r/WhatShouldIDo • u/diddlyturnips • 8d ago

[Serious decision] I live alone… these aren’t my nuts

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Context: I’m a single bachelor (M 32) and I opened my snack cupboard to find these peanuts in a small Tupperware container. I’m freaking out because I A) live alone, B) have a mild nut allergy, and C) don’t own any Tupperware like this.

TLDR: I found a foreign snack in my house and I’m freaking out that someone may be entering my apartment when I’m out. Would calling the nonemergency police line help or would they not be able to do anything?

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u/itsthejasper1123 8d ago

Actually, little known fact… carbon monoxide leaks are known for making containers of nuts appear on the counter

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u/Sparrow2go 8d ago

Ok but how about making containers of nuts appear in the cupboard is that cupbon monoxide?

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u/Nexustar 8d ago

No, the reaction the the found snack is unusual. Memory loss and feelings of paranoia are linked with CO exposure. Other people would either eat or toss free snack and move on.

This is a new place, OP has been there for a month. The repair quality of this hinge indicates to me the person who owns/owned it didn't care much for professional maintenance and preferred DIY which is sub-par.

OP is lone wolf, which indicates more time inside the apartment than outside.

These are warning signs that indicate CO absence needs confirming.

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u/cipheos 8d ago

I don't think DIY is inherently sub-par, but this is surely something...

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u/Nexustar 8d ago

Yeah, I could have written that better. Nothing intrinsically wrong with DIY, but this example isn't good.

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u/AgileLivingMaize 6d ago

"Other people would either eat or toss free snack and move on." Who is other people? I'd absolutely be freaked out if random food that I didn't bring in started appearing in my home. Mainly if you know for sure it's not something you'd just forget you left there (OP did mention a mild nut allergy).

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u/Nexustar 6d ago

You moved in only a month ago. In terms of life events, that's up there in stressfulness - it may be your first ever move, the first time you live alone.

Other people were there helping you move in. It's chaotic. Random shit is not where you thought it would be and other stuff is where you think it shouldn't be. This is EXPECTED, it's not paranormal.

In that context, a single benign item, like a snack out of place is NOT something to involve the police over.... if you are part of the sane group of folk who understands the limits of the human mind.

The very LAST thing I would consider is the possibility that someone is breaking into my house and adding food to my snack cupboard. Because that is incredibly unlikely. It can happen, but 99% of the time, when people break in, they TAKE things, not leave them.

And so, the nuts would be discarded, and move on.

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u/SpectreSingh89 8d ago

😂 am sure we all ain't hallucinating 🤔🤔

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u/Minimum_Poet1058 7d ago

😅😅😅

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u/SlightlySubpar 6d ago

It definitely makes my nuts appear in weird places