I got home late on Thursday night and found a parcel outside my front door. It had my address on it, but the name was someone I didn’t know. It was almost 11pm, so I didn’t knock on neighbours doors to see if they recognised the name. I had work on Friday and had to leave the house at 7am, then after work, I went straight to my partner’s house (which is an hour away) to spend the weekend there.
On Saturday morning, my friend tagged me in a post on the local notice board. A woman who lives three doors down was asking if anyone knew who lived at no 29 (me) because she had been trying to get her parcel back since Friday. I sent her a private message letting her know I was away for the weekend but would be back Monday evening if she wanted to pick it up then. Then I got a bunch of messages saying she needed it urgently because it was a gift for someone and she was supposed to drop it off on Saturday night. She asked if I could come back, but I explained that I was over an hour away and wouldn’t be able to return (we had lunch plans with my partner’s parents that day). It would have been a hassle to go home and then drive all the way back. She asked me if I was refusing to give her parcel back. I told her that wasn’t the case, I just wasn’t home right now???
This evening, I left the parcel outside my door because I wasn’t sure how she would react if she saw me, and I wanted to avoid any confrontation. I feel like it’s an unfortunate situation, but it was her mistake, and there wasn’t much else I could do (other than drive all the way home and change my plans).
AIBU? Was her request reasonable, or could I have done more?