“My little brother and his girlfriend came to stay at my house for the weekend, and his girlfriend was super self-centered and obnoxious. When they left, she forgot some of her clothes and toiletries because she left them sprawled all over my bathroom.
About a week later, she and my brother moved into an apartment together. After he paid for the moving truck, deposit, and utilities, she cheated on him with her ex and kicked him out of the apartment. This left him broke, homeless, and heartbroken.
In the days after the breakup, she kept calling and emailing him, several times a day, demanding that he ask me to ship her clothes and toiletries back to her.
‘I mean, it’s really important. It’s my NORTH FACE!’ she screamed on the phone with my brother.
My brother called and pleaded with me to ship them to her so she would stop having a reason to contact him.
Being the loving sister that I am, I gathered up the ‘Really Important North Face’ sweatshirt, shorts, underwear, shampoo, conditioner, soap, and her razor. I folded everything nicely. I then wrote a nice note apologizing for taking so long to mail them to her, and let her know that I hope all is well. The note was written in permanent marker, and the paper happened to be resting on the ‘Really Important Northface’ when I wrote it. Unfortunately, the ink bled straight through the paper and onto the shirt. Also, unfortunately, the shampoo, soap, and conditioner caps were not tightly secured on their bottles, and the contents leaked out all over the clothes, further spreading the ink.
The most unfortunate result, though, was that her razor didn’t have any sort of protective cap or container and left little slashes all over the front of the ‘Really Important North Face.’
Everything done to the ‘Really Important North Face’ could easily have happened after I neatly packaged it. I like leaving the hint of doubt.
She received the package, and my brother never heard from her again.”
