Hougang resident finds own parcel left unattended at lift lobby, helps himself to it
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A Hougang resident was puzzled to see two large packages left unattended at a HDB lift lobby in Hougang.
He was even more surprised when he realised that one of the packages belonged to him.
Stomper Roger said: "J&T Express left the parcels unattended in the front lift lobby (not level 1) on June 5.
"I saw these parcels in the morning when I was heading to work at 6.20am. When I returned from work at 9pm, the parcels were still there, so I decided to take a look.
"It surprised me that one of the parcels belonged to me while the other belonged to the next block.
"Based on my tracking records, the parcel should still have been outbound in the sorting centre."
Roger said he contacted the delivery company the next day and sent them a photo of the unattended packages.
He asked: "Do you often see this kind of issue?
"I told J&T that the lift lobby doesn't have any CCTV cameras. What if people took the items? They told me to provide CCTV footage from the lift and told them they should check with the authorities if they wanted it.
"Anyway, I did not want to make trouble and told them I had already taken my own parcel."
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