Small gestures of kindness can sometimes be misunderstood.

The following story involves a woman who just moved into a new apartment with her partner and quickly ran into an issue.

Her partner briefly fixed a neighbor’s flipped welcome mat while walking upstairs.

But instead of appreciation, they were reported to the property manager for tampering.

Geez! Some people can be so unbelievable. Read the full story below for all the details.

AITAH, fixed a welcome mat

I (24F) and my partner (26M) moved into our new apartment three days ago.

The day we moved in, we were making our way to the third floor.

My partner noticed that our neighbor on the second floor had a welcome mat.

The welcome mat was flipped up in the corner.

This woman’s partner bent down to fix the neighbor’s mat.

When walking by, he bent down and quickly flipped it back down.

He made it look nice again and kept walking. It took half a second. He was just being nice.

They have a Ring camera at the height of their doorknob.

I am not sure if they can see down that far or not.

If they can, they should have been able to see that that was all that happened.

If not, how would they know he did not just drop something? He could have quickly picked it back up.

They received an email from the neighbor, telling them he would report them to the property manager.

Regardless, I just got an email.

The email said that they sent in a formal complaint to the property manager.

The complaint was about us tampering with their property.

Are we really the jerk here?

Seriously? Just because of a doormat, they would file a complaint? Just wow!

OP’s partner was just trying to be nice for half a second.

Yet some people really expect zero interaction with their stuff.

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No good deed goes unreported, apparently.