I can not understand the difficulty that some people appear to have when visiting a property to do what one would think to be the simplest of tasks, ringing the front doorbell. Some delivery drivers appear to think that the most appropriate way to make their presence known is to ignore the doorbell/s and give the front door the lightest of taps before deciding that no-one is home and taking the package away again.

More recently an online buyer, arriving to collect an item, assumed that he was entitled to wander around every square inch of my property, outside, before making any attempt to ring my doorbell. He had already passed my front door and made no attempt to ring the doorbell before wandering round the rear of the property. Eventually after he had looked over the the rear of my property he made his way back to my front door and rang the doorbell.

When I visit another person's property I immediately make my way to the front door and ring the doorbell or, if there is no bell, give the door a sharp knock a couple of times. Has the "visiting someone else's property etiquette" changed and it is no-longer "cool" to "ring the doorbell".