Delivery man scanned my apartment when I opened the door
I was craving for some fried chicken so I ordered some food. When I opened the door, the delivery man leaned in and took a scan at my apartment. He didn’t even try to hide it.
Now, I’m a girl living by myself so this is alarming to me. I talked to a guy friend about what happened but he didn’t understand why it was such a big deal.
Maybe I’m just being paranoid but it seems right to me to be cautious while living alone.
Netizens’ comments
Looking into your apartment from the front door, do you have anything inside that is eye catching? Like bright colors, interesting furniture, artwork, animals roaming around etc.
I’m only asking because it’s possible him looking around wasn’t nefarious. Maybe he was admiring the space or curious about the layout. I’ll be honest, if someone has their door open, I will 100% try to casually look inside and see what it looks like in there even though we have the same layout. It’s just human nature, many people are naturally curious of how other people live and what they have in their spaces.
Of course you have every right to be concerned and if you feel like something was off then take the proper precautions.
Like others have said, get another lock and maybe a doorbell camera. There are many apartment friendly ones you can install.
In the future, I would say to just ask the delivery person to leave the food on the doorstep if you don’t need to give them any money. If you do need the door open, just crack it a little bit instead of having it wide open.