A young woman was left utterly astonished when her neighbour brazenly opened her parcel without permission – and then shrugged it off as though it were no big deal, despite mail tampering being a clear breach of the law.
The 19-year-old relayed: “I’m 19 and living in this building has been fine until recently. A package meant for me got delivered to my neighbour by mistake. Instead of just knocking or leaving it by my door, she straight up opened it.”
On Reddit,she recounted that “nothing super personal” was in the parcel.However, it still felt “weird” that her neighbour had the audacity to snoop through her items without her prior knowledge.
Fuming, she recounted: “She then handed it over like nothing was wrong, with the box already ripped open and my stuff inside. No apology or anything.”
The teenager confronted her nosy neighbour, hoping to prevent future invasions of privacy, only for the culprit to become “defensive”.
The neighbour blamed opening the package on “confusion” – but the teen wasn’t impressed. She said: “Like… read the label? It literally had my name on it in big letters”.
She expressed: “It’s just made things super awkward now. I don’t even want to see her in the hall. It feels creepy knowing she didn’t think twice about tearing into something that wasn’t hers and acting like I’m the rude one for asking her not to do it again”.
While the teenager was upset with her neighbour’s actions, online users offered comfort by suggesting it might have been an honest mistake.
One commenter shared their own experience of mistakenly opening someone else’s parcel, saying: “I’ve accidentally opened a package at my house that was someone else’s. It happens. But if it’s a pattern of behaviour, then that’s different”.
Another individual remarked that they would have “apologised” if they had made such an error, instead of getting defensive.
A third person recounted a similar incident, writing: “The same thing happened to me! I was misdelivered a package and didn’t check the address.
“I opened it, thinking it was something I had ordered for our grandson’s birthday! I was mortified! So embarrassed! The box had cleaning products, not a mini monster truck!”
They continued, explaining how they resolved the situation: “My husband returned it to our neighbours with a heartfelt apology and a handwritten note from me. Our neighbours were very understanding! They had just moved into their house and had no idea who we were!”
Meanwhile, another commenter defended the neighbour who opened the package. They stated: “I expect my mail to be in my mailbox. If someone else’s mail is in there, it definitely isn’t my mistake.”
