A man fed-up with delivery drivers skipping his eight-storey home took matters into his own hands when he saw a van drive by without dropping off his new £1,600 phone
This is the moment a ‘furious’ Royal Mail postie ends up in a blazing row with a DPD driver in the middle of the street – over the latter’s ‘lazy’ delivery antics. Steven Siddall ordered a £1,600 Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and stayed home especially for the delivery on March 7 to ensure he wouldn’t miss it.
The 46-year-old was “fuming” when he allegedly watched the DPD van drive straight past his house before receiving a notification moments later to say “sorry” that he wasn’t home. Believing the “lazy” delivery driver “couldn’t be bothered” to trek up to his eighth-floor flat, despite there being two working lifts, he decided to track the delivery man down himself.
After driving for 10 minutes he says he found the driver who allegedly denied having the parcel in his van until Steven challenged him further. Believing it to be “ridiculous” he had to retrieve his own parcel, Steven shared footage on Facebook of a dispute between him and the delivery driver.
The clip shows Steven confronting the delivery driver as he angrily tells him: “If I don’t get my phone today mate I’m reporting you.” After challenging the delivery driver Steven eventually got his phone, then uploaded footage of the confrontation on Facebook.
Later that day, social media messages appear to show the delivery driver threatening Steven to remove the Facebook post, chillingly warning, “remember I know your address”. Now, Steven vows to “avoid [the delivery company] at all costs” when ordering online in future.
Steven, who lives in Ashton, Greater Manchester, said: “He’s quite lazy [if he can’t be bothered to go up the stairs]. There are two lifts, all he’s got to do is press the button. It’s an absolute farce and it just makes you furious.
“I stayed home especially for this [delivery]. When I saw the DPD driver he just drove straight past the flat and 30 seconds later I got a photo saying ‘sorry we’ve missed you’.
“He’s taken a picture of the flat from outside over the road nowhere near the entrance gate. I think he couldn’t be bothered because I live in a high-rise flat. It’s not the first time it’s happened with DPD.
“I was just fuming. I grabbed my car keys and ran down into my car and flew around the estate trying to find him. I literally chased this guy down.
“When I finally found him in my town centre he was pulled up at a Costa shop delivering some parcels. I challenged him and as he walked away he said ‘don’t talk to me like that or you won’t get your phone’.
“It’s like you’ve got to jump through hoops to get a delivery to yourself these days, it’s ridiculous. I know for a fact if I didn’t challenge him and found him that day I wouldn’t have got my phone.”
Now, Steven said he’s been put off using DPD in future, but hasn’t made a formal complaint. Steven said: “My missus is terrified if I’m not [at home] because he’s threatened that he knows my address.
“They’re all empty threats but you don’t expect this just from expecting to receive a parcel you’ve ordered. I just try and avoid DPD at all costs, it’s put me off relying on DPD ever again.
“If I buy anything now from anywhere I make sure to say ‘who are you sending it by’? If it’s DPD I cancel the order because I’m not dealing with it.”
DPD have been contacted for comment.