Neighbor constantly rings tenant’s bell for her misplaced packages and refuses to stop after being called out: 'If my parcel is delivered here I will continue ringing your doorbell'

Misdelivered packages are a common problem in shared buildings. It can happen to anyone, which is why neighbors help each other by accepting deliveries, holding packages safely, or bringing them inside to avoid theft or loss. That's a considerate and neighborly thing to do. 

Most people try to handle delivery mix-ups respectfully, but when the same incident repeats itself over and over again, it stops feeling like an occasional mistake and becomes a disruption for other tenants. 

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  • A woman ringing their neighbor's doorbell to ask for her misdelivered packages.
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    A woman ringing their neighbor's doorbell to ask for her misdelivered packages.

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  • Neighbour keeps ringing our bell for her parcels at all hours, refused to have a civil conversation. How can I handle this?

    Moved into a house converted into multiple independent flats. One of the flats is at the back of the building with a separate entrance.
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  • Someone moved in there a few months ago and ever since, her parcels keep getting delivered to our side/front entrance instead of hers.
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  • The people in the building are generally really nice and usually if parcels are left outside, whoever sees them just places them safely inside for the correct flat to collect later.
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  • Previously someone else lived in that back flat and when their mail accidentally came to us, they rang once, we explained the setup, and the issue basically stopped.
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  • This new tenant has made it a constant thing. At first we didn't mind opening the door for her, but it's become excessive. She started incessantly ringing our bell at 7:30am for parcels (my fiancé works nights some days and was sleeping). Then
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  • apparently rang again around noon and again around 3pm after I came home from work.
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  • At first, the couple tried to be understanding. But once it started happening multiple times a day, especially early in the morning, it became disturbing. Nobody should be expected to constantly accommodate another neighbor's needs when it begins affecting their daily routine. 

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    A package delivered at the wrong door entrance. 

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  • How urgent can a package really be that makes you ring someone else's doorbell at 7:30 AM? There should be reasonable hours. People deserve peace and privacy in their home, and aren't available 24/7 to solve a neighbor's delivery problem. A problem that is not their responsibility to solve, in the first place. They're just doing a favor.

  • I finally went downstairs and politely told her that we'd appreciate her not ringing our bell repeatedly because my fiancé is asleep and that she should
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  • look into fixing her address maybe so that it doesn't get delivered to the front end of the house. (For context, underneath our doorbell we've literally written not to ring unless it
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  • involves our flat, because random deliveries and people constantly pressing it has become disruptive.) She just stared at me and said, "If my parcel is
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  • delivered here I will continue ringing your doorbell. I can't help it" Then she barged past me into the building, grabbed her parcel, and walked off.
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  • The couple's request was pretty reasonable. They were polite, explained the situation patiently, and they are actually right to feel bothered by this recurring incident. Most people would feel bothered in this situation. But the woman's response was incredibly dismissive. She didn't acknowledge their concern and instead acted as though she were entitled to access their home, time, and attention. 

  • We genuinely were accommodating before, but it's becoming increasingly difficult because it happens so often and at unreasonable hours.
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  • How do I deal with this? Speak to landlord/management because from the interaction she refuses to have a civil conversation? Or is there a better way to handle it without escalating things?
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  • There is an easy way to fix the problem. She could correct the delivery instructions, add clearer details for drivers, or use pickup points. But she seems not to care about fixing anything; it's just easier for her to ring her neighbor's bell and have her package any time she wants. She seems to be perfectly comfortable with this dynamic, but this couple should really stop being nice and start returning those packages to sender.    

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    Packages recently delivered, waiting for someone to bring them inside.

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  • TL;DR: Neighbour's parcels keep getting delivered to our entrance instead of hers, and she repeatedly rings our bell at
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  • unreasonable hours to collect them. Politely asked her to stop and she became r de about it. How would you handle this?
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  • gentle_twilight I'd stop bringing them inside at all and let the delivery apps humble her into fixing the address
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  • Wanderer--42 Stop collecting them. Leave them at the door and she can pick them up. Make sure to tell her that you will no longer be bringing her packages inside at all.
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  • Heavy-Profit-2156 Exactly. 'I knew you would be coming around so I left it outside so you could find it easily. Due to your doorbell f*tish, I will not be bringing your parcels inside'.
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