in the old days when they used pen and paper you could sign and state items unchecked next to your signature, now days these silly handheld things they use they use a pen when they meant to use a stylus, hence the screen is covered in ink and these ink pens don't record properly what you written.

I have a number of deliveries per week, and in the main write 'un-examined' or 'unckecked' in any space available.

One thing that I have noticed recently, is the increase of 'local delivery agents' who might be a mum earning a little bit of pin money. Yodel courier drivers who deliver to us, do not request a signature, yet their 'agents' do.

ParcelForce and Royal Mail have also started to leave un-delivered items at a local Post Office for collection by the customer. Our 'selected' local Post Office is not very pleased about this, due to lack of storage space, and extra administration required by them. If the Royal Mail or ParcelForce leave items at a local Post Office, then there is no charge. If you request that the items are left at 'a selected' Post Office, then there is a charge (50p?) for this requested service.

The reason I state 'a' or 'selected' in the case of Royal Mail or ParcelForce leaving items at Post Office's, is because the actual Post Office the driver or post-person selects, need not be the nearest to you!.