Neighbour has told our village I am a thief

[crazyneighbour123]

NC as obviously outing


Last night around 8:30pm a delivery driver asked me to take a parcel for a neighbour a few doors down and said he had knocked my door as my gate was open (all houses on my street have a gate and a pathway to the front door, roughly 20meters). The parcel was 2ft high and 2ft wide and heavy so I managed to push it along my hallway out of the way.

Here is the issue. At 6:50am there was banging and when I say banging I mean banging on my front door. I ran downstairs worried something was wrong and hoping it wouldn’t wake the whole house up.

It was my male neighbour who is in his 40s who didn’t bother to say hello only said where is my parcel. I explained it come last night let me get it. As I was pushing it down the hallway towards the door he said ‘ no need to be so dramatic there’s no need to pretend it’s too heavy that’s why you didn’t bother to bring it over last night, you just could not be bothered’ . I was shocked and just said how he wasn’t in thats why the deliver drive gave me the parcel and it is heavy. He then said he was in but was having his dinner and it was raining so didn’t answer the door and I should have had some respect and done the polite thing and taken the parcel to him. I started laughing as I thought he was joking. He then tried picking it up and realised how heavy it was and how far he had to go with it told me the least I can do is help him carry it back to his house I laughed and said I couldn’t. He then called me a waste of space. I then told him ‘ I hope there’s weights in that box cause you bloody well need them’ and shut the door.

He has now posted on the village Facebook (I know social media is the root of all evil) and has bad mouthed me and called me a thief and a chav and that everyone should be careful around me as I will try and take their deliveries to keep for myself. This is not true and unluckily for him I have this all recorded on the ring doorbell. You can hear us both word for word and see how angry he is in the video. Question is would I be unreasonable to post it onto the village Facebook group or should I just send it privately to the main admin person. My only issue with sending it privately which is the more mature option is the main admin owner walks her dogs with him so not sure if she would fully make the other members of the group aware of what actually happened? I could just try the private route first but it’s making me feel awkward going out today that everyone in the village thinks I’m a thief.

YANBU - post it on the Facebook group so the whole village will know the truth

YABU - send it only to the admin privately and hope she does the right thing

[Nopinnogin]

Do it

[SaponificationQueen]

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

In the Art of War, Sun Zhu says if you make an enemy, you must obliterate him totally or he will be emboldened and come back for more trouble.

OK, then, if it's now reached the final Death Or Glory stage, I think the neighbour needs to receive another massive box in the post labelled 'fragile - open indoors on soft surface only' - with 100kg of spring-loaded glitter inside!

Beautiful!

[PopstarsDad]

YANBU - post it on the Facebook group so the whole village will know the truth.

Don't give an inch. Don't allow this bully to sully your reputation.

Just type exactly what happened, and ensure to be clear about his statements about why he didn't claim the package when it was delivered and subsequent self-entitled behaviour.

Stand firm young person, I have faith in your ability to set the record straight. :)

[NewCarOldCar]

Oh thank goodness @PopstarsDad is here at last to tell the OP 2 days after it has been sorted, what to do!

We can all let out bated breath out now. All hail their wise words 😂

[DenaJT]

Make the admin aware and ask for the post to be taken down. Also place a post on social media that following recent allegations, you'll be unable to take in parcels and ask for the understanding of those in the group.

[Merida46]

Post the video and email it to as many of the villagers as you can.

[Plusnett]

sometimes you have to fight crazy with crazy, I would have posted the footage for all to see, as he is 100% still badmouthing you to anyone who will listen so it’s not over yet. you will have a reputation of being a thief. I can deal with people thinking I’m a bit of a twat, but people thinking you break the law and steal is reputation-damaging enough to me to want to clear that up publicly.

[MaryHinges]

Only problem is it isn't just the village who know. This was in the Daily Mail today 😂

[ButterCrackers]

You could screenshot the whole post and replies. Write a post on the group saying that unless a written apology is given that you will take legal advice. Give him a week. The admin could also take the post down and put an apology online.

[Crancod]

It’s the year 2100. Humanity exists in only a few isolated pockets, in a world ravaged by climate change and nuclear war.

A lone woman scavenges for supplies in the ruins of what was formerly the city of London. While exploring the remains of a bombed-out building, she is startled by a strange, beeping sound, of a type she has never heard before.

Upon closer examination of the rubble, she finds a small, black device with some sort of screen, which is connected by a wire to some sort of generator, which has staggeringly survived all these years.

The woman curiously touches the screen and it lights up! There’s some text which reads that there’s just been a new post on a thread she is following. Confused but curious, the woman touches the text, and suddenly everything on the screen changes! She now finds herself looking at the words ‘Neighbour has told our village I am a thief, page 40’

She realizes that this is some sort of ancient means of communication - are there more survivors out there? Perhaps they’re sending messages to lead starving survivors like her to some sort of safe haven? She fiddles around with the screen before finding what appears to be a new message, marked with the day’s date…

”Post the video babes, you got this’.

[DontbesuchanarseGlenda]

@Crancod

It’s the year 2100. Humanity exists in only a few isolated pockets, in a world ravaged by climate change and nuclear war.

A lone woman scavenges for supplies in the ruins of what was formerly the city of London. While exploring the remains of a bombed-out building, she is startled by a strange, beeping sound, of a type she has never heard before.

Upon closer examination of the rubble, she finds a small, black device with some sort of screen, which is connected by a wire to some sort of generator, which has staggeringly survived all these years.

The woman curiously touches the screen and it lights up! There’s some text which reads that there’s just been a new post on a thread she is following. Confused but curious, the woman touches the text, and suddenly everything on the screen changes! She now finds herself looking at the words ‘Neighbour has told our village I am a thief, page 40’

She realizes that this is some sort of ancient means of communication - are there more survivors out there? Perhaps they’re sending messages to lead starving survivors like her to some sort of safe haven? She fiddles around with the screen before finding what appears to be a new message, marked with the day’s date…

”Post the video babes, you got this’.

😂😂😂

[CaveMum]

<applauds @Crancod>

[Nanaof1]

@TruJay

You could comment and ask if he’d like to retract his untruthful slanderous comment or he’d like you to post your ring camera video for people to see what actually happened?

I am reading these posts several days after the event but THIS is the gold ribbon answer.
If he doesn't apologize or take it down, then post it and let him stew in his lies and slander.

[Nanaof1]

@crazyneighbour123

This might be my best option

Okay, I thought the other idea was good, but this one is masterful. It exposes his lies without exposing you to more online bullying.
I so want to see what he will say next....please post what he says next.

[Nanaof1]

@Nanaof1

I am reading these posts several days after the event but THIS is the gold ribbon answer.
If he doesn't apologize or take it down, then post it and let him stew in his lies and slander.

Sorry, I should have kept reading. I'm happy that you have been vindicated. He sounds like a bloody horror of a neighbor.

[Nanaof1]

@Nanaof1

Okay, I thought the other idea was good, but this one is masterful. It exposes his lies without exposing you to more online bullying.
I so want to see what he will say next....please post what he says next.

Sorry, I should have kept reading. I'm happy that you have been vindicated. He sounds like a bloody horror of a neighbor.

[icelolly99]

This story has just landed in my 'local news' online.... 🙄

[BrightYellowDaffodil]

@Crancod