I have a residential customer with a sign on their door to "throw packages over side gate" which is about 8 foot tall. I always front door their stuff because I don't want to end up on video throwing someone's stuff even though they said to. The driver you mentioned is an idiot in this case, I would have sheeted missed and politely told management to piss off.
This was shortly after he passed probation. So still in that wide eyed panic rookie mode. He claims he got caught up in a flavor of the month deals, where management was asked to reduce their staffing. So he was easy pickings.