Neighbor asking me for favors, how would you handle this?

I dont know her personally. We say hello to each other like neighbors do in passing. Anyways, I come home to a note on my door from her stating ," It’s me, your neighbor im going to bermuda. Can I leave my keys with you and you watch my car? Also, can you pick me up from the airport on monday?" Um, wtf 😳 I pretend not to see it and put it on another neighbors door.

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meggie · F

No. What if something goes wrong in the house or it's burgled or she says something is missing? I wouldn't want to risk it. When you go in there too she may of left further notes.

Fluffybull · F

@meggie Good point. When a house is burgled police ask who has keys to the property and they they then fall under suspicion and have to be finger printed for elimination purposes 🙄

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@meggie

No. What if something goes wrong in the house or it's burgled or she says something is missing? I wouldn't want to risk it. When you go in there too she may of left further notes.

That is certainly a major concern because you never know the other person's objectives.

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meggie · F

@Fluffybull yep and she could say no signs or forced entry as you left the door unlocked.

meggie · F

@meggie true. I'd feed the cat outside my house if it was hungry

Shorethingbabe1 · F

@meggie exactly

Shorethingbabe1 · F

@Diotrephes yeah that note scared me i thought someone broke into my apartment. So she really pissed me off. Thats why i threew her note elsewhere

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@Shorethingbabe1

yeah that note scared me i thought someone broke into my apartment. So she really pissed me off. Thats why i threew her note elsewhere

There are no really good answers to such a problem if you live alone without a real support system. We will all need someone's help at some time or another. You can get sick and end up in the hosiptal for days, or even months. Or you could go out of town for a few days or a week. It would be wonderful if you could rely on at least on person nearby who would check on your stuff once in a while. Sometimes you can stop your mail. Depending on where you live you may need someone to put out your trash, do yardwork, turn on and off your lights, etc. Otherwise, a burglar might assume that the place is deserted and rob it.

Depending on where you live, you might be able to ask the cops to do drivebys to see if there is any obvious damage.

Right now it might be easy to dismiss a neighbor's request for assistance but if you live long enough you will face those very real problems yourself and need some kind help.

Shorethingbabe1 · F

@Diotrephes thats what family is for. Stop putting blind faith in strangers. Ppl like you often become victims to predators because ur too trusting, naive and desperate.this is why ppl like u end up unalived in ditches. Learn to love yourself