A woman has been praised for her “epic” revenge on an entitled neighbour who kept stealing her parcels from outside her front door. The 29-year-old explained how she would receive a ‘delivered’ notification to her phone but when she came to collect her parcel, there was nothing there.
Baffled, she initially attributed it to a misunderstanding – but it kept occurring repeatedly. She said on Reddit: “I live in a mid-sized apartment complex where each unit has a shared hallway. Not the kind with locked mailrooms or package lockers. Just a small lobby and then mailboxes in the hallway, and delivery drivers usually drop packages in front of your door.
“For the past year, I’ve had no issues. But about four months ago, a new neighbour moved into the unit directly across from me.
“She’s maybe mid-30s, high heels all the time, always on speakerphone in the hallway, and just generally gives off entitled vibes. Let’s call her Cassie.”
Whilst her parcels contained “nothing expensive”, she was still irritated about them disappearing and attempted to work out what was occurring.
She added: “I figured maybe porch pirates were sneaking into the building. It happens. I started sending more expensive things to my work instead.
“But then one day I worked from home and actually heard the delivery guy drop something off. I got the ‘delivered’ notification, waited five minutes, and opened the door. Nothing. Just, gone. And whose door was clicking shut across the hall when I opened mine? Cassie’s.”
So, she devised a scheme to find out whether Cassie was pinching her deliveries – and she swiftly exposed the truth.
She said: “I decided to test it. I ordered a cheap pair of earrings from Amazon. $6 (£4.40). I set up a motion-activated camera peephole (super discreet) and waited.
“Two days later, the package arrived. And less than two minutes after it hit the floor, Cassie opened her door, looked around, and snatched it.
“Caught. In. 4K. I now had video proof, timestamps, everything.
“At this point, I could have gone to the building manager or the cops. But let’s be real. Nobody was going to launch an investigation over six-dollar earrings – and this was now personal.”
This is when she chose to get her own back on Cassie – determined to teach her a lesson once and for all.
She added: “Over the next three weeks, I ordered the following items, one every few days – a glitter bomb, a fake pregnancy test that always shows positive, a box labelled ‘Live Crickets – Handle With Care’ (it was just empty), a spring-loaded package that shoots out confetti when opened, a book titled ‘So You’ve Decided to Become a Sugar Baby’, a tube of ‘haemorrhoid cream’ (actually just hand lotion with a fake label).
“Every item was under $10 (£7.30) and every box was labelled with my name and address. I left them all out like bait. And like clockwork, she took every single one.
“I never said a word. Never even looked at her. I just kept collecting video evidence and letting her embarrass herself.
“The best part? The glitter bomb must have really pissed her off, because one day I heard her yelling through the wall to someone on the phone saying, ‘I don’t know who the f*** keeps sending this stuff, but it’s not funny anymore!’.”
Fortunately, Cassie ceased pinching her deliveries and a fortnight later, the building manager circulated a group email explaining that “due to repeated complaints,” a camera system was being fitted in the corridors to monitor parcel theft.
She continued: “I’m pretty sure she thinks someone else reported her. Since then, I’ve had zero packages go missing.
“Cassie still won’t make eye contact with me. And I still have all the videos, just in case she ever gets brave enough to try again.
“Revenge level: Petty. Satisfaction level: 100.”
Responding to her post, one user said: “I love this petty revenge but I would love it more if you went the the police and reported it to the post office. She’s just going to keep doing it to others.”
Another added: “I would have tried to get her evicted. She could have taken meds, gift cards, money, presents etc with no way to get back before the cameras were there. Just a nasty little thief.”