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I've disconnected the doorbell at every place I've lived in the last 10 years. If I'm expecting you I'll be waiting and opening the door for you, everyone else can leave a message or find a different way to contact me
Absolutely this. Not many people understand this, especially not my gen (x) or older. Here they're all pavlov'ed to open the door when it rings or answer the phone. I never do that.
I don't answer the phone unless you are in my contacts list or I am specifically expecting a call.
If someone calls and doesn't leave a voicemail or text, then it isnt important.
Filters out the junk (and often outright scam) calls.
Exactly. The important people know how to reach me, all others simply aren't.
Fed ex and UPS with sign for packages.
These would generally fall under the "expected" category.
Yes, in the ~~three~~ ~~nine~~ fourteen hour window they might show up in.
I'm at work for most of that window. And when I miss it, they'll try again the next day at the same time...believe it or not, I'll be at work then too.
What’s fun is now UPS wants a second shipping fee to schedule a time or hold your package for you. You can no longer presign their little paper to leave the package. The only option is to pay, or they’ll return your package.
It’s extortion.
Worse, I was home both days and they never knocked or rang the bell. I let them return the package, on them, took my full refund, then reordered. We cycled through this game until someone rang the bell.
So nothing relevant to you at all, in these circumstances.
Not everything is about me. My comment was more tongue-in-cheek than anything.
More seriously, the tracking numbers usually narrow it down to an hour or 2 if you actually follow it. Given the once every few years that I have a package requiring a signature, I think I can handle it.