How do they work?
I don't mean how do you install them or how do you get notifications. I mean how do you use them when you're on someone's porch and want to let them know you're there?
This evening, an Amazon driver dropped off a package on our porch...but neither Dad nor I are expecting anything. When I checked the address, I saw it was for the neighbors across the street. This is not a highly unusual occurrence but I don't get it; at the end of our driveway is a sign with large numbers indicating our street address. Also, our street generally adheres to the regulation that all even-numbered houses be on one side and all odd-numbered houses be on the other, so if you're looking for an odd-numbered address, you should be looking on the right side of the street, not the left (if you're coming the way most drivers come). Plus the folks across the street get daily deliveries, and sometimes multiple deliveries, so all the UPS, Fed Ex and Amazon drivers should know their address by now <g>.
But I digress. When I got to the neighbors' porch, I saw they had an old-fashioned doorbell and a Ring doorbell above it. I knew someone was home; there was a car in the driveway and I saw movement in the living room. First I rang the old doorbell, then when nobody responded, I tried pressing the button on the Ring doorbell and saying hello. But not only do I not have a Ring doorbell, I've never even seen one in person, so I wasn't sure I was doing the right thing. When still nobody came to the door, I just set the package down and left. I would've preferred to hand it over in person, mainly because it's snowing out and the porch doesn't have much shelter. I wouldn't want the box getting soaked as well as the contents inside.
Anyways, now I feel like I'm 100 years old. It doesn't help that I was making dinner tonight and realized I'd picked up a can of medium heat enchilada sauce instead of mild enchilada sauce like I thought I was getting and while the cheese enchiladas were good, they burned both my wimpy tongue and my sensitive (sometimes to spicy foods) tummy. Bringing home the wrong item from the store is totally something my dad would do (and my mom used to do).
