So, I live on a quiet street. A week ago at night (9ish) I walked into my hallway and someone was looking through my front door. Gave me a heart attack! I opened the door and it turned out to be a carer looking for a house on the other side of town (think along the lines of high street vs high avenue). DH directed carer to where they needed to be.
Friday I’m at home with just my toddler and I caught movement at the front door out of the corner of my eye. I started walking to the door and the handle starts to rattle as the person outside is trying to get in. I’m literally convinced at this point that someone is trying to break in and I panicked. I flew at the door and went mental (shouting but no swearing). Turns out it was another carer for the same address as a week ago. She point blank refuses to tell me which company she worked for so I could clear up the address issue which left me having to contact all the local companies until I found the right one.
I feel terrible for shouting at her but at the same time I don’t appreciate being frightened in my own home twice! (FWIW I’ve caught burglars in my back garden once before - they threatened to burn my house down, so I’m probably jumpier than the average person)
So was I unreasonable to have shouted - even though it was in panic - not aggression (and then anger when she wouldn’t tell me the company she worked for). It’s really bothered me all weekend. I realise it wasn’t the carers fault as she had obviously been given the wrong information, but common sense should have told her that the street name didn’t match and my house wasn’t part of a sheltered block of retirement flats (which is where she was looking for).
Maybe I was unreasonable and I should contact the company again and pass an apology on or maybe others would have reacted the same way I did?? Tell me what you think! Maybe I won’t feel so bad if others would react the same way?