'Looks time-sensitive... Straight in the bin': Guy shreds his lousy ex-housemate's mail when they fail to file a change of address, getting revenge after years of walking on eggshells

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Nov 27, 2024 1:00 PM EST

RTS stands for 'Revenge Through Shredder'

When you have a roommate who constantly gives you a hard time, it's difficult not to resent them eventually. Walking on eggshells in your own home to avoid detonating the time bomb you share a kitchen with can be stressful–especially over several years with said terrible housemate. There must be a way that polite housemates can vindicate themselves! 

Karma may present herself in the form of a mailing address technicality–just as it did for u/Rachel_Silver (OP) when their awful housemate finally moved out and neglected to change their address. 

After 2 months of receiving seemingly important parcels from the government, ticketing services, and miscellaneous bills for their former roommate, OP realized they never intended to submit a change of address with USPS or any other mail carrier service. Fortunately, this annoyance turned into the perfect opportunity for petty revenge, making up for years of resentment with the shrill sound of a paper shredder. 

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    FINAL NOTICE 19 Ms Current Name Street Name. 1 70000 City Name
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    Former housemate hasn't filed a change of address, and stops by to pick up his mail. He was a terrible housemate;
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    he labored under the misapprehension that having lived here the longest basically gave him the power of life and death over the rest of us. I'm pretty sure his primary motivation for
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    moving was the fact that my other housemate and I goaded him into taking a swing at me, and I pepper sprayed him. He called the police, and they explained that he was the one who was in danger of being arrested.
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    If a piece of his mail looks time-sensitive, I give it back to the mailman. Yesterday, he got a Toll by Plate invoice from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for a toll (you just drive through,
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    and they scan your plate and send you a bill). I was going to give that back to the mailman today, but I can't find it. I guess it was accidentally run through the paper shredder.
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    Cashewkaas The lady we bought our house from was a donating member of A LOT OF charities. The mail just kept on coming. Even for the lady who lived here before her, it just kept on coming. We sent a lot of it back with 'doesn't live here' written all over it. It has mostly stopped now, the occasional item we receive now just goes straight in the bin.
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    SMELL_LIKE_A_TROLL "return to sender, no one by this name"
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    AJRimmer1971 It's been 17 years since my ex wife and I bought the current place we co-own. We still get mail for the previous owner, even though we have notified all of these senders that the person is no longer here, and to do their jobs and update their records. Now when it comes, it goes into the round file.
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    AdNormal4218 The round file
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    Fluffy-Designer I lived in my last house for 8 years and the previous occupant still had his kid's school reports mailed to my house. Like... how do you not pick up on something like that?
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    exotic swimmer999 Sounds like the universe decided to help with that shredded toll bill! Sometimes karma works in funny ways.
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    buku43v3r Admitting to a felony. Smart. StrictShelter971 No, it slipped from your hands and "oh no" it fell into the shredder.
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