'He Should Leave': Internet Torn After Pizza Guy Leaves Note for Woman

Members of a popular internet forum were left conflicted after one man described the awkward interaction he had with a pizza delivery person who was seemingly infatuated with his girlfriend.

In a viral Reddit post published on r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/Pplthrowaway507 (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) said the couple ordered a pizza from his girlfriend's favorite pizzeria and explained how things got heated after the man delivering the pie insisted on seeing his partner.

Titled, "[Am I the a**hole] for reporting the pizza delivery guy for sliding a note under my girlfriend's door?," the viral post has received more than 8,000 votes and 2,500 comments in the last 8 hours.

"When the delivery guy arrived, I opened the door and he looked at me confused and then proceeded to ask where [my girlfriend] was," the original poster began. "I said 'excuse me' and asked why he was asking."

"He said...it was just that he's used to delivering pizza to her and this is the first time he saw me so he thought she moved," he continued. "I told him she was busy then took the pizza and gave him the money and while I was turning around, I saw him still standing [there]."

"I told him he shouldn't keep standing outside like that and he rudely said it wasn't my property," he added. "I got angry but didn't want to escalate so I said this wasn't public property and [that] he should LEAVE."

Despite telling the man off, the original poster said that ten minutes after the initial interaction, he noticed a note being pushed under his girlfriend's door. Opening the door, the original poster said he saw the man outside of the apartment and confronted him once again.

"I stopped him immediately and then read what the note said," he wrote. "He kept calling my girlfriend with her name and said that he was worried about her and how sad he was that he didn't see her this time."

"I asked if he left this note just to confirm, then told him I'd report him to his boss for this behavior," he continued. "He said this wasn't for me and I'm not the owner of this place so it was none of my business."

However, after telling his girlfriend about the note, the original poster said she told him to leave it alone and was adamant that reporting the behavior to the man's boss could make it so she could no longer order from her favorite pizza spot.

"I asked if she was okay with what he did and she said no but now she can no longer order from this restaurant as they block any customer that complains," he wrote. "She said I overreacted and had no right to do this when it's not even my apartment."

Since the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020, food delivery services have seen major increases in both usage and revenue.

Last year, Adjust reported that the top four food delivery services in the United States: DoorDash, Uber Eats, GrubHub, and Postmates doubled their revenues during the first six months of the pandemic (when compared to the same period in 2019).

Pizza, a staple in the delivery landscape long before 2020, also saw a major renaissance during the pandemic.

Many chain pizza restaurants, including Papa John's and Pizza Hut, saw immediate increases in revenue, as well as the sheer volume of delivery orders being placed. Domino's, however, has benefited most from increased COVID sales.

According to Fortune, the chain generated $240 billion in the first half of 2020, a 30 percent increase from the year before. Its stock price has also risen nearly 99 percent in the last three years.

Paired with huge increases in orders and revenues for major players in the food delivery industry has been an uptick in strange interactions with delivery drivers.

Over the past year, a greater number of customers have complained about delivery drivers stealing their orders, leaving half-eaten orders on doorsteps and a myriad of unpleasant and unwanted social interactions—digitally and in person.

Throughout the comment section of the viral Reddit post, Redditors were torn about the original poster's reaction to the pizza delivery man who insisted on seeing his girlfriend.

In one of the post's top comments, which has received nearly 10,000 votes, Redditor u/winnie_the_grizzly agreed that the original poster overstepped and that his reaction was inappropriate for the situation.

"It's your girlfriend's apartment," they wrote. "Your girlfriend placed the order. It is your girlfriend's relationship with the pizza guy."

"The note was to your girlfriend," they added. "She asked you to drop it."

Redditor u/DiggityGiggity8, who said they work in a pizzeria, offered a starkly different opinion.

"[Not the a**hole], I am a pizza delivery driver/maker [and] he was WAY out of bounds," they commented. "[It's] super creepy that he interacts with regulars that way."

"He's a pizza man," Redditor u/computeraims added. "He takes the pizza, goes to the address, hands off pizza, collects money. Anything beyond that is creepy and out of line."

In a lengthy comment, Redditor u/imaguestage said they understand comments defending the original poster, as well as comments questioning his aggressive reaction.

"I get why you reacted the way you did because [the] pizza guy is way out of line, but I also get where your girlfriend is coming from," they wrote. "You now have a situation where a man who makes bad choices when it comes to interacting with women has now possibly been fired from his job [and] he knows it is because of your girlfriend."

"So I guess slightly [you're the a**hole] because you escalated the situation every step without taking into account the possible danger your girlfriend will now be in," they continued. "But it's not your fault because you don't have the experience women do with having to be careful in how we deal with men."