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On September 5 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, a delivery driver was confronted by two small dogs at a customer's house. After ringing the doorbell with a Subway order, the frightened driver threw the food on the ground, ran into another property, and climbed onto bins to escape the animals. The incident went viral online, garnering over 860,000 views and sparking debate about reactions to unexpected dog encounters.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On September 5, a delivery driver in Lichfield, Staffordshire faced an unexpected encounter with small dogs while attempting to deliver a Subway order. The video shows the man initially clutching his food as he rang the doorbell but throwing it away when two dogs appeared. He then ran into another property and climbed onto a black dustbin before standing on top of both the bin and a fence to avoid the animals. The homeowner, Lydia Starkey, 27, who was unaware her brother had ordered food, emerged confused as she opened her garden gate. She mentioned that her mother was feeding a newborn baby while her partner was in the shower, making it impossible for her brother to hear her shouts for help. The driver eventually fled to a neighbor's property to escape the situation.
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Video captured the moment a delivery driver was forced to scramble over a fence and climb on top of a rubbish bin – after he was approached by a pair of small dogs.
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he → capture → dogs
Footage shows the man clutching a Subway order as he rings the doorbell at a house in Lichfield, Staffordshire on September 5.
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he → show → September
But he suddenly throws the food onto the floor and is forced to run into another person's property when two dogs appear - swiftly mounting a black dustbin.
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dogs → throw → dustbin
As the animals surround him he stands with one foot on the bin and the other on the fence before the dogs' perplexed owner emerges.
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owner → surround → fence
Lydia Starkey, 27, who was in the back garden at the time, reportedly said she had no idea her brother had ordered the delivery.
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brother → say → delivery
She said she had opened the gate – causing one of the dogs to burst out, before shouting for help.
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one → say → help
However, her mother was feeding her newborn baby while her partner was in the shower – and her brother was unable to hear the commotion.
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brother → feed → commotion
Ms Starkey recalled the moment the driver then ran around to a neighbour's front garden and climbed onto bins to escape.
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driver → recall → bins
Footage shows the man clutching a Subway order as he rings the doorbell at a house in Lichfield, Staffordshire
He suddenly throws the food onto the floor and is forced to run into another person's property where he can be seen swiftly mounting a black dustbin
As the animals surround him he stands with one foot on a dustbin and the other on the fence before the dogs' perplexed owner emerges
She said: 'I was in the back garden and didn't know my brother had ordered food.
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brother → show → food
'As I opened the gate the dog burst out, I shouted for help but my mother was feeding my newborn and her partner was in the shower and my brother couldn't hear.
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brother → open → shower
The driver then ran around to my neighbour's front garden and got onto the bins from the dogs.'
After checking on the driver, Ms Starkey said the family 'eventually saw the funny side'.
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family → run → side
She said: 'After making sure the driver was okay, we did find it funny.
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it → say → ?
These things happen with dogs getting out.'
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dogs → happen → ?
A video of the interaction has been viewed over 860,000 times online, with 5,400 likes.
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video → view → likes
One person joked: 'Poor dog got a footlong thrown at its head!'
But another added: 'Doesn't matter if he won't bite some people are terrified of dogs no matter how big or small...
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people → joke → dogs
A third said: 'I've never seen someone panic so much over 2 small dogs.'
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someone → say → dogs
Another said: 'I'm commenting and crying as it's still playing but it's cheered me up.
'
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it → say → me
I'm sorry but delivery drivers take the job knowing anything could happen including dogs escaping and barking, if you got a sign on the gate saying you have dogs and he didn't take notice he definitely can't moan.'
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he → take → notice
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