'He orders food all the time': Lazy dude orders food to neighbor's address at all hours of the day, neighbor claps back

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Dec 18, 2023 2:00 PM EST

What would you do if your neighbor kept using your address for food deliveries? For me, the answer is simple. Once is a total accident. Twice is allowed. If it happens more than three times, you have the right to eat that food yourself, especially if they are fully aware of their mistake at this point. 

In this scenario, we have a neighbor who lives in the basement of a nearby building and who decided that it was more convenient for him to set his delivery address as that of this Redditor, who shared their side of the story on Reddit's r/mildlyinfuriating subreddit. What clearly didn't occur to this neighbor, and what clearly does not occur to the many entitled people of the world who are like this neighbor, is that what is convenient for them is certainly not convenient for OP and for people like him. What makes this even worse is that this neighbor would order food at all hours of the day and at all hours of the night. Seriously, has this person heard of a stove? 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and to see what people suggested that OP should do next in the comments section. When you're done, check out this Karen's one-star review.

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    "Neighbor keeps ordering their food delivery to my address instead of their own" SHAKE SHACK
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    r/mildlyinfuriating. Posted by u/ProudnotLoud 23 hours ago 2 Neighbor keeps ordering their food delivery to my address instead of their own, finally was able to confront them today!
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    This truly is mildly infuriating. I moved into a new home a few months ago and since then have been noticing food deliveries regularly happening to our door that I didn't order. It took a little while before I noticed our neighbor was the one who would try and intercept them every time before they rang our doorbell.
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    It's hard to describe but we think he lives in the bottom level of a townhouse and therefore it's physically closer to order to my address and go out his backyard to collect than it is to order to his own - especially if he's in a basement unit. I was able to confirm with a driver today that he's actually using our address for the orders and not just putting a pin in the street in front of our house.
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  • 05
    He misses the interception often which means lots of ringing doorbells and confused delivery people at all hours of the day - he orders food all the time! I've been woken up by the doorbell, had meetings interrupted since I work from home, had late night deliveries. My cats spook every time the doorbell rings so that's been a pain.
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    I've felt uneasy about it too because if something goes wrong with his orders our address is the one the services or restaurants technically have.
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    It's a little victory but I was finally able to confront the neighbor mid delivery and asked them politely and firmly to stop! It'll escalate beyond mildly infuriating if it continues now but hoping this regular irritation is over!
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    Edit: I've put this in comments but I want to add something given how many "eat the food" type comments I'm getting. One, I don't get the opportunity to grab the food. He has the driver hand it to him. Even if the driver gets to my doorbell he almost always gets to the driver before I make it to the door. This instance was the first time I got to the driver first.
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    Two, I don't want to mess with someone's food. Especially expensive food delivery. This is mildly infuriating at this point and I want to try and solve it in a polite and civil way if I can. He's my neighbor no matter how this goes down.
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    First Contribution236. 23 hr. ago The only way to stop this: Keep his food. Even if that means you only keep 1 in 10 deliveries. Any time they ring that doorbell - the food is yours. Even if he is standing right there. "I told you to stop using my address. Thanks for the food. Closes door." 8.0k Reply Share
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    ProudnotLoud OP. 23 hr. ago The next time he's too slow and I get to the driver first I might accept the food and wait for him to come around and refuse to hand it over until I much more firmly emphasize that it has to stop, and make sure I grab his name off the receipt too. 3.8k Reply Share
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    mint-star 23 hr. ago I wonder if he got banned, so he's using your address as a proxy? 1.2k Reply Share
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    ProudnotLoud OP. 23 hr. ago Could be - and honestly one of the reasons I want it to stop. I use delivery services myself sometimes and don't want my address getting banned from some of them because of someone else's actions. 1.1k Reply Share
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    Atheist Comic 23 hr. ago People use my email address for services all the time. I do forgot password, log in and cancel their services as a rule. Don't want to use my email address if you don't want me to cancel your services! :D 639 Reply Share
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    ProudnotLoud OP. 22 hr. ago Ooo I'd be a lot more trolly and spicy if it was my email. I had something similar when I got a new phone number. Whoever had it last didn't notify like ANYONE of their change so I was on family text chains, dental appointment reminders, just about everything. After about a year it was still happening so I started texting pictures of engagement rings and saying I was engaged to what I presumed were family. It stopped not long after that. 308 Reply Share ...
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    NewYouStation - 22 hr. ago Note on your door: Food Delivery person - ONLY GIVE THE DELIVERY TO PERSON WHO ANSWERS THE DOOR. Thank you. 537 Reply Share
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    ProudnotLoud OP. 22 hr. ago On my pettiest and most frustrated days I've debated making a sign to put on my lawn "No food delivery ordered here - someone else is using my address" that I'd remove on the few times I actually order food. Trying to keep it as low key and civil as I can for as long as I can. I spooked him today by confronting him and I hope that worked. 333 Reply Share
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    AverageHoarder - 23 hr. ago Free food. 256 Reply Share ProudnotLoud OP. 23 hr. ago That's what people keep joking to me! He has the drivers hand the food to him and not leave it at our door though and I'm not that petty...most days. 112 Reply Share
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    rowbaldwin 21 hr. ago My neighbor did this, but with Amazon. He'd keep coming over and collecting them. At first I walked a few over, then he stopped by and I'd give them to him. It started to get too crazy and was driving me nuts. Especially in LA where houses are being targeted. I asked him about it and he said it's because his house is an add on and doesn't have an address. I told him to take the rental permit online and stop by the post office to have it resolved. He said no. Packages kept c
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