No Access to Delivery Location? Gate Codes and Photo Proof From a Parcel Route

Last week I had a parcel route where two stops looked easy on the manifest but almost turned into bad delivery attempts. Both were gated townhouse communities. The first had an access code in the delivery instructions, but the keypad wanted the pound key after the numbers. The second had no gate code at all, only "leave at front door." The truck was already sitting under tree shade with a narrow…