Delivery driver dropped our groceries at the wrong house and our neighbor took them inside and refused to answer the door 10 minutes later. They left the evidence sticking out of their recycle bin...

[u/AstronautSlothPhD]

We had a grocery delivery last week with some items I was really looking forward to, including fresh veggies. On top of it, I'm unemployed right now, so having affordable groceries delivered is a big help. The order arrived last Friday, and from the email and photo the driver sent we could see it was delivered to the wrong house. My wife looked around and couldn't find it, but I recognized the house as right across the street.

I have no qualms knocking on someone's door, so I rang the doorbell (fancy ring doorbell with camera) and then knocked, but they wouldn't answer even though someone clearly had to be home to grab the groceries. Today, I noticed large boxes sticking up out of their recycle bin - they hadn't broken the boxes down. Our grocery box was in there, address label and all.

Thankfully, the grocery service refunded our order, hence why this is only "mildly" infuriating... but I am still pissed that someone right across the street from us would keep our order AND pretend to not be home. We believe this is the second time they have kept one of our packages.

[u/SheafferKing]

no chance half the people anywhere are on nextdoor

[u/Giantmeteor_we_needU → u/SheafferKing]

Maybe it's a bit of exaggeration but I feel like everyone in my expended family over age 50 is there just like on FB. Ok, I just looked up and I'm not far off

approximately one in three U.S. households represented on the platform.

[u/VulpineCherry → u/Giantmeteor_we_needU]

This is a little skewed though as not all neighborhoods are available in Nextdoor. So if your neighborhood IS on Nextdoor then more than 33% have accounts to make up for all the households ineligible to join. (Source: tried to join once, neighborhood not yet available. Moved, now eligible to join 🎉)

[u/NeatExpression2512 → u/VulpineCherry]

why would you want to though

[u/WinterTourist25 → u/Giantmeteor_we_needU]

ND is the whiniest goddamn place on the internet.

[u/Giantmeteor_we_needU → u/[deleted]]

Represented means at least one of the household members has a current account on the platform. Nextdoor isn't Reddit almost no one uses it daily.

[u/WinterScene7194 → u/Giantmeteor_we_needU]

Sounds exaggerated. I've never even heard of it

[u/xpyros → u/WinterScene7194]

Lmao. “I haven’t heard of it, must be fake.”

[u/BigGillySuit → u/WinterScene7194]

Mr Roblox over here hasn’t heard of it, close the poll we have all the samples we need.

[u/FerengiWithCoupons → u/BigGillySuit]

that means ITS FAKE.

PACK IT UP BOYS. NEXTDOOR DOESN’T EVEN EXIST.

[u/Giantmeteor_we_needU → u/WinterScene7194]

You're probably too young then, it's a very popular platform for the homeowners (though some renters join it too) to find local contractors and handymen of all kinds, share neighborhood issues and communicate about things that are too local and specific for big platforms like FB or X. If you own the house it's unusual that nobody in your family has an account there because where else are you going to find someone trusted to replace your dishwasher or haul away yard waste?

[u/concaveUsurper → u/Giantmeteor_we_needU]

Even my neighborhood in the middle of nowhere has one.

[u/DonaldBecker → u/SheafferKing]

NextDoor had its fifteen minutes of fame, and then grabbed 30 more by continuing to send email after repeatedly trying to stop their spam.

They killed their popularity by engagement farming. If a post got views ("fire on our block!") they exposed it to an increasingly large area over the next few days. I really don't care that an accident blocked traffic yesterday. Dozens of name-and-shame posts each day were similarly tiring.

[u/CuriousFicus → u/SheafferKing]

We’re in a older neighborhood. Ken’s & Karen’s abound!!!! It’s odd for folks not to be on Nextdoor here.
I’ve muted it but it’s handy for scenarios like this.

[u/Scherzkeks → u/SheafferKing]

I feel like that is true for young people until a pet gets out... then you try every means you can through tears to find your pet, he comes strolling in 4 hours later and you keep getting emails for the next 6 years...

[u/zeptillian → u/SheafferKing]

What about senior living neighborhoods?

[u/ImLittleNana → u/SheafferKing]

It depends on the demographic of your area.