gamer_jim
Podcaster
A couple days ago my youngest dog was outside and going bananas, much more than usual. I look outside and an unknown and unmarked vehicle was turning around in my driveway, set back about 150 feet from the road. It was a middle aged man of non-western European descendant. I brought my dog in closed the screen door and stared intently at him from inside my house. He got out of his vehicle went around the back of the vehicle and produced a small cardboard box. He showed it to me, smiled and then placed it on the walkway in front of my house. He then took a picture of it, got in his vehicle and left.
Turns out it was a delivery I had been expecting. Not having any markings on the vehicle and the gentleman's ethnicity made me worry.
I should have shut and locked the door, armed myself and continue to monitor from inside.
Lesson learned. Be prepared and act accordingly. You don't owe strangers politeness, especially at your home. Maybe a sign out front would have helped. I've also seen people put delivery boxes at the end of their driveway for these sorts of things with instructions to put them in. Ideally I would want a gated driveway with the delivery box out front of it with cameras and motion alarms. Maybe someone could build one so that after something was put in it it would automatically lock and it would be bolted to a small cement slab to prevent theft.
Turns out it was a delivery I had been expecting. Not having any markings on the vehicle and the gentleman's ethnicity made me worry.
I should have shut and locked the door, armed myself and continue to monitor from inside.
Lesson learned. Be prepared and act accordingly. You don't owe strangers politeness, especially at your home. Maybe a sign out front would have helped. I've also seen people put delivery boxes at the end of their driveway for these sorts of things with instructions to put them in. Ideally I would want a gated driveway with the delivery box out front of it with cameras and motion alarms. Maybe someone could build one so that after something was put in it it would automatically lock and it would be bolted to a small cement slab to prevent theft.