Chances are, you’re living somewhere where there’s bound to be at least one neighbor situated right next to your home. And while neighbors don’t necessarily have to be a bad thing as they come in all shapes and sizes, the shape and size everyone tries to avoid is the annoying one.
And by annoying, we mean that it can be anything that drives you nuts—them being loud, disrespectful, destructive, whatever. These sound like extremes, and they are to some degree, but what if I told you that there are neighbors who also take annoyance to the next level by not taking it to the extreme?
This one woman has recently shared a story of their new neighbor who turned out to be very annoying with how he approaches online shopping and package delivery.
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While it's nice when a neighbor accepts a package for you when you're away, it's not so nice when it's weeks on end with several packages a day
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So, a woman by the nickname of Frazzled2207 went to MumsNet, an online parent forum, to rant a little bit about a neighbor she has.
You see, she has recently moved into a new neighborhood, and she has 4 neighbors, two on each side of her house. On one side, it’s a regular house affair, but on the other the two neighbors seem to be living a more lavish lifestyle and are actually very fenced off—with a tall wall and electric gates and everything.
The only not-so-lavish thing about it is that the intercom plus doorbell at the gate is busted, so there isn’t really a practical way of getting the neighbor’s attention if someone is at the door. Folks have to call them all the time.
One woman actually went online to ask if it's unreasonable of her to stop accepting all of the heaps of packages for her neighbor
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Why are these weird details important? Well, while the neighbors are friendly and all, it has become apparent that they aren’t all that responsive when, say, a delivery guy or gal comes over with a package. It becomes an even bigger issue as they seem to be ordering a lot of packages. Like several each day.
And what do the delivery people do? Why, of course, approach the nearest accessible house, which is OP’s home, and ask her if they could accept the package. At first, it seemed fine, she used to do it with her old neighbors, and they would return the favor, but this time around nobody’s returning anything, and the woman soon found out there are no plans on fixing the darned intercom either, so this is her life now.
The reason why the neighbor doesn't accept their own packages is because they live behind a huge wall with a broken intercom
Image credits: Frazzled2207
With all of that said, OP turned to other parents on the forum for some advice, asking if she’d be unreasonable to not be a “concierge” of sorts and to confront her neighbors on the matter. And if so, she also asked what would be the best approach here.
And as it turns out, they don't want to fix the intercom, and the couriers keep pestering the neighbor woman
Image credits: Frazzled2207
And folks had some ideas on how to do it. For the most part, folks suggested simply stopping accepting parcels—ain’t nothing rude or passive aggressive about that as it just means it isn’t your problem. Besides, if the neighbors can’t be bothered to accept the packages, why should anyone else at this point?
Image credits: William J Sisti (not the actual photo)
Mostly, folks were of the opinion that she should just stop accepting the packages and that's it
Others suggested that if they do end up refusing, the packages can always be sent to an automated delivery point where they could retrieve it whenever. Or not. In any case, it would be the neighbor’s problem at that point. Another very petty (and aware of it) internaut suggested taking them in and just throwing them over the fence.
While the post itself got some modest attention online, getting several hundred responses, some news outlets picked it up and popularized it further. You can check out the post in context here, but don’t go just yet as we’d love to hear some “wrong answers” to this question because we love to spice it up sometimes in the comment section below!