A woman has shared how her neighbor tried to make her pay for groceries after discovering that she was on benefits.
She explained that her neighbor asked her to give over 20 items of food before telling her to do more shopping for them for free.
“I live in a rental that also has another rental house on the same property. I am a single mum who works a full-time job,” she wrote on Reddit.
“My new neighbor has been constantly pestering me for different groceries,” she continued.
“Her husband makes $60,000 a year according to her, whereas I make around $18,000. She is home all day and gets the mail for both houses.
“Right before Thanksgiving, I went to the grocery store and had to go to several because most of the stores were out of things. She waited until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to do her shopping. They were out of a lot of things.
“She sent me a long text with about 20-30 things she ‘needed’. I told her I didn’t have most of the items but had a few. She begged for the few that I had.”
The mother agreed to give her some of the items she had but the neighbor never offered to replace them or pay her back after Thanksgiving.
A few weeks later, she received another grocery list from her neighbor with 80 items on it!
“I ran errands on Sunday, and she sent me a text with about 80 items she wanted me to shop for,” she said. “I told her I didn’t have the extra money, and I didn’t have the time to shop for two households.
“She got really upset and told me it wouldn’t take that much longer to pick up her items. I told her I wasn’t able to.
“I told her that I have to stretch my food dollars and cannot afford to keep giving them groceries.”
“She replied that I was getting SNAP, and she knows this because she ‘accidentally’ opens my mail constantly,” the mother continued.
“I told her I don’t get very much, and I just qualified on Friday, and I had to buy baby food for my son.
“She told me I was being an a**hole because they don’t qualify for any help and the least that I can do is help them when they need help.”
People on Reddit couldn’t believe the neighbor’s actions, with one writing: “First off, you qualifying for SNAP is absolutely none of her business. She violated federal law by opening your mail. I would put a stop to that quickly. Contact your local post office to inform them and see what you can do.”
Another wrote: “Stop shopping for her and giving her food immediately and send her a bill for all of what you’ve spent so far on her items. If you don’t get it from her, give it to her husband so he can pay.”
A third said: “This is outrageous behavior!”
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