I wish to make reasonable complaints about my neighbours

How do you keep a Fontgeeker in suspense?

I’ll tell you later

Maybe she's very generous and kind but just doesn't understand how presents work

At this stage the longer they’re here the greater the point being made is. Like I say if it’s something that needs returning she’s probably fucked it now. Also my cats are absolutely wreaking the packaging so that’s quite a nice deterrent that clearly isn’t something I’ve done passive aggressively. 

FHUTA?

Sorry don’t know if this was supposed to die at the old place.

We have this with the neighbours too. They work nights and different shifts but the 20 odd year old daughter IS always in.

Never let anyone clock that you work from home if that’s the case.

On the other hand, after several very unreasonable interactions, we had built ourselves up to a frothing seizure of apoplectic rage over the Xmas lights they’d put up. They’re about 10K lumen and flashed at strobe light speed, blue and amber. Looked like the police were outside constantly. Lined down the shared fence and down the front of the terrace and it was just lighting up our whole window, TV and bedroom.

They actually had a complaint from another neighbour and agreed to turn the flashing off and were very apologetic. It was most unexpected. It’s now absolutely tolerable.

It’s easy sometimes to be that conflict averse because you fear people will automatically fly off the handle, but they often don’t.

User Kal passed away June 2024, after being crushed by one of the many packages in his house. It took firemen ten hours to clear enough of the boxes to retrieve his body.

Ha! If she's watching kal take them in, AND not collecting them, then it's time to refuse.

Only the first parcel is legit. She's posting on mumsnet about her neighbour who took her parcel but still hasn't brought it round yet and the advice has been to keep buying the cheapest possible item from Amazon and have them sent there until he brings them over. When she looks out of the window to watch him take another delivery, she's posting 'He's definitely getting them!!!' and they're all talking about how rude and selfish he is

If she’s refusing to accept her own parcels I don’t think she can be too upset if other people refuse them too.

In that case she is definitely taking liberties.

You could try telling the delivery person she's in and then point at the window, mouth agape, Body Snatchers style, and see how she reacts then. Of course that's a bit unfair on the delivery drivers who probably gets paid shit, and you are genuinely trying to be helpful which is obviously commendable, but sounds like Karen is really taking the piss.

I currently have the opposite issue. I am trying to collect a parcel from my neighbour, who is very obviously home, but as they work from home, they don’t answer their door. It’s a cheap bath bomb that was meant to be a stocking filler, so I’m already giving up on it and ordering to a post office next time.

A good reasonable post.

Just send the parcels to their address this way.

My neighbours are lovely and I need to keep them inside for catsitting support.

Irritatingly though yesterday one of them dropped a Christmas card through the door meaning I have to go out and buy one to reciprocate.

Well I just accepted a delivery for neighbour, wonder how long it takes for them to collect.