You know if anyone starts a story with this phrase: "I don't mean to sound bitchy, but..." They are about to sound bitchy. So- here goes.
I don't mean to sound bitchy, but what is my neighbor thinking?! UGH! I haven't actually met her yet, so I need to vent to- not her until I hear what she has to say about the situation.
We were out all day yesterday. This morning I slept in because I was tired. The girls were up. The neighbor rang the doorbell and said told my daughter her groceries had been delivered to my house by mistake, and she was going to take them. Just letting us know. Ok- great. Not her mistake- just fixing a delivery guy's inability to read street numbers painted on the curb and the mailbox.
My daughter told me all this had happened and I said, 'fine.' When we opened the door later in the day, there were six bags of perishable groceries on my porch: bakery cakes, deli cheese, fresh strawberries, and in my opinion way too many frozen pizza products for middle-aged adults with no kids at home- but to each her own.
I don't know how long the food had been there, but I suspect all night because the raccoons had ripped open the bags, opened the bakery and deli containers, eaten and scattered cake, strawberries, and cheese all over my porch.
The flies were buzzing, the trash was scattered, and I started feeling kinda bitchy.
Okay- I know it's not her fault the food was delivered to my house. I know it's not her fault that the animals tore into the bags and scattered trash all over my porch, and I also know that she came over, picked up what she wanted from the mess, and left the rest of the trash to draw insects ON MY PORCH!
That is not neighborly.
What should she have done? I mean I know what I think- but maybe I'm just too close to the situation to be subjective.
