AITH for refusing to return a neighbor’s package that was delivered to my door by mistake?
I (31M) live in an apartment building with assigned unit numbers and a small shared entry area. Earlier this week, a package was delivered to my door that had my neighbor’s name on it (same floor, one unit over). It was just left outside my unit, not theirs.
I didn’t immediately take it over because it was late at night, and I figured I’d give it back the next day when I saw them or when I was heading out.
Before I got a chance, my neighbor knocked on my door the next evening asking if I had seen it. I said yes, I have it, and I was planning to bring it over. I didn’t think it was a big deal.
He then asked me to just hand it over immediately. I said I’d prefer to give it to him tomorrow when I’m heading out, since I was in the middle of something at home.
He got annoyed and said I was withholding his property and making it inconvenient on purpose. I told him it was literally 20 feet away and I’m not refusing to return it, just not doing it on his schedule.
He left angry and later sent a message in our building group chat saying people shouldn’t hold onto other people’s deliveries and implying I was being difficult.
Now a couple neighbors think I should’ve just handed it over right away, while others say he’s overreacting over something minor.
AITH for not immediately returning my neighbor’s package when he asked?