Delivery employees have seen some bizarre things. Flickr/Marc Wathieu
Driving around food deliveries might not be the most glamorous job, but it does provide plenty of memorable moments. Whenever a front door swings open, delivery employees get a brief but unfiltered look into the customer's home — and whatever things might be going on inside it.
A recent AskReddit thread asked workers to share weird and wild tales from delivery shifts they'd worked in the past. Out of hundreds of responses, the following 12 anecdotes stood out as some of the absolute weirdest.
INSIDER can't independently confirm the veracity these anecdotes — but they're still supremely entertaining.
'Alarms immediately went off in my head.'
"The lady asked me if I would take the pizza into the basement. Alarms immediately went off in my head. I politely tried to get out of that request, stating we were busy and making excuses. She persisted, politely, and said she'd tip me better [...] I reluctantly agreed and headed into the basement.
I got downstairs and the place was packed with teenagers [...] When they finally noticed me, the room exploded with energy and everyone started chanting, 'Pizza! pizza!' Thoroughly confused, I made my way to a guy with a microphone. He asked me my name, and I told him, and the crowd started chanting my name. The guy informed me that I had just won the Pizzalympics, hung a medal around my neck [...] and gave me a volleyball trophy that looked like the person was serving a little pizza box." - Redditor FargoFox
Goats love pizza, too. Wikimedia Commons
'Hey, you seen my goat?'
"Made one pizza delivery out in the sticks [...] As I got out and went into the back seat to get the pizza bag, I heard what I can only describe as 'stampeding' footsteps. I already had my hand on the bag so I grabbed it and moved out of the way. I swear on my life, a full-grown goat jumped horns first into my backseat and just sat there like, 'I'm going for a ride!' I struggled pulling on his horns, timidly at first, then using a little more force. After about 10 minutes I heard a loud, low voice say, 'Hey, you seen my goat?' I told him it was in my backseat. This very large guy used one hand and yanked this goat out of my car. He tipped me almost the full price of his check for my troubles." - Redditor Perceptions89
'A 10-year-old girl opened the door and told me that I interrupted her.'
"Delivered pizza to this house that didn't have lights on. A 10-year-old girl opened the door and told me that I interrupted her. I asked her what she was doing, and she replied that she was talking to the devil. I was weirded out, and told her that she shouldn't do that. That's when I felt something touch my shoulder and turned around face to face with a demon. I screamed and nearly dropped the pizza. The girl fell down in laughter, and her dad yanked the mask off." - Redditor lemonsmith
Apparently the Amish order delivery, too. William Thomas Cain / Getty Images
'I didn't know too much about the Amish back then.'
"Delivered 30 pizzas to an Amish family [...] The entire family met me outside to grab a pizza. I took the rest in and followed them inside to their dining table. The elder of the family gestured to me to sit down with them and he pointed to the one open seat. I realized that they saved me a seat to eat with them. I didn't know too much about the Amish back then, and I wasn't sure how rude it would be to say that I'm working and couldn't/shouldn't [...] I sat down and ate two slices of pepperoni pizza with them. [...] They said a prayer of some sort and didn't talk much after that. Just asked my name and how thankful they were for me to drive all that way." - Redditor Steamboat87
'Young shirtless guy opens the door, absolutely covered in paint and blood.'
"Was delivering pizza for a place in a college town that took orders until 4 a.m. Got assigned an order at 3:58 so I assumed it was going to be a colorful one. Young shirtless guy opens the door and is absolutely covered in paint and blood. So are three other guys behind him, along with everything else in the living room. They'd been shooting each other with paintball guns for what looked to be the entire evening. He said, 'If you give us the food for free I'll let you shoot me.' [...] It was something like $30 in food. We settled on five times. Best $30 I spent that year." - Redditor Armory203UW
'Please tell me I'm pretty.'
"[The] strangest I had was a girl who put on her special instructions, 'Please tell me I'm pretty.'" I did. She smiled, said 'thanks,' closed the door, and I never saw her again." - Redditor Innalibra
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'I was cringing so bad.'
"I was working at Domino's. I was told to deliver it to [a certain address], only to find that it was a competitor pizza place. I was cringing so bad when [the customer] picked up the pizza in the parking lot, then started to head inside to eat Domino'a Pizza at Pizza Hut. Me and the cashier of Pizza Hut stared at each other for around a minute before I left." - Redditor Rudy81401
'You just walked through a ghost.'
"I knocked on the door and a couple voices told me to come inside. When I opened the door there were weird cameras and lights pointing at me and a man and a woman sitting on a couch across the room. They knew I was nervous and confused and they asked me to bring the pizza over to them. I walked the pizza over and the woman said, 'You just walked through a ghost.' They were amateur ghost hunters looking for ghosts in a trailer." - Redditor bobbyp869
'Literally Walter White.'
"[While] delivering pizza, [a] guy answers the door in undies and a f------ gas mask. Literally Walter White. I ask him how his night is going and he just motions for the debit machine. He pays, gets his munch, and tips me $45 (his pizza cost $20-something). I couldn't decide whether to laugh, be afraid, or profusely thank him for the tip." - Redditor RestroomRavager
'Then she opened up her garage door.'
"I rolled up to this lady's house and she said something along the lines of, 'I don't have the money and my husband will be here in 20 minutes with some cash.' It was the last delivery of the night so I wasn't worried about taking too long, and then she opened up her garage door. There was a pool table and fridge and TV in there, and she gave me a beer and we played pool until her husband came and gave me the money along with a $20 tip. One of the better nights working that job." - Redditor LooseLasagna
'I look behind her and see a man chasing a full grown pot-belly pig.'
"Pulled up to this easily $1.5–2 million house. Lady opens the door and as she's signing the receipt I hear, 'Bethany! Willis is in the dog food again!' [...] I look behind her and see a man chasing a full grown pot-belly pig wearing an LSU jersey away from what I assume is the dog food area." - Redditor JuiceWaaave
'Somewhere he had this Halloween CD playing creepy, deep-voiced laughs.'
"So I delivered like five pizzas to this guy once. I had to ring the doorbell several times before he came to the door. When he got there he didn't really say anything except to come on in real quick [...] I get inside this guy's huge house and it's full of weird sh--. There was a full suit of armor right by the door, and somewhere he had this Halloween CD playing creepy, deep voiced laughs. While he's searching for his wallet the biggest dog I've ever seen walks up to me and falls at my feet, pushing me over. So I'm sitting next to a suit of armor petting this huge ass dog waiting for this middle-aged man to pay me. He gave me a $40 tip." - Redditor duudewhaaat
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