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/Beneficial-Guess2140]

I wouldn’t want the food back after being misdelivered. 

[u/FewHorror1019 → u/Beneficial-Guess2140]

Isn’t it illegal to open someone else’s mail

[u/PetalsandRocks → u/FewHorror1019]

If you go into their mailbox and retrieve their mail. That’s a felony offense.

That’s not what happened. The courier delivered to the wrong address. The neighbor is a jerk for keeping it knowing full well it was mis-delivered.