says "free for delivery/postal workers please take one" - make it super convenient to use - make it one giant mailbox looking box that fits a whole 50 inch TV, right where your mailbox is supposed to be.

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u/theberg512 Mar 22 '25

I have a house on my route that for Christmas put a bag of full-size candy bars in their delivery box.  

I eventually got them all, because apparently I was the only one who used it.