A Carpet That Changed Ownership
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Question
Hello, A person had a doormat at the entrance to his home, and the mat fell to the floor below, and the building's cleaner placed it between the stairway railings. The person did not retrieve the mat for several weeks, and one of the families on the floor decided to take the mat and placed it at the entrance to their apartment. 1. How should the person act to retrieve the forgotten mat? 2. If the person decided to take the mat from the neighbors who claimed it as their own, should he clarify the matter and apologize for it? Or could this cause embarrassment to the family who claimed the mat as their own?
Answer
Hello
The correct way is to tell them, 'The carpet is ours, the cleaner mistakenly moved it. And indeed, it was my laziness that I didn't take it for several weeks'.
This way, there is no blame or awkwardness.