The company where I work recently purchased new office space in our building. We now occupy two suites of offices downstairs, as well as the main office upstairs where clients and visitors are directed. People who do not work for us should not be coming into the offices downstairs. The business that used to occupy the downstairs office has moved to a different location, which is noted in a large sign on our door which, unfortunately, doesn’t have a lock yet. I should note that I am a young female and I’m totally blind.
One day, I am alone in the new office. All my coworkers are either sick or solving problems upstairs. I hear the door open and figure it’s one of them coming back. All of a sudden, I hear a strange man in the reception area.
Man: *Loudly* “Hello? Hello?”
I don’t recognize the voice, so I ignore him. I figure he must be a customer of [Previous Business] who doesn’t realize they have moved. I wait for him to leave, but instead:
Man: *Now yelling* “Hello! I need a signature! Hello!”
Realizing this guy isn’t going away and starting to get uncomfortable, I call out from my desk:
Me: “Sorry, sir, let me call the receptionist.”
Our receptionist works upstairs.
I try to buzz the receptionist but she is on the phone. Meanwhile, the strange guy starts walking around the office! He knocks on closed doors, including the one to our restroom, repeating:
Man: “Excuse me! Hello! I need a signature!”
I get my mom on the phone; she works across the hall in the other downstairs office. She doesn’t know of any packages being delivered to our company and can tell I am nervous, so she walks over.
As soon as I hang up, this man proceeds to enter my office and drops two boxes onto my desk!
Man: “Excuse me, ma’am. I’m with [Delivery Company] and I just need a signature for these packages.”
Now I’m scared. I have no way of knowing if this guy is who he says he is since I can’t see him. I’m alone in a small space and he is blocking the only exit. If anything happened, I would have no escape and no witnesses.
Luckily, my mom arrives and he goes to the front to talk to her.
Mom: “Sir, who are you?”
He shows her the packages, for [Employee] with [Previous Business].
Mom: “That company has moved. The new address is on the door.”
Man: *With attitude* “So, you’re refusing delivery?”
Mom: “Yes. We did not place this order; that stuff isn’t for us.”
The delivery guy pushes some buttons on his tracking machine.
Man: “Uh, I don’t think I see an option for that. Are you sure you can’t just take it?”
Mom: *Getting angry* “No! We did not order these items! We are not going to take responsibility for something we didn’t request!”
Eventually, the delivery guy left… only to go upstairs and try to give the boxes to the receptionist!
So, he failed to read the huge sign on the door he walked through, poked around a private office, and invaded the personal space of an employee, and then he tried to make us take the stuff anyway! What an idiot.
Oh, and after receiving an earful from my wonderful mother, the managers are having the lock installed next week!
