My cheeky neighbour asked to use MY WiFi – I was going to let him but then everyone warned me not to

A WOMAN has been left bemused after her neighbour, who she barely knows, asked to use her WiFi.

She took to Mumsnet’s Am I Being Unreasonable? forum to explain the situation, and questioned whether or not she should grant the request.

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A woman was left unsure what to do after her neighbour asked if his friend could use her WiFi while staying in the flat next door[/caption]

“Man who owns the flat next door, and lets it, whilst he lives in another town, is having a friend stay in the empty flat for ten days, to decorate it, ready for new tenants,” she wrote.

“He’s never lived here so we have never been friends or neighbours and I don’t owe him any favours.

“He’s just asked me if the decorator can have my wifi password and use my broadband for those 10 days.

“Promises he won’t use it for films or tv.”

As she’s “never been asked for this favour before”, she questioned whether or not to allow it, whether to charge for it and whether there would be any dangers in handing over the password.

After sharing her post, she quickly received numerous comments from people insisting she absolutely should not give the man her password.

“Absolutely no f**king way,” one wrote.

“You have no idea what they could look at or download using your WiFi.

“The answer should be a very firm NO.”

“no. no. no. just say no,” another added.

While a third wrote: “Can you imagine the nightmare if he were to download inappropriate stuff?

“Just no.

“His decorator can use his own mobile data and hotspot any devices eg tablet off his mobile.”

Following all the responses, the woman returned to the post to write: “Gosh! I never expected to get so many replies in so few minutes, and I thank everyone for their time in responding.

“I was about to say ‘yes’ but decided to check with you lot, and now I am bloody glad I did!”