Mail fail! Customers share the hilarious (and infuriating) ways delivery drivers have left parcels on their doorstep - including a package 'hidden' behind a BRANCH

  There is nothing more frustrating than missing a delivery... except for maybe coming home to one of these sorry sights.  Photos shared by ...

 There is nothing more frustrating than missing a delivery... except for maybe coming home to one of these sorry sights. 

Photos shared by customers and delivery drivers around the world show the weird and wonderful ways parcels have been left, with the very best collated in a gallery by Why These. 

One photo shows how a package was 'hidden' behind a bare branch, while another was 'buried' underneath gravel on the driveway. 

A third showed how one delivery driver thought a doormat was enough to keep a large parcel concealed.  

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Who's going to spot that? One woman was left baffled when her parcel was tucked behind a branch outside her home when she asked for it to be left in a safe space

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Didn't get the message! This couple asked the UPS delivery driver to make sure they answered the door... but were left with a notice instead

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A stone throw away! A delivery driver's poor attempt at disguising a parcel with a handful of pebbles went viral on social media 

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Carefully hidden: Another viral photo shows a parcel positioned underneath a doormat, despite being too big to be discreet to people passing by 

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Welcome home! A delivery driver, believed to be in the U.S, carefully positioned parcels to create the visual illusion that of smiling 

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One image shows a card left by a delivery driver who was unable to leave a parcel because of raccoons on the porch 

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Hidden in plain sight: This British customer received a note to say the package was 'behind bush' - as if there was any way he could miss it

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Time to go exploring: This customer had to forage for his parcel after it was left in a bush

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Why These has rounded up a selection of viral images that were taken as proof of delivery - including a note, from the UK, about a parcel left under a prickle tree 

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The owner of a dog in Canada, was left amused by a snap showing their dog attempting to open the door to a delivery driver 

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Another photo captured the glowing eyes of a cat that seems to be monitoring their owner's parcels until they return home 

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One photo, believed to have been taken in the UK, shows that a parcel was hidden above the door frame of one house 

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Another amusing image shows a dog monitoring a delivery driver from the window of their owner's house