The OP said they rent a single room in someone else’s Condo, so it’s still the Landlord’s address

" I have... strong preferences for stationary. " lol strong start, wholesome ending. Can we know more about what "strong preferences" for stationary looks like?
ps. good luck on your exam!

I find 0.5 and 0.7 pretty interchangable for what I do with them. By choice, though, I use a lead holder, and swap out leads depending on what I am working on.

Now, technical pens? Yeah, it matters a lot for me to have the right tip for the right job. And they stopped making technical pens, so I'm very careful with them.

Mind you, I can't find my damn ink!

Education is always an option.

What type of “small items” did you steal that had such value online?

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breaking the law is fine, betrayal not so much but as long as they didnt get the police involved idk how this will follow you? all it means is no reference for the next job.

No offense, but I'm somewhat convinced you're actually an employer tired of your employees committing petty thefts against you, and you're trying to sway the hiring pool

nah somtimes is stealing the only solution.

Never bite the hand that feeds you

A long time ago my roommate that I worked with did this. Not only did he lose his job, I eventually lost mine as well since they assumed I was stealing as well due to association.

You might think it is a victimless crime but sometimes it costs other people their job.

At least you’re remorseful about it.

The problem with stealing or any other crimes for that matter, is its a slippery slope. Like you said, it started fine, but in the process you forgot the sole purpose of you doing that crime : desperation.

There is a proverb in my language which translates to "at first you lie. Then you steal". Basically it means your vices will lead you down a slippery slope.

Im not typing this to make you feel bad though. I sincerely hope you turn over a new leaf. Its never a good thing to steal, and I hope you will not be in that spot ever again.

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Hey at least you know it a bad thing to do.

wtf would you get embarrassed about it, what are you 15? Also you can't blame them for opening a package that didn't have a name on it, how did they know it wasn't for them?

My mistake - I misread. The LL DOES live here. She only rents a room.

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Just went through the same thing except with string. I was wrapping presents and using colored string as ribbon. I had a pile of ends cut off on the table and noticed it looked a bit spread out suddenly and my cat was running away mischievously. Took him to the vet despite my husband’s protests (he didn’t want a huge vet bill over something I wasn’t sure even happened and wanted to wait and see), got X-rays, then emergency surgery. When they cut open his stomach they found that he had not only eaten the string but a jumbo hair tie as well that it had tangled with to make a huge ticking time bomb. Luckily it was caught before it hit his intestines!

Glad your kitty is alright!!

Who cares go to town!

I mean it's a brand name... the same way Cisco comes from San Fran.

The problem is not the brand name, but the idiot on the service desk that didn't explain that Palo Alto is the brand name of their networking equipment and that wifi point they were connected to is in fact in the office.

I don’t see how landlord was in the wrong - They saw a package addressed for OP (the gift from mom) and then another package with the address but no name. It makes complete sense that they’d open that if they own/manage the condo.

The OP didn’t really fuck up either. Anyone has the right to order kinky shit in the mail to their home. The company fucked up by leaving the name off. Next time, perhaps OP could order something like that to the post office for personal pickup.

The landlord doesn't live here. The OP has a lease. Mail delivered to the address is hers by default, unless explicitly misaddressed to the landlord by name.

If the address is their legal address and it doesn’t have a name on it, I could see them opening it. What I think is messed up, is them not saying anything to you about it and waiting for you to ask them about it. What’s even creepier is the wink and the “have fun”. It’s very inappropriate.

You getting a vibrator is nothing to be ashamed about but I can see you not wanting your landlord involved at all with this. What they should have done was sealed it back as best they could. If it still looked opened, left a note apologizing(letting you know they are sorry for unintentionally invading your privacy) and telling you that you don’t have to discuss the matter at all. It was up to them to make it not weird.

Anyway, don’t worry about it now. Vibrators are totally normal. I hope you got a hitachi magic wand. It’s king/queen of all vibrators.

The No name thing doesn’t make it ambiguous, since there is no name it’s perfectly legal. Since the owner of the home opened it (the landlord) they were the implied recipient.

Did you not read the story at all?

> I asked my landlord if they could check the mailbox for a package was expecting.