Caught on Camera: Bizarre act by Australia Post driver sparks outrage and confusion: ‘It’s just baffling’
A ‘dodgy’ delivery driver has sparked outraged after a customer shared CCTV footage to social media.
The video, posted to Reddit, shows an Australia Post van pull up to the property before the driver sat in his car for a few minutes, walked thorough the gate, took one photo and then left.
Australia Post delivery drivers are required to knock three times and wait 30 seconds, before leaving the property when delivering mail. In this case, the driver did not even bother to knock.
The person who shared the clip said they had complained to Australia Post, but was not satisfied with their response.
‘The delivery centre has confirmed that the driver has been spoken to and reminded of the correct delivery procedures,’ Australia Post is claimed to have said to the man.
‘Greater care will be taken moving forward to prevent this from happening again.’
It is not clear where the incident happened, but is understood to have been in NSW.
The driver took a photo after sitting in the car for 30 seconds instead of delivering the package
The clip has sparked fury amongst other social media users.
‘Brother spent a whole minute doing bugger all. I might have understood if he zipped in and took a photo then went on his merry way, but he just sat there,’ wrote one person.
Another person also slammed Australia Post’s response to the bizarre situation.
‘Reminded of the correct delivery procedures? So what was the driver’s understanding of the job prior to this interaction?’ they said.
‘It’s just baffling. It probably would have taken less time to get out of the car, get the parcel and walk it up to the door than it took to just sit there doing f*** all.’
A third said: ‘They don’t deliver to the house. So, quite a departure from their core business which they seemingly and quite conveniently have forgotten.’
The poster also revealed he may not have been the first person to complain about the the driver’s behaviour.
‘Judging by the number of complaints against this guy that people in local Facebook group have, if it hasn’t happened already, he ain’t ever getting fired.’ they wrote.
Daily Mail Australia contacted Australia Post for comment.
