'She called the cops and is trying to convince my boss to fire me': Karen wrongly accuses her neighbor of stealing her mail, gets pwned when he scores surveillance footage to clear his name

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    "She kept yelling and telling me she had cameras... Well, so do I."
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    Posted by u/mrdalo TIFU by picking up packages on my deck M Ok buckle up. I have a neighbor who owns the place behind mine on a private drive. A couple months ago
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    she threw a Halloween party and had family members driving off-road vehicles all night in circles for a haunted trail. Part of it came onto my property near my house and was keeping me awake. So I walked out in my pajama pants and kindly asked the guy driving to stay on their side of the line. He stopped, it was all good. I thought.
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    A few weeks later I got a package accidentally delivered to my house meant for the neighbor. It was one of those soft Amazon packages, definitely nothing breakable, like slippers or maybe a coat. So I went to that neighbors house and tossed it underhand towards her door.
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    Apparently after this she called my work, demanded to talk to my boss, and demanded I be reprimanded. She said I confronted her cousin and yelled at him to stop riding his ORV, and I callously threw her package at her house. Clear
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    exaggerations of what happened. My boss explained that my work has nothing to do with a dispute between neighbors, she still wanted him to "talk" to me about it. My boss called me into his office and told me what happened.
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    It was so embarrassing. Plus I work for a notable firm in the area that doesn't appreciate negative PR. I decided not to make things worse and didn't confront her. It was so frustrating seeing her smuggly drive by every day.
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    Fast forward 4 months to today. I got home from work to find packages on my deck. I brought them inside and discovered one addressed to the neighbor. Yay. I decided to go for my evening walk as planned and figured I'd try to be the bigger man and return the package when I got back. The temptation to be petty was immense admittedly.
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    When I came back from my walk I found the neighbor and her older daughter on my deck. She asked me if I had a package. I went inside and grabbed it and handed it to her. I told her I did not appreciate what she did by calling my boss and lying about the
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    details. Well that went about as well as you'd think. She accused me of stealing her package and told me it's a federal offense to mess with her mail! I told her I had planned to give her the package but she was stuck on how it was inside my house. She asked me
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    if I planned on throwing it like I did the last one. I told her if anything was broken I'd gladly pay for it. Then she said it... she asked if I wanted her to call my boss again. My heart sank and I told her to do whatever she wanted. She started to waddle away and I started going back into my house.
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    Then I heard her yelling at me again. She turned around and started screaming about how I took her mail. I turned away from my door and told her to leave and that she was trespassing. She wouldn't leave! I told her at least 10 times to just go. She kept yelling about calling my boss and telling me she had cameras. Well so do I. I pointed at them and she finally left.
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    And then the cops showed up. She is the main reason I put up cameras because of other stunts she's pulled and thank God I got them. I showed the fuzz the footage and they laughed. I guess she reported that I
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    stole her package and threatened her. I showed the cops the video of the UPS guy dropping off the package, me bringing the package inside without looking at it. The blow up, all of it! Now she's been officially trespassed and can't come onto my property anymore.
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    But wait, there's more. She called my boss and told him the same lies she told the cops. I sent him the video and he said he understands. Still a garbage situation to deal with. How do you all deal with neighbors from
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    TLDR- Neighbor accused me of stealing her package, came to my house and yelled at me, called the cops, and is trying to convince my boss to fire me. I swear to God I've never done anything to this woman and I have no idea why she's been hostile since I moved here.
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    MagicTheBurrito . 14 hr. ago She's calling your job and lying. Is that not slander or whatever it's called? Talk to a lawyer. 352 Reply Share mrdalo OP 14 hr. ago Meeting with one tomorrow.
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    blackop 12 hr. ago How the boss? does she know your 43 Reply Share PM_ME_COUPLE_PICS 10 hr. ago She may have googled OP's LinkedIn and found where he worked. She doesn't know the boss. The post said she called his work and demanded to talk to OP's boss.
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    gringledoom 14 hr. ago If you're in the US, consider asking a lawyer to write up some kind of cease and desist letter to either scare her off of calling your boss or to at least help establish a paper trail in case you need a restraining order eventually.
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    mrdalo OP 14 hr. ago Definitely. Documenting everything. She pulls one more stunt like this and it's restraining order time. Also getting a property line survey, more cameras, and more fencing.
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    Shmeepsheep. 9 hr. ago She tried multiple times to get you fired because she's a No "one more time" about it. Start the process now if the lawyer you are meeting with recommends it
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    Jimbobjoesmith - 13 hr. ago lol "return to sender" each and every package of hers that comes to you. she's trespassed now. she wants to act crazy, you don't have to play mail person. it sounds like your boss is cool. just keep up that paper trail and keep talking to your lawyer.
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    Bearded-and-Bored 14 hr. ago See if your company can block her number from calling. Also, get a lawyer. Get some legal options on how to make her stop. If you get fired or in trouble because she's harassing your employer, you can possibly sue for damages.
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    LtRecore 13 hr. ago . It's so weird how she would involve your boss. Like a child threatening to tell your parents only way weirder because she's a grownup, chronologically anyway, and he's your boss. Maybe give her your parents number.
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    wlfwrtr 8 hr. ago If you get anymore packages leave it outside and call the company to come back and get it. If it's nice, sit outside so she can't come retrieve it herself. If it's raining and package gets soaked, oh well. 4 Reply Share mrdalo OP 5 hr. ago I think this is happening.
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    Glum-One2514. 3 hr. ago Tell her that your boss thinks she's an idiot too, and you both have a big laugh when she calls to tattle.
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    hey_blue_13 3 hr. ago Aside from all of the great advice already given - if she has a package delivered to your house again, simply write "Unknown - Return to Sender" on the package and give it back to the post office or UPS. Now you don't have to deal with her, and she can wait a little longer for her stuff to be redelivered.

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