I came in to this thinking I'd be amused and get a good laugh, but instead I'm leaving annoyed and disliking humans, once again. Complaining about the carriers, who, by the looks of the majority of these photos, are doing the best they can, is just flat out rude. If you don't want your packages left out in the open, put something out there that the packages can be put in/under/behind. You give the carriers no other options, and then you batch about it. That's not funny.

Doesn't happen in the Netherlands because the sender is responsible for the goods until you receive them. They won't allow couriers to just drop their parcels on doorsteps or in gardens. The sender needs to proof that you received the package in a dispute.

I thought this was supposed to be a list about packages? I didn't see any of them though??

I call Karen on this. If you don't specify a safe place or don't have a safe place to hide, don't expect people with dozens of packages in line to snoop around finding a special place.

In Brazil if you don't have a doorman (most buildings have) and you are not home, then it's taken back, they won't just leave on the street. Here in US, at least in my neighborhood, they leave by the front door (which is fine for me)

Which country is this? I live in Greece and unless someone is home to pick up they aren't supposed to leave the packages.

I find this funny....I didn't know it was the delivery persons job to hide your package like the damn Easter bunny! If you're so worried about package theft then take advantage of some of the other options available. Before I got my video doorbell and started working from home I had it set up that packages could only be delivered on Saturdays since someone would be home. Video doorbells are a great investment and they make package lock boxes that you can install on your property. Amazon/UPS/FedEx all have features on their sites where if you register you can send instructions for a delivery...I've asked for delivery after 5p if possible or if they can hold it at their site and I'll pick it up before they close.

I wish my Amazon delivery drivers would even attempt to hide my packages instead of just leaving them on my doormat to be stolen. I live in an apartment strip in the hood and people just walk through and take s**t, disregarding the security cameras. I have to make it a point to be home for every delivery, but the damned thing is is many times they don't even knock.

Yeah, Laura Gilman.. I like that! On the outside should say, we cannot deliver bodily specimens, please take this to your local lab, for specimen examination.

Amazon once posted a package of mine through an small open window. It was the window to my downstairs loo and yup, the package landed straight in the toilet!!

We're always home now. Amazon couriers NEVER ring the bell to let us know they're making a delivery. Too much effort, I suppose.

Our postal workers and sometimes Amazon/UPS will come into our apartment building, and drop things at our apartment door. LUCKY there is a camera in the hall, and only 2 units on the first floor, and 6 units on floors 2-4... so finding a thief if it goes missing, isn't hard.

I've got a secure spot aaaand it's written in my account : behind the house on the veranda (with a roof). Not one of the packages has ever been there! They are in the front, prominent for everybody to see and rained on ocassionally. (Both spots are exactly the same distance to walk from the car!)

I live in France and Amazon deliveries were depressingly poor here. You never knew if they would turn up or not. I got totally sick of their couldn't care less attitude to customer service, so I went on Google and got an email address for Jeff Bezos and fired off a complaint to him. This is the richest person on the planet and almost unbelievably, my email got to him and he actually read it!! I got a couple of great replies from Customer Service whom he'd forwarded the email to and I have to say that since Jeff Bezos involvement, the Amazon service here in France is like chalk and cheese compared to before. The improvement in service has been massive. I just got lucky with my email because he must get hundreds a day.