The last delivery I had was actually left at my local post office, despite not being a Royal Mail delivery. I hadn't known that was possible, but it was certainly an improvement on trogging out to Bar Hill (or Stansted!).

Presumably they can't all do that because sometimes they really need the recipient's real signature before they're allowed to let the parcel out of their sight. I can only assume this lot were thus constrained, if they weren't even allowed to deliver to a different address where I'd be waiting with photo ID...