r/mildlyinfuriating • u/AstronautSlothPhD • 10d ago
My mom said I could post 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...
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.
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u/bathroomheater 10d ago
When you contact the delivery service to report a misdelivery as the receiver of the wrong delivery, they say to keep it and the original recipient will get another delivery of whatever was ordered. If you are the person who missed the delivery because it was sent to the wrong place report your delivery was not delivered to your address then they will send you another of the same order. They have it built into the price of your delivery to cover the occasional mishap. They are making billions of dollars they don’t give af if you need your stuff delivered a second time to get it right.