Postman Reece Petch has gone viral on TikTok after sharing a funny story about what one woman said to him when he turned up at her home with her parcels. "I just had the funniest thing ever," he said.
The encounter
Speaking directly to the camera, Reece said: "A woman that I delivered to, she always has a parcel, I knock on the door. Usually when I answer, when people answer the door to me, I'm like 'Oh, hi, you alright?'" However, the woman's reaction caught Reece completely off guard. He said: "She just went 'shh!'"
Whispering secret
Reece explained that the woman didn't have a baby or anyone sleeping, so he was confused. "[She] just looks at me with this sort of look where she's like, she's whispering fully. She's like 'I'm not meant to be getting any parcels'," he said. "I literally just went 'Oh, okay'. And the funny thing is, I parked up, she came to the door without me knocking. So she actually has been anticipating my arrival, so that I wouldn't knock on the door to get her husband's attention."
Personal connection
As it happens, Reece actually has a personal connection to the woman, which could result in her husband discovering her secret. "Her husband is actually friends with my dad," he said. "[If] he ends up seeing this somehow, or I don't know how, but, like, that would be really funny. But your missus is buying parcels. Not to bait her out or anything. Unless she's banned herself, but then she won't be whispering to herself. I don't know. I find it quite funny."
Online shopping addiction
Reece went on to say that "so many people" confess to feeling guilty about how much they shop online. "You get the people that you go to all the time, and they look like they feel ashamed of themselves," he said. "When you're close to your postie, that's when you know you've probably got an addiction to ordering parcels. Hey, I'm here for it. I don't care. I gotta go around this area anyway, so if I gotta deliver it, I gotta deliver it."
Viewers share stories
Viewers shared their own amusing encounters with postal workers and other delivery staff in the comments. One wrote: "I've got my postie on fb (Facebook), he'll message me when he's on his way to check I'm in." Another user said: "I ordered everyday when on matt leave then there was one week where I didn't order anything. My post lady actually came to see if I was ok. Knocked on my door and was genuinely concerned." A further commenter added: "My local Evri driver told my boyfriend before Christmas 'is she done ordering so I can go on holiday now?' I'm embarrassed."
