A Sydneysider returned home to an unexpected – and most definitely unwanted – delivery service on Thursday night.
In a photo posted to a Sydney Reddit forum, an Aramex delivery van appears to be bogged in a homeowner’s front yard, damaging their lawn.
Tire tracks suggest the driver was attempting to use the lawn to do a three-point turn.
But when the vehicle was put in reverse, the wheels looked.
“Delivery driver is stuck in my front yard. They weren’t even delivering to my place – tried to use my lawn to turn around,” the caption accompanying the post read.
While the homeowner is unaware of how long the van was in their yard prior to them returning home, it wasn’t until four hours after the original post that the Aramex franchise owner attempted to free the van.
“The owner came and they have dug a bunch of bigger holes, but still can’t get the van out,” the homeowner posted.
The attempt to remove the van shocked one viewer of the post, who suggested an alternative method to removing the vehicle.
“Please tell me I have let the pressure out of the tires and tried that before digging into your grass,” they said. “It makes the tires wider and distributes the weight.”
However, attempts to remove the van didn’t stop there, with the homeowner, who wished to remain anonymous, telling news.com.au that further damage was done when the company attempted to use a second vehicle and some wooden planks to tow the they go out
As for whether Aramex will reimburse for the damages, the homeowner said the delivery service owner told them that their insurance doesn’t cover a “driver driving where they are not supposed to”.
The franchise owner instead left the homeowner his phone number and offered to pay for the damages out of his own pocket.
The van remains at the property. The homeowner hopes it will be removed on Friday.
The post has attracted almost 100 comments, as Reddit users tell of their own trying encounters with Aramex – a global delivery brand with a website that says it has “29 regional franchises and over 900 franchise partners” across Australia.
News.com.au has contacted the company for comment.
One commenter said: “(They) left my parcels, multiple times, on the front door of an apartment complex in a busy area, without even bothering to ring the doorbell.
“I only realized it was delivered when I went to check the website… By then it had been left outside for half a day. It was stolen of course.”
Another said: “Every time I end up with an Aramex parcel it goes missing.”
While a third posted: “Seen facility footage of their drivers treating parcels like actual garbage.”
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