This is a bit of a weird situation and I’m aware of how ridiculous it sounds.
I had a new kitchen fitted last December and one of the kitchen fitters brought J2O’s and a 10 inch novelty wooden bottle opener shaped like a penis every day. He never asked if I had a bottle opener and there is even one on the tin opener, he just said he had it in his van.
It was a bit weird but he didn’t act creepy with it and just acted like it was a regular bottle opener. I couldn’t stand the noise and the mess and avoided the kitchen till it was finished so didn’t really bother about it.
When the kitchen was finished he left it behind and my neighbour came round “Jess” who is in her late 40’s and was absolutely thrilled with this bottle opener. She thought it was hysterical and for weeks later she asked about it every time I saw her and if I still had it. The kitchen fitter didn’t return for it so after a few weeks I gave it to Jess because I was sick of her mentioning it and hinting that she wanted it.
Jess acted like it was all her birthdays and christmases rolled into one, I try not to speculate why she was so obsessed with it but she still thanked me every time she saw me and it’s been months since she became it’s proud owner!
The problem is that yesterday the kitchen fitter came round in a panic and asked
“have you still got my cock-opener?!”
I obviously knew what he was referring too straight away and I told him I’d given it to my neighbour when he didn’t return and I didn’t have contact details for him. The agency I rent from organised the kitchen to be fitted and I explained that I thought if it was important he’d have come back for it.
Unfortunately the kitchen fitter told me that it was his wife’s and she got it as a novelty hen party present from her best friend who passed away shortly after they got married. His wife didn’t realise he’d ever taken it out of the house and he didn’t see it as a sentimental item but his wife does. She said there were good memories attached to it from her hen night and was distraught and wanted it back.
I managed to get Jess to return it but she was absolutely fuming and argued about it for a long time, I agreed to buy her a new one for “the inconvenience” I’m hoping to find one online!
The kitchen fitter has it back and he was hugely grateful and relieved but Jess was very very annoyed, angry and upset.
AIBU for thinking that Jess has made a huge fuss about nothing really? She pretty much hounded me into giving it to her and she knew it wasn’t mine to start with. I accept I shouldn’t have given it away and I’ve apologised to the kitchen fitter and apologised to Jess for taking it off her again.
I think I’ve been more then generous offering to find and buy a replacement.
I just wondered what others think about this cock up?! (Sorry couldn’t resist) and if I’ve caused Jess emotional trauma by seizing her emotional support penis. Or if people agree that she’s overreacting about over what is essentially a bottle opener?!