Aussie woman shares horror at being confronted by her local postman at her home after she complained about stolen parcel

Sky News AU

8 hours ago

An Australian woman has shared her horror at being confronted by her local postman at her home after she complained about her parcel going missing.
The woman from Melbourne took to Reddit this week to say she ordered puppy products from Queensland small business Pablo and Co in preparation for the impending arrival of her new canine companion.
What followed made her wish she had never made the purchase.
The woman was in Bendigo visiting her terminally ill grandmother when her phone pinged, informing her her package was out for delivery and Australia Post would take the goods to the post office if she wasn't home.
However, the corner-cutting postie delivered her parcel whilst she was away.
"I came home and no sign of our parcel, so I went to the local post office to see what was going on," the woman explained.
"The woman behind the desk showed me the screen and the delivery man had signed for my parcel on my behalf and then dumped it at my door.
"And you guessed it, it was stolen."
The disgruntled woman said the post office worker urged her to lodge an online complaint, which she did.
And that's when events took a turn for the sinister.
"Literally two days later, the delivery man came to my door while I was home and asked me why I'd submitted a complaint," she said.
"I told him he'd fraudulently signed on my behalf and his actions had led to my parcel being stolen.
"He tried looking into my house to probably see if I'd stashed it somewhere."
The woman asked him why he thought it was appropriate for him to come to her house and harass her, to which he said his "boss told him to."
"I was fuming, it seemed so inappropriate, and I'd been afraid something like this would happen if I complained."
"A few days later, I get (an email) where Australia Post admits to fault and to contact the shop I purchased from.
The woman did so, reaching out to Pablo and Co in the hopes Australia Post could reimburse the owners, only to be met with a brick wall.
"Apparently not. Even with the email where they say they're (Australia Post) in the wrong, they've refused to reimburse the shop," she said.
The business was kind enough to send the woman replacement products.
However, they ended up being delivered by the same unruly postman who "threw" the parcel at her.
The woman said she lodged another complaint with Australia Post and two more with the ombudsman for the fraudulent signature and for turning up to my house and "using my private details in an improper way."
Unfortunately she didn't have a camera installed to capture the postie's alleged harassment.
One person claimed the postman's forged signature was "100 per cent against the law."
"How he wasn't fired is beyond me," they said.
Another person quipped the postie must be "determined to lose his job" and "putting a lot of effort into it".
"If only he put that energy into to actually delivering the parcels."
"You should file a police report," one more person said.
"Whether it's for assault and theft or just assault, it's worth going through with."
SkyNews.com.au has contacted Australia Post and Pablo and Co for comment.