Neighbour asked me to take in her parcel whilst she went out

What age are you? You come across very innocent being offended on a cats behalf, I promise you, the cat gives zero fuks what she thinks of its looks 😂
I find it hard to believe she didn’t say thanks when you give her the parcel, even the most rudest people will say it.
Just send her a link for a parcel box or a garden storage box the couriers can put her parcels in out of the rain and don’t respond to her again. Can’t believe you made a whole post about something so trivial instead of dealing with it like an adult 😏

Don't respond and if she ever questions you about it, say you didn't see/forgot about it.

Or lie and say you're out. Who cares if some random woman who is rude to you knows you're lying and don't want to take her parcel in?

Or tell the truth and that'll stop her asking again.

So many simple solutions.

The number of people on Mumsnet who have neighbours telephone numbers and don’t really like them/know them that well is nuts. I say hello to most of my neighbours exchange pleasantries but that’s it we don’t have each others numbers!!

by the way OP I wouldn’t take in bed parcels either due to what you have said about her

I can only report that on my street, all the neighbours take in parcels for other neighbours and no one thinks anything of it.

Just because she is a bitch doesn't mean you have to be one.

If its Evri you can have most of your parcels delivered to the nearest parcel shop or Post Office, so you could suggest she does that.

Sounds like the neighbour has the attitude & not OP at all!

You'd happily do this every day for your rude neighbour, would you? Sure 🙄

Spread a little kindness. What is the problem? Can't believe you can have such an attitude.

No is a complete sentence. If she asks again just say no. You don’t need to give a reason

Either walk the whole team steps or don't.
It's really not a dilemma

She doesn't sound a very nice person. Just ignore her requests and as you say, don't open them til much later.

I think you are being unreasonable, I would take in a parcel for my neighbours and vice versa. I’ve ordered something at the weekend that is 3-5 working days delivery, I can’t stay home for that whole duration.
If you don’t want to do it, then just say so.

I dont see the big deal. Just take in hwr parcel ?

she hasnt asked you to birth her baby

Whe I moved to my current place, I used to take in parcels all the time trying to be a good neighbour. But then there was a combination of not picking the parcel up for days, ignoring me and just taking the parcel with no thank you and even never collecting the parcel. I soon put a stop to that and it’s a no from me. If I get asked it’s a no, I don’t care whether they have noticed I’m in or not and I don’t reply to text messages asking either.

It may have been mentioned up thread, but you can hold down your finger on a WhatsApp message in the list of messages and read it outside the message if you get my drift and then the recipient don’t know that you’ve read it.

lol! What a hardship

I was team neighbour until I heard about the cat-slagging. I'd leave it out in the rain and ask my other cat to pee on it for her.

Don’t open message from her or change setting so she can’t see it as being read.

Is it really that inconvenient for you to help out a neighbour? You don’t always know when they will show. After theft of one of my parcels in my block of flats, I usually get things delivered to my son’s or to a pick up point, but when things are delivered here, the lovely old man upstairs takes my parcels in so they are not stolen. Bless his heart, I feel terrible when I see him on my ring camera coming so slowly on his sticks (hence I changed my deliveries). I don’t think it’s asking too much unless it’s excessive, just part of being a good neighbour.

edited to add she sounds rude. Just don’t open the message, say you were busy or asleep.

Oh hell no!!! She’s had her final straw and turning up at 10pm without even a thank you or a sorry it’s so late would seriously piss me off!! Make sure you put her number on mute on WhatsApp or whatever it is and don’t open any of her messages again and certainly don’t let her use your address for deliveries because I can guarantee that’s what will be happening next! That’s prob why the other neighbours won’t accept them as she’s put notes on the delivery instructions telling the postie to leave her parcel there if she’s out !

There’s a very simple solution - add the parcel tracking number onto the Royal Mail site with your email address and then they email you when it’s on its way. Then you can go on the RM site and change the delivery date or place or even address where you want it delivering to. Every other courier company have the same system

If you don’t want to do it, just ignore the message, then respond later to say you only saw the message when it was too late. She’ll probably get the message.

Oh right. I’d missed the bit about the cat. Burn the witch!

She's never thanked the OP, doesn't engage with her unless she wants something and - the most horrid of crimes - has insulted her cat.

The neighbour doesn’t seem particularly cheeky or rude. Just not very chatty. Perhaps she’s shy.