Ring doorbells

[Splappy_McSplap]

My experience with them is that no one answers until you've knocked and rang twice and you have written out a card and are just about to put it through the letterbox when you get "Hello?" and you go "Hi, I have a parcel here for you" and they go "I'm at work, can you just leave it outside my door?" fully on view for anyone to take, and it's pissing with rain, so I just end up going "Sorry, I can't do that" and leaving a card like I was already doing.

[ted_e_bear]

I have to be honest, I’d be pissed if my postie rapped on my door with a scanner instead of pushing the doorbell. Not enough to post it on twitter but still. Why?

If I press a doorbell and I can't hear it I then knock just in case it doesn't work, that's what I tell the clever arses that either push it in front of me or say we've got a doorbell whilst pointing to it, similar with the other arses that say you knocked too loud, I'll reply oh the last person said they couldn't hear me I can't win, all with a friendly smile on my face but thinking to myself what a cock you are.

[LouBarlow]

I have to be honest, I’d be pissed if my postie rapped on my door with a scanner instead of pushing the doorbell. Not enough to post it on twitter but still. Why?

Firstly around 50% of door bells don't work and, secondly, it's not always easy to spot a door bell if you're not familiar with the duty. I've got to the point now I always do both unless I know for certain that the door bell works.

Yes exactly, do both! He didn’t. Also I have no problem with the knocking, but use your hand not the scanner, which can cause damage to doors. I always push the bell first, then if I don’t hear it, will knock. Also if there are multiple bells, as is increasingly the case in this Ring Doorbell Era push everything.

As to being hard to spot. Erm, no.

[Nickvilla20]

I have to be honest, I’d be pissed if my postie rapped on my door with a scanner instead of pushing the doorbell. Not enough to post it on twitter but still. Why?

Firstly around 50% of door bells don't work and, secondly, it's not always easy to spot a door bell if you're not familiar with the duty. I've got to the point now I always do both unless I know for certain that the door bell works.

Yes exactly, do both! He didn’t. Also I have no problem with the knocking, but use your hand not the scanner, which can cause damage to doors. I always push the bell first, then if I don’t hear it, will knock. Also if there are multiple bells, as is increasingly the case in this Ring Doorbell Era push everything.

As to being hard to spot. Erm, no.

I always knock and ring the bell. Also the problem with these video door bells is many don’t have chimes for them so they don’t even know they are ringing.

[LouBarlow]

I have to be honest, I’d be pissed if my postie rapped on my door with a scanner instead of pushing the doorbell. Not enough to post it on twitter but still. Why?

Firstly around 50% of door bells don't work and, secondly, it's not always easy to spot a door bell if you're not familiar with the duty. I've got to the point now I always do both unless I know for certain that the door bell works.

Yes exactly, do both! He didn’t. Also I have no problem with the knocking, but use your hand not the scanner, which can cause damage to doors. I always push the bell first, then if I don’t hear it, will knock. Also if there are multiple bells, as is increasingly the case in this Ring Doorbell Era push everything.

As to being hard to spot. Erm, no.

I always knock and ring the bell. Also the problem with these video door bells is many don’t have chimes for them so they don’t even know they are ringing.

Some do activate a chime I’ve noticed. It must be optional as not all do for sure. It can also take ages for the info to transmit to the phone, so yeah definitely knock as well and push all the bells even if there is a Ring one.

[mattick]

Half don't work as their flat and not hard-wired in. The ones that do, customers hardly pick up due to lag, or no responding fast enough to the notifications

[Sir Henry]

Ring Doorbells
An invitation to appear as if you're arguing with yourself

[mad man moon]

When I was working for PFW, about 6 years ago Ring doorbells weren't a thing. I always knocked on the door. Letterbox or even better a nice big brass knocker. Very really used bells.
At one particular address I used the nice heavy brass knocker,made for the job after all. The door got answered and this bloke said why didn't you use the bell. I mentioned there is a knocker on the door, I don't know if the bell works. He then went on and said if it didn't it would have a 'not in use' sign on it and don't use the knocker anymore.
The knocker gets the door answered more often than the bell.
I've knocked that loud the next door neighbour has came out thinking it was their door I'm at.

[Mr Rush]

but use your hand not the scanner, which can cause damage to doors.

I switched to knocking with the scanner because after a decade of rapping doors it was my hand that was getting damaged. Everyone's door remains easier to replace than my hand.

And 'Ring Doorbells' are not doorbells - they're teleconferencing cameras pre-thrust into your face. The entitlement really radiates across the airwaves when people speak to you as if you're their f***ing butler. Leave it on the doorstep, Jeeves!

[LouBarlow]

but use your hand not the scanner, which can cause damage to doors.

I switched to knocking with the scanner because after a decade of rapping doors it was my hand that was getting damaged. Everyone's door remains easier to replace than my hand.

Fair play if you want to make yourself liable to disciplinary action for damaging customer’s property. I’ve managed to go 30 years of knocking on doors, in one capacity or another, without injuring myself. You don’t have to punch the door. Just knock. For the very few doors that have neither a bell or a knocker, you really shouldn’t be hurting yourself.

[Kenfandango]

Ring doorbells only alert the person with the app, three times in the past 2 years I've rung one and been told to wait as the customer is at work and needs to call the person who is in the house but won't open the door to "strangers," so they can open the door. Also got a few that are seemingly pointing at someone else's garden. Negates the point of it if you're getting alerted when next day or gets a parcel

[LouBarlow]

Ring doorbells only alert the person with the app, three times in the past 2 years I've rung one and been told to wait as the customer is at work and needs to call the person who is in the house but won't open the door to "strangers," so they can open the door. Also got a few that are seemingly pointing at someone else's garden. Negates the point of it if you're getting alerted when next day or gets a parcel

They can be set to ring as a traditional bell as well. Not just the app. Why people don’t have that option enabled is another matter.

[twoloops]

I stopped ringing those ring door bells when a woman eventually came to the door & said "Sorry I was looking for my phone" I don't want you to look for your phone I want you to answer the f'in door

[clashcityrocker]

Whether you ring or not is largely irrelevant.
A lot work by motion sensor so they know you are there if you use the bell or not.

[LouBarlow]

Whether you ring or not is largely irrelevant.
A lot work by motion sensor so they know you are there if you use the bell or not.

A good point.