New Yorker begs NextDoor app users to send him a POSITIVE test for COVID so he can get out of entertaining visiting relatives - and he lucks out with an offer from a sick neighbor

  • A man who lives in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn posted about his predicament on the NextDoor app
  • He said he had relatives flying to they city and they expected to stay at his place, even though he said they couldn't
  • They have already purchased plane tickets, so he hoped to dissuade them by convincing them he has COVID 
  • He asked neighbors on the app to send him their positive tests that he could show them
  • One kind neighbor obliged with a photo of her home test that showed she was sick

By Lillian Gissen For Dailymail.Com

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A New Yorker begged NextDoor app users in his neighborhood to send him a positive COVID test so that he could get out of entertaining his visiting relatives — and he lucked out with an offer from a sick neighbor.

The man, who lives in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, explained that some of his relatives were flying in to visit New York, but he didn't want them to stay at his apartment.

He said that he already told them that they couldn't crash at his place, but they appear to have ignored him and already bought plane tickets.

He added that the situation was giving him 'crippling anxiety' and that he spent three days trying to get out of it. 

Fortunately for him — but perhaps not for his family — one of the man's neighbors has since chimed in with a photo of her own positive test. 

A New Yorker begged NextDoor app users in his neighborhood to send him a positive COVID test so that he could get out of entertaining his visiting relatives

A New Yorker begged NextDoor app users in his neighborhood to send him a positive COVID test so that he could get out of entertaining his visiting relatives

A few people replied to his post - and someone who appeared to be sick with the virus came to the rescue and sent him a snap of their positive results

A few people replied to his post - and someone who appeared to be sick with the virus came to the rescue and sent him a snap of their positive results

Desperate, he took to the app NextDoor — which is designed to connect people who live in the same neighborhood — and asked if anyone could send him a picture of a positive COVID test result.

He hoped that if his family thought he was sick with the virus, they would leave him alone and stay elsewhere.

'I need help,' he began in the post. 'I know this is a bizarre request, but I'm looking for a positive COVID test result from within the past few days.

'You can obscure any identifying info (like your name), but I have relatives coming into town.

'I told them they couldn't stay with me, but they already bought a ticket and arrive shortly.

'I'm hoping that showing a positive COVID result with convince them to stay elsewhere. 

Relatable: Others responded and admitted that they knew how the man felt. 'I don't have one, but I feel this energy and I am rooting for you,' someone wrote

Relatable: Others responded and admitted that they knew how the man felt. 'I don't have one, but I feel this energy and I am rooting for you,' someone wrote

Another user suggested he 'stand his ground' and not let the relatives in when they arrived. 'It's rude and disrespectful to invade someone's space,' they added

Another user suggested he 'stand his ground' and not let the relatives in when they arrived. 'It's rude and disrespectful to invade someone's space,' they added

'Please don't recommend talking to them as I've spent three days trying to get out of this. Thanks and please be nice as this is causing me crippling anxiety.'

A few people replied to his post — and someone who appeared to be sick with the virus came to the rescue and sent him a snap of their positive results.

'There you go,' the person wrote, alongside a picture that showed an at-home COVID test that read positive.

Others responded and admitted that they knew how the man felt.

'I don't have one, but I feel this energy and I am rooting for you,' someone wrote.

Another added, 'Unwanted company can be terrible. It's rude and disrespectful to invade someone's space.

Joe Bernstein called the dilemma 'incredible' and shared it on Twitter, where it quickly went viral

Joe Bernstein called the dilemma 'incredible' and shared it on Twitter, where it quickly went viral

So many people found the man's predicament 'relatable' and said they hoped that someone was able to help him in the end

So many people found the man's predicament 'relatable' and said they hoped that someone was able to help him in the end

'You told them you couldn't accommodate them so if they show up [at] the door, don't open the door. They will find somewhere else to stay.'

A man named Joe Bernstein found the man's predicament entertaining and shared it on Twitter, where it quickly went viral, earning thousands of likes in a matter of hours.

'Incredible Crown Heights Nextdoor dilemma,' he captioned it. 

'This is very relatable,' one person responded. Another added: 'Someone help them.'

'Tested positive for annoying relatives,' someone else joked.

'I have one, but we're saving it for a similar emergency. Great minds,' a fourth Twitter user wrote. 

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