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Postman reveals unbelievable thing one woman said when she answered the door
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Postman reveals unbelievable thing one woman said when she answered the door Postman Reece Petch has gone viral on TikTok after sharing a funny story about what one woman said to him when he turned up at her home with her parcels. "I just had the funniest thing ever," he said. Where would we be without Britain's dedicated army of postal workers?
Postman reveals unbelievable thing one woman said when she answered the door
Postman Reece Petch has gone viral on TikTok after sharing a funny story about what one woman said to him when he turned up at her home with her parcels. "I just had the funniest thing ever," he said.
Where would we be without Britain's dedicated army of postal workers? Rain or shine, whether battling a record-breaking heatwave or soaking wet from a downpour, they're always out on their rounds ensuring our important - and sometimes not so important - letters and parcels reach our doors.
Postman Reece Petch, who regularly documents his day-to-day experiences on his rounds via social media, shared a hilarious tale on TikTok, where he boasts more than 15,000 followers. Speaking directly to the camera, Reece said: "I just had the funniest thing ever.
"A woman that I delivered to, she always has a parcel, I knock on the door. Usually when I answer, when people answer the door to me, I'm like 'Oh, hi, you alright?'"
However, the woman's reaction caught Reece completely off guard. He said: "She just went 'shh!'", reports Lancs Live.
"They don't have, like, a baby or anything. So I was like, oh, like, maybe they're looking after a baby or, like, something. someone's sleeping or whatever. I was like 'Oh, sorry, sorry'.
"[She] just looks at me with this sort of look where she's like, she's whispering fully. She's like 'I'm not meant to be getting any parcels'.
"I literally just went 'Oh, okay'. And the funny thing is, I parked up, she came to the door without me knocking. So she actually has been anticipating my arrival, so that I wouldn't knock on the door to get her husband's attention."
As it happens, Reece actually has a personal connection to the woman, which could result in her husband discovering her secret. "Her husband is actually friends with my dad," he said.
"[If] he ends up seeing this somehow, or I don't know how, but, like, that would be really funny. But your missus is buying parcels. Not to bait her out or anything. Unless she's banned herself, but then she won't be whispering to herself. I don't know. I find it quite funny."
Reece went on to say that "so many people" confess to feeling guilty about how much they shop online. "You get the people that you go to all the time, and they look like they feel ashamed of themselves," he said.
"When you're close to your postie, that's when you know you've probably got an addiction to ordering parcels. Hey, I'm here for it. I don't care. I gotta go around this area anyway, so if I gotta deliver it, I gotta deliver it."
Wrapping up, he said: "If you want to be discreet about your parcels, or if you're banned from buying parcels, just wait for my arrival. And 'shh', easier said than done."
Viewers shared their own amusing encounters with postal workers and other delivery staff in the comments. One wrote: "I've got my postie on fb (Facebook), he'll message me when he's on his way to check I'm in."
Another user said: "I ordered everyday when on matt leave then there was one week where I didn't order anything. My post lady actually came to see if I was ok. Knocked on my door and was genuinely concerned."
A further commenter added: "My local Evri driver told my boyfriend before Christmas 'is she done ordering so I can go on holiday now?' I'm embarrassed."