To think my neighbour is weird?

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Today the local Hermes guy delivered a parcel for me. I then watched him go next door and try to deliver one for them. No answer so he came back to me and asked if I would mind taking it in for them. No problem. We live on the same street I grew up on and I've known these people all my life, even if they have ignored us since we bought the house in March and put up a new fence. (We asked them about replacing their fence for a higher one and they said no so we just put ours up next to theirs).

An hour later neighbour knocks the door clutching the note the hermes guy put through the door and asks "did you take in a parcel for me?" in an odd accusing tone. I hand it over and she goes to say "im really angry about this Zebra, I really dont like people taking in parcels for me. I dont know who this is for it must have been DH who ordered it. Im really angry"

By this point im confused and wondering exactly WHO she is angry at. Havent I just done her a favour? Anyway i said no problem I wont take anything in again and shut the door before she finished ranting.

Is it a bit odd? ive never took in anything for her before so its not like I knew she didnt like neighbours taking things in for her. Are people funny about others taking in their parcels? My neighbour on the other side has done it for us a few times and ive always been so grateful.

How bizarre! If you don’t want neighbours taking them in then you need to make sure you are in or use a collection point.

We take parcels for neighbours all the time, they're really grateful. Your neighbour is an odd fucker.

Your neighbour is a weirdo.

Very weird! I take in parcels and my neighbours take in for me. It saves driving up to the post office.

Very strange.
Out of interest with the fence, did you ask them to pay for a new fence because you wanted it higher, or just permission to change the one of their side?

Am I the only one whos now really intrigued what she has ordered? Obviously something either embaressing or expensive.

Did it have sexswing UK on the box or lovehoney?
Or maybe it was her diamond studded gimp suit.

@OnlyFoolsnMothers we didnt ask her to pay. She had a 4ft fence, we wanted 6ft for privacy so asked her if she would mind if we replaced and and offered to paint it as well. She said no so we did it anyway and left hers up. I spoke to the neighbour the other side although that side was technically ours i still said to him out of courtesy and he was chuffed as the previous fence was falling to bits. We paid for the whole thing and I painted his side of ours as well. But this other neighbour was weird about it.

Oh then they are weird, Id like my neighbour to redo my fence for free.

She may well be pissed off with you re adding the fence despite her objections, but to have a go at you for taking a parcel is odd. Some strange folk out there.

My neighbour has ranted for months about knocking the dividing wall down to half it's 8 foot at the back. Adamant it was his wall, even started taking layers of bricks off!! After contacting our ll - who rang him to tell him it's not his wall as he obviously bloody knew!! He is pissed off we have put fencing up to original wall height!!

I quite often take in parcels for my neighbours as I'm usually at home, they are always grateful even the one I don't speak to. Your neighbour was very rude, if she doesn't want her neighbours taking in her parcels she should have mentioned it before. How were you supposed to know she's a freak?!

In fairness people do get funny about fences and walls which is why we made sure to ask and give everybody an idea what we wanted to do. We didnt touch her fence as she didnt want to but instead put our own up in our own garden using up more space in our garden. I dont think she realised this meant we would still do it but leave hers alone, meaning she now has to see 2ft of paint splattered fence sticking up above hers every time she enters her garden. But not my problem.

Either way, glad to hear others think its odd r.e. the parcel. Wont be taking in any more for sure.

@Picklypickles agreed! Freakish behaviour. She should put a sticker on her door asking not to leave with neighbours

@IJustLostTheGame im repulsed at the thought but hey, each to their own

Well now I've lost the game! Misses point of thread....

That's very strange! Who wouldn't just say thank you and return the favour! YANBU.

We didnt touch her fence as she didnt want to but instead put our own up in our own garden using up more space in our garden. I dont think she realised this meant we would still do it but leave hers alone, meaning she now has to see 2ft of paint splattered fence sticking up above hers every time she enters her garden. But not my problem

I can see why that would annoy them. So you ask, as nice neighbours, if you can put up a higher fence. They say no. You put a higher fence up anyway, one that they can clearly see. How much is it affecting their light? OK, fine, this isn't worth a major fallout IMO but I can see why it's annoying for her.

@CaliHummers - no the OP didn't ask the NDN if they could put up a fence, they asked if they could replace the NDN-owned fence with a taller one and the NDN said no, they didn't want their fence replaced. I think if the OP wanted more privacy they they were entitled to put up their own higher fence on their side of the partition. A 6ft fence is hardly going to be blocking the light, is it.

Even if annoyed about the fence, no need to be rude when you have taken in a parcel for her. YANBU