'Overly Enthusiastic' Delivery Man Surprises Customer

When you're waiting for a parcel to be delivered, the last place you would expect to have to look for it is on the roof.

But that's exactly where Ajmal Aziz found his long-awaited delivery, with an apologetic note stuffed through the letter box.

A hilarious photograph that has gone viral on social media shows Ajmal's parcel teetering precariously in his gutter after the unsuccessful delivery.

A second snapshot, uploaded by Ajmal, shows the deliveryman's bizarrely cryptic explanation.

Ajmal tweeted the delivery service: 'Surprised your delivery driver decided to throw the package on the roof? Any reason why?'

Yodel, one of the UK's largest delivery services, replied: 'I am very sorry to hear that.' It also offered to 'get this sorted for you'.

Ajmal later confirmed that the driver had attempted to throw the parcel through the window but missed, leaving it stranded on the roof.

The Yodel driver then returned to the house with a ladder to retrieve the most likely damaged parcel. 

Yodel apologised to Ajmal for the 'overly enthusiastic attempt to deliver a parcel for a customer who was out: aiming for an open window, he missed and found the roof'.