Really trivial in the grand scheme of things, but has been bothering me this afternoon.
I got a parcel through the door this morning, opened it up to find a dvd I hadn't ordered. Checked the name thinking it must have been DH and it was for a house in the same town as mine but completely different road, post code etc. I googled the address and it's only 5 roads away so on my way to the shops I thought I'd pop it in.
I knocked on the door as obviously it was open and I didn't want them thinking it was the postman or whatever.
A lady answered and I explained what had happened and apologised.
She started bloody shouting at me! Telling me I had broken the law by opening her post, what kind of person does that, it's her personal business, I had no right. Basically just a long rant about what a terrible person I am!
I was just standing there like an idiot listening to her. When my brain started working again I pointed out I would never have opened it if I had realised and I had gone out of my way by about 2 minutes but that's not the point to make sure it reached her safely.
I decided to walk away and that was that.
But it's really annoyed me! WI really that U to have accidentally opened it or was she U for the way she reacted?
I wondered whether she was embarrassed but there was nothing untoward about the DVD!
In our house I open all the post. If I left my DH's for him to sort out it would sit on the hallway table for months! So I don't usually check the addressee. I will now though!
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IzzyMunchkin · 10/08/2015 15:30
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