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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/tehmimikitteh on 2024-10-27 11:29:59+00:00.

So, the lady that lives next for just came by to “thank me for giving them a giggle.” The mail lady accidentally delivered a package for them to my house, and ofc I was gonna go drop it off. It’s, like, 30 steps round trip.

Well, I overthink everything. I set it on their porch in front of the gate that goes across their steps, and went to walk away. Then, I was like, “oh, but I’m not sure if they’re actually home right now, so what if they go to leave the house and knock it down the stairs with the gate? That wouldn’t be very fun and I’d feel awful if whatever’s in the box is broken…”

So I picked it up and moved it to the other side of the gate. But then I realized it was getting dark, and I didn’t want them to open the gate and trip over it, so I picked it back up. I want to avoid bothering them, so coming back later when I see (or hear, because she’s a borky girl) the dog let out is absolutely out of the question. At this point, I’m just holding the package and walking up to the porch and stepping back to try and gauge where the streetlight would hit their porch when it kicks on, and I eventually settle on a good spot and half run home bc thank goodness nobody’s ever going to see this!

Well, after asking what the neighbor meant by that, she explained that it was really funny to see me just basically walking in circles, especially if you speed the footage up a bit. She showed me the footage. I do, in fact, look like an idiot, but it is, in fact, kind of hilarious. At one point, it even kind of looks like I’m waltzing with the box.

tl;dr I tried to do something nice by returning a misdelivered package, ended up looking like an idiot, and may or may not end up in a TikTok with the Benny Hill theme song playing while I goofily stumble around trying to figure out where to put a box on a porch.