Pizza Delivery Joke Divides Opinion Online: 'Cringe'

One man who went the extra mile to leave a message for his local pizza delivery restaurant has captured viral attention.

Like 98 percent of Americans, Harrison—who uses the Reddit handle h70541—enjoys a pizza. In fact, according to statistics from Signal Station Pizza, approximately 350 slices of pizza are eaten in the U.S. every second.

Shared on Friday on Reddit's r/funny forum, Harrison posted a picture of a receipt from his pizza delivery including the instructions left for the restaurant. With more than 41,000 upvotes and thousands of comments, it clearly left many laughing.

With the caption,"Local pizza place allows you to add special instructions for delivery and I always have fun with them. Today was no different," the image featured a paragraph of information left by the Redditor for the restaurant workers.

It read: "Just knock on the door and leave there and return to your shop without looking back. The mere sight of me can blind the eyes of mortal men and my presence has a disastrous effect on the local wildlife if I am exposed to the outside world for too long. Some things were not meant to be made or seen but just 'are' regardless. I am such a thing. Also, I don't want to wear pants and the quicker I can grab it without flagging my neighbors in my boxers the better."

Explaining the note, Harrison told Newsweek: "I order roughly once a month or so. Maybe twice if I feel super lazy that month."

When it comes to the notes, he says they are usually a feature of each order: "It's generally not that lengthy but that day I was feeling cheeky."

"Often it will be horror-related, like 'If you see a deer in the road do not stop, go around it or over it but do not stop. Those aren't deer,'" explained the Redditor. "I really do enjoy a ton of horror movies and listening to creepy stories on YouTube and the idea of delivering pizza to an unspeakable horror always tickled me."

Reddit users headed to the comments to share their thoughts. One said: "As a former delivery driver, I hope you tip really well."

Another wrote: "As a current pizza driver, I would find this very amusing if you tipped well. This would be downright annoying as f*** if not."

As to whether the restaurant enjoys his jokes, Harrison isn't sure.

"I considered calling but I feel that would break the mystique of the whole thing's running joke," he explained. "And since I do a no-contact and tip with the payment online I haven't really had a chance to ask."

"Personally would not even read all that nonsense," said another commenter, while one Reddit user asked, "Is this funny or cringe?"

In response to the comments, Harrison said: "Some people who replied to the image responded with bizarre hostility so maybe I might be treading unseen waters with my harmless joke. That or it's the internet. I at least hope they see the humor in it but where I am in the Midwest most people are a bit more laid back and can tell the humor in it."

Not the only pizza to gain viral attention recently, the internet slammed a district manager for taking pizzas from employees after they had been provided by the company's human resources department. Elsewhere, a Domino's worker shared how one pizza cost $275 in Alberta, Canada thanks to a seriously long list of extra toppings.

Harrison was taken aback by many of the comments but said: "The difference between laughing at a cornball joke and cringing at it is vastly different between some people. Either way, if it brightened a day for someone then it did its job."