Or am I being a parcel stealing, curtain twitching busybody?

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Name change.

A video has been posted on a local facebook group that looks like I have stolen parcels. The person who posted it said "what is the world coming to when the local druggy nicks your child's bedtime story books". I'm scared this will get back to my employer. I work for the civil service so if they dont get the full story, I will be sacked. I will tell my boss when she gets in. She wont find it funny and I'm humiliated. I dont take drugs but I did stumble in the video and I have a cold so was wiping my nose a lot which looks bad.

My husband thinks I was niave and shouldnt have got involved. I have the parcels but will I be liable for them if I put them back where I found them because they will get nicked? I dont really want to speak with the person as they are obviously looking for trouble.

I've already commented on the video and have asked admin the take it down.

Our Evri and Amazon driver has started leaving parcels on our doorsteps which are directly on the street. Obviously they arent there when we get home.

I walked past a neighbour's house yesterday. It is a few houses down but I dont know them. They had parcels leaning against their house (directly on the street/pavement). I thought I was being nice. I wish someone had taken in the ebay parcel I had stolen the other day because the item in that was irreplaceable. So I thoight I was being a good neighbour.

The video shows me look at the parcels as I walk past, then come back a few minutes later, pick them up and walk off with them. What actually happened was that I walk past, come back with a note, post it through the door and then walk away with the parcels. I didnt realise there was a camera or I would have made a big drama of posting the note. You can see the door on the video but because of how Im standing you can see Im doing sonething but not that I posted a letter through. The note was an A4 sheet of pink lined paper ripped from a book and folded in half so they would have seen it.

The note said that their parcels were left on the doorstep so Ive taken them in, my house number and that someone will be in for the rest of the day and today.

I dont know what to do with the parcels. I dont want to speak with this person but if I put them back they'll get stolen.

I'm humiliated. I wont do it again.

My husbabd thinks I was interfearing in sonething that didnt concern me and basically asked for trouble. I thought I was just being nice and doing what I wish other people did.

YABU - you should have left the parcels alone
YANBU - you were trying to be neighbourly

Your neighbour is a drama-seeking knob.

Do you mean Michael Sheen, not Martin?

That was Michael Sheen. Different (although also very good) actor. About 30 years younger than Martin Sheen. Welsh.

Well, now I definitely can’t cast Emilio Estevez as his younger self …😀

Bless you OP, at least they have their parcels back now and your name has been cleared. They probably sent their son round 'cos they felt a bit silly - I assume they were away and just saw the ring doorbell footage of you picking up the parcels so reacted instantly instead of getting home first and investigating.

I live in a flat building and do move parcels sometimes but I only take them in for my next door neighbour who does the same for me. Generally parcels that make it into the building are safe and fine but I had an Amazon parcel left outside the main building door once which disappeared. Luckily Amazon replaced for free - but when I saw someone else's parcel by the front door when I was leaving once I brought it into the foyer. When I got back it was still in the foyer so I moved to their flat front door.

My neighbour takes in my parcels so I've tried to do the same for her to be a good neighbour - only the two times I've done it I've text to let her know only to find out she is home, just didn't realise she had a parcel so I've had to take them straight back out 😂

At least it's sorted now OP though I wouldn't be taking anything in for them again!

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Darn it, now the film will NEVER be made 😩

Yes completely concur with you
I'm sure most compassionate souls can sense you were just trying to help your neighbours out of the kindness of your heart
It's clear to me you weren't trying to show off or just be a do gooder
To me your empathetic nature stands out a mile & I wish we had neighbours like your lovely sincere self 💚

Lovely comment 🤗

OMG I didnt realise Martin Sheen and Michael Sheen were different people! That does explain a few things though I guess.

I did have a picture of Emilio Estevez on my wall when I was younger so I know who he is.

Did you not think that having a Welsh actor mostly known for stage and TV play the US president for many seasons of The West Wing was weird, or that he’d have to have been still at primary school when he was in Apocalypse Now?

Never watched The West Wing or Apocalypse Now so I couldnt tell you the name of the actors in it.

OMG I didnt realise Martin Sheen and Michael Sheen were different people!

That is hilarious.

So you thought he used two different first names?

I think I just thought... I dont know what I thought. It makes Charlie Sheen make a bit more sense though.

It's probably more understandable than having 2 sons called Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez!

I'm down a rabbit hole.
Martin Sheen was called Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez
Charlie Sheen was born Carlos Estevez.
So Emilio makes more sense now.

Micheal Sheen is Michael Sheen.

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I clicked to watch this thread in case there were any developments, and am greeted with the Estevez/ Sheen family tree 😂

It's probably more understandable than having 2 sons called Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez!

Perhaps!

Maybe you need to be a certain age to know?