it must also be remembered that lots of people stay in for for next day delivery, so it helpful to ring the fuking doorbell rather then just dump the parcel and write a note to say "you were out". after a couple of these incidents we stopped next day deliveries from a retailer using Hermes...
i like how you think this is acceptable. its not acceptable to just leave a delivery behind the flower pot or somewhere. Hermes are (were?) terrible for this sort of practice, ignoring that rain and cardbaord arent great friends. havent seen anything deliverd by them for a while though...