ORDERING packages online comes with pitfalls.

There's always a worry that you won't be in to greet your prized parcel and you'll have to join and endless queue at the post office.

3 Sam received a note from his postman saying he had dropped the package through an open window Credit: SJCooke94/Twitter

Or, worse still, they'll try and leave it somewhere helpful for you and it'll be damaged/stolen by the time you're back.

OR, an even bigger nightmare is the note announcing your package is with a helpful neighbour, who you usually try not to make eye-contact with and now you have to march up and ring on their doorbell.

No one wants that.

3 A follow up note revealed the package had actually gone down the toilet Credit: SJCooke94/Twitter

One Twitter user had his own unique run-in with dodgy parcel delivery yesterday.

Sam Cooke took to the micro-blogging site to post a picture of the two notes he was left to inform him that he hadn't been home when the postman had delivered his package.

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The first read "put through window" but the second follow up said: "I'm really sorry I think your parcel might have fallen in the toilet accidentally."

The funny tweeter also included a picture of his sad looking package sitting in the toilet bowl.

The hilarious update has received more than 3,000 likes and more than 2,000 retweets since he posted it at 6.32pm yesterday.

3 Sam later revealed that the package was too wide to touch the water so was safe Credit: SJCooke94/Twitter

Fellow tweeters found the picture side-splittingly funny.

One said: "Made my day! Hahahahaha"

While another added: "That is amazing."

Made my day! Hahahahaha — Sean Bailey (@SeanBailey_7) March 30, 2017

If you're concerned about the safety of Sam's package you can rest easy, in a follow up post he said: "Thought someone was winding me up, how mad is that? box was too wide to hit the water though it's safe."

The Royal Mail have responded to the message to apologise for the incident.

They said: "Hi Sam, I'm so sorry they've popped it through the window. We're following so please DM & we'll do what we can to help out & get this sorted."

Hi Sam, I'm so sorry they've popped it through the window. We're following so please DM & we'll do what we can to help out & get this sorted — Royal Mail (@RoyalMail) March 31, 2017

If you're keen to know what was in the brown packet, we can reveal it was printer ink and that is it safe and fully functional. Phew.

But while this delivery man struggled to complete this duty, an Irish postman went above and beyond to deliver a Christmas card with a ridiculously complicated address.