To be a bit cross with the cleaner?

[Standbyeknee]

My wonderful cleaner, who’s been with me for years, is great at taking initiative, but sometimes it backfires. Today, she unpacked and set up a household item from an opened Amazon package, tossed the box, and I realised too late it was actually for a friend (a gift for her husband) who wanted it left in the box and unassembled. She’d had it delivered to my house so he didn’t see it.

I’d mistakenly opened it, thinking it was mine. I said to the cleaner that I must’ve ordered it without realising it. It is something I’d been in the market for and I can be forgetful!

I did NOT ask her to unbox and construct it.

Then my friend asked me if it had arrived and I realised…..

My friend is understandably upset, and I’ve offered to replace it, but it’s expensive. I love my cleaner and know she meant well, but I’m a bit frustrated by the situation.

If you’ve previously been okay with her taking the initiative and have told her that it was yours then I think it’s more your fault than anyone else’s. Can you at least make use of the item you now accidentally own?

Your friend ordered something to your house and didn't think to tell you

You have no recollection of having ordered something but presume you must have done when it showed up at your house

Your cleaner randomly opens parcels and assembles the contents

You all sound delightfully bonkers 😂

She did tell me! I just forgot in my hurry to get to work. She told me a while back and I completely blanked this morning.

And the parcel was open , just not unboxed.

I am just a bit mad though. Not sure about everyone else in the story.

Yes, that’s what I’ll do. And hope I can get another before my friend’s husband’s birthday for him.

Bit of a series of errors. You were doing your friend a favour so she can’t get angry, you then made a mistake, then cleaner used her initiative. We too have a super helpful cleaner who takes it upon herself to do extra jobs - 99% of the time this is brilliant it’s the 1% that causes chaos (rearranging sheet music that’s been put out in a special order for an exam, filing away the Sonos charging base with the spare extension cords so it’s missing for a year, that kind of thing….)

Now i’m wondering if we have the same cleaner as these are all absolutely things my cleaner would do!

Friend takes item assembled no biggie.

Ok here’s the solution. Return it back to Amazon and say it was faulty and ask for a new one to be sent. Cheeky but Bezos is a billionaire, he won’t miss it.

I reckon it was an Airfix model

What is it?

A special lamp? Can it not be dismantled again?

Oh, that's mean!

Why doesnt your friend want it assembled id be thrilled if someone saved me the time of putting something together

Your fault, not the cleaner's. Keep the item and order a new one for your friend immediately.

I would be fuming if a member of my own family opened up one of my packages, let alone anyone else.

Just buy one of those bike wrapping sheets and a roll of tape... Job done. Maybe the dh will be thrilled he doesn't have to assemble his own gift?

Wow....you want her to take initiative and like when she does ..how is this HER fault? "A bit cross", is she a child?

It was open already 🙄

Why was it so crucial that your fried’s dh assemble it himself?
She overstepped, but she’s saved him a job…

The cleaner didn't open it. It was already open.

Do we know what it is yet?

I think it's your fault for not communicating well.

We do not..

WHAT IS IT!!!!

Maybe it's a sex toy