We live in a gated community, and the way it works is that have to go down to the gate to pick up some packages instead of them being delivered to us directly. One of the deliveries was a single box addressed to my sister.
I thought it was something my parents ordered from her (since she lives in a bigger city), but they said it wasn’t. So, I brought everything inside put the box on the couch, and opened it without giving it much thought like I have done so many times before with no issues. I told my parents what it was and called my sister to check if she had ordered some pillows.
When I say this girl freaked out, I mean she had a complete meltdown. She started yelling at me over the phone, claiming it wasn’t in my name and that I shouldn’t have opened it (when I have done this so many times before and nobody complained) and that since I don’t have a job yet, I don’t understand what it’s like to spend money on something nice for someone only to have someone else open it. She got especially furious that I told my parents what it was when I had NO IDEA it was a gift. Everything inside the box was completely untouched, and she bombarded my phone for the next hour or so, genuinely over 100 messages, while I told her I can’t read minds and I was TOLD to open it, she texted me that she was crying and that I should use my brain for once, I told her once again I couldn’t have known and my mom and I both agreed to tell her that I only "spoiled the gift" to me my dad (that’s a lie btw) so that she would calm down, eventually she asked me to send a picture of the box and I did, she called me we somewhat insulted each other for about 3 minutes before she hung up on me again and we haven’t talked since Saturday, so AITA? I DID NOT KNOW
YTA
Why are you opening packages not addressed to you?
YTA. Lesson learned. Do not open things that don’t have your name on them.
YTA! Never never never open a package that isn’t addressed to you! It’s a federal crime to open someone else’s mail.
YTA, it wasn’t yours so don’t open it
YTA. Why were you opening something that was not addressed to you? You have now learned a very important lesson about not touching stuff that isn’t yours. You had to have known you didn’t order it and your parents said they hadn’t, so what possessed you to think it was OK to open something that was not theirs and not yours?
YTA. Don’t open someone else’s mail, especially not right before Christmas when the probability that it is a gift is higher
YTA – It’s around Christmas, you opened a package not addressed to you. and then you told people about it.
This should not be hard.
YTA, opening mail not adressed to you is a literal crime, not to mention also a huge invasion of privacy.
>I DID NOT KNOW
I’m pretty sure you know that mail is addressed to the intended recipient.
YTA
YTA, you literally admitted the box was addressed to your sister and you opened it anyway !! it’s not “by accident” if you saw her name on the label and just decided to ignore it. why are you opening mail that isn’t yours?
You opened mail that didn’t belong to you. Yes, YTA. Mind your own business.
YTA
You apparently can read. You saw it was addressed to your sister. It was not addressed to your parents. There is NO WAY you had permission or reason to open. The most AH part of your post is you saying “AITA? I DID NOT KNOW”. is that because you CAN read, but you have a disconnect/inability to comprehend what you read? YTA!!!!
YTA. It wasn’t addressed to you. It wasn’t yours to open. You could have called your sister to let her know a package arrived for her.
Lol ‘ I did not know’……yes you did, it didn’t have your name on it so don’t f’n open it. Pretty simple. YTA