We have all come home to a note from the postman telling us they have delivered our package while we were out.
But perhaps we have not been greeted by some of these hilarious delivery fails.
Frustrated customers took to Reddit to share their shocking experiences.
One man was trapped in his apartment when a UPS driver lodged his package under the door handle while another arrived home to find their package disguised as a sofa cushion.
And one stunned customer posted a picture of his package left in a flower pot, squashing the plants.
Plenty of others shared examples of their large cardboard boxes being ‘hidden’ by doormats draped hopelessly on top of them.
This customer arrived home to find their large cardboard box with a doormat placed over the top in a futile attempt to hide it
In this hilarious picture, an enterprising delivery driver had attempted to blend in a package with sofa cushions on the customer’s porch
Despite this delivery driver’s bold attempt at hiding a package underneath a doormat, the long item simply pokes out from behind the mat
One man was left trapped in his apartment after a UPS driver lodged a package underneath his door handle
Out of reach: An Amazon delivery was placed out of the way of prying eyes and under the roof of a porch
These two packages were hidden from the world by a doormat – but it was not very convincing
While some delivery drivers go out of their way to find a safe place to put your package, these workers did not seem to want to put in the effort
Plenty of people shared hilarious examples of their packages being ‘hidden’ by doormats
One customer shared a picture of a delivery that had been thrown over their fence with a rope tied around it
Hilarious pictures show pathetic attempts at hiding packages under doormats
The driver who left this package has an interesting understanding of the word ‘near’
One furious customer shared a picture of a package left on top of a flower pot – squashing the plant
This customer joked that he ‘almost couldn’t find’ his packages after the delivery driver made a pathetic attempt to cover them with a welcome mat
Even the owl garden ornament looks shocked at this appalling attempt at hiding a delivery
The packages on the left were not very well hidden, though the one on the right was cleverly hidden next to a bin
One of these packages was covered only by a shovel while the other had a doormat draped forlornly over it
Can you see it? This customer arrived home to find their two packages placed behind a cactus plant in their front yard
Scary: One delivery driver decided to place a package in the care of a scary figure on someone’s front porch