'They took a full report before insisting on delivering my property—a completely melted Slurpee': Neighbors call cops on guy housesitting next door because his food was accidentally delivered to their house

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Isabella Penn
May 5, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

A man was housesitting at his partner's parent's house when he got the late night munchiess. At 1 a.m., he decided to browse through his food delivery apps to see what could satisfy his craving. His choice was a Slurpee and candy from a nearby 7/11. While waiting for his food, he fell asleep. The next morning, he went to check on his food only to find it missing and the police at his door. Apparently, the food was delivered to some unsuspecting neighbors who thought the police needed to be involved in this mishap. Some commenters claimed they wouldn't complain if a free bag of candy showed up at their door. The Original Poster (OP) made the point that his full name and address were on the bag, so it shouldn't have caused such a debacle in the first place. The best part of the whole story was during his police interrogation, he had to recount everything he ordered, reliving his late-night cravings and struggling to remember his choice of Laffy Taffy flavors. We think the clear takeaway here is that we need to see the body cam footage.

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    . r/mildlyinfuriating • 21 hr. a possumlvr2000 Got the cops called on me because my 7-11 order got misdelivered.
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    I'm staying at my partner's parents' house while he housesits. It's a very quiet neighborhood. I am a night owl and take meds that make me really hungry before bed. Last night around
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    1 I placed an order for a Slurpee and some candy from 7-11. It only took about 20 minutes to arrive but I fell asleep in that time. This morning, I check the porch and no bag. I thought
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    either the order got cancelled, or some driver absconded with like $7 of candy, and in either case I'm not pursuing it. Well the cops just came to the house, and after answering the door unable
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    to contain the dog they asked me if anyone in the house ordered food last night. I said that I did. Cue questioning about from where, when, what food. I struggle to rattle off my memory of what specific laffy taffies I
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    got. They tell me that the order got delivered next door and the residents were so rattled they called the police. I say that it should have my name and the correct address on the bag so I'm not sure what's so threatening. They
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    take a full report before insisting on fetching and delivering my "property" (a completely melted Slurpee). I wish I was kidding. There is now bodycam footage of me reciting laffy taffy flavors. I do not understand how a bag of candy warrants calling the police??
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    Its-a-Light-Bat • 20h ago The clear takeaway is that you need to request that body cam footage and post it immediately.
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    • figure8888 20h ago I live in a small town full of old people, but younger people are starting to move here because it's cheap. There was an article in the crime section on the news where a woman called the police for the same thing. It was a bag of fast food mis-delivered to her door. She wanted the police to come because she thought it could be a bomb and was afraid to open her door.
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    • Inner-Cupcake-6809 21h ago Don't lie, the crime was you ordered grape laffy taffy and you know it! Side note, that is ridiculous
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    monkey_monkey_mon... . 21h ago The real crime is paying to have $7 of candy delivered.... On another note, your neighbours seem awfully odd. The idea of calling the cops because someone delivered me free laffy taffy would never occur to me.
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    Super_iron_kid • 20h ago that's some real detective work for an important case of the Slurpee. I wish they did expand that on the rest of non-priority crimes.
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    CptGlammerHammer •20h ago Twist: the neighbor is diabetic and saw it as an attempted assassination.
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    Cinnamon Flavored • 20h ago As shocked as I am that someone could see a bag delivered and jump right to calling the cops I'm more shocked that someone's idea of a late night snack before bed is literally a pound of sugar.
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    • Sunny_Sammie_517 21h ago I mean letting a Slurpee melt without drinking it, is in itself a crime. Boy are you lucky.
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    POLICE
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