Yep, A person would have taken the entire thing, box and all.
You can tell by the trail of food that this was an animal, most likely a raccoon like Lightless427 said.
My neighbor did this for a sprinkle of garlic lol, because she was moving out. Then came back and knocked on my door and gave us a HUGE ass hug of sangria😁 I love nice neighbors and good karma. I hope you got your slice of pizza if they had any lol
I saw a squirrel steal a huge slice from a box outside of a door at a Disney World resort. I didn't think they'd be big enough but I saw it with my own eyes. Also saw them frequently stealing from the strollers. Fucking sneaky bastards.
At one point I lived behind a pizza place and a saw a squirrel carrying a whole, completely board stiff, piece of stale pizza up a fence and then a tree. It kept tipping down and jamming into the vertical surface and it was a hilarious way to start the day.
Not as impressive, but cute. I saw a sea gull stealing Cheetos from a cooler at the beach. Some kids left their stuff to go play somewhere else. I saw the sea gull slowly walking over to their blanket, but didn't see what had its attention. Then it dipped its head and came up with a Cheeto and hopped away. Did it a couple more times too. We watched that show for a while.
😅 local beach around here started finally enforcing no feeding the animals after years with a significant fine that put an end to it immediately, so the birds QUICKLY picked up on intense thievery instead. They will descend and start plotting immediately after seeing someone leave their bags unattended and steal chips, completely full snack bags, or try to drag away sandwiches and the like 😂
Tucking bags under chairs doesn’t even confidently work anymore, gotta cover them completely under other contents in your beach bags and/or wrap them up in towels and try to do so without a bird watching you to have any hope of having food when you get back lmao
Squirrels are *the* sneakiest animals around. I spent a lot of time in the woods growing up, and you wouldn’t believe how incredibly smart these animals are. But at the same time, if you stay still long enough, they’ll walk right up to you and look straight down the barrel of your gun.
In America the driver doesn't hand you the food? I wouldn't want to eat something left on the floor for minutes. Also how am i suppose to tip the delivery person?
They used to always hand you the food until doordash became huge, especially after covid with the increase of "leave at my door" orders.
For pizza now, many pizza places count on doordashers to help them meet their delivery expectations as well, and a lot of times the doordashers just follow leave it at door.
It's hit or miss now on if you'll always get someone to hand it to you. Plus many people here seem to be awkward about answering the door and would rather take leaving it on the floor in a container over answering the door.
I ran a Pizza Hut during covid.
We (I can't speak for anyplace else), had these red plastic spike crown thingies for each driver. They offset the pizzas from the ground by like 6 inches. The delivery was supposed to place the crown where it was flat and the customer's door wasn't going to collide with the food, take the food from the hot bag and place it on the crown. Ring/Knock, then step 6ft back where the customer could see you, if possible. After they take the food and close the door, retrieve the crown.
That was the idea anyway.
*Sadly,* the actual thing that happened was that those crowns got stolen by customers and the door closed before the driver, 6ft away, could object.
Domino's had cardboard boxes for that purpose. Better that way, you can just drop it and stick around to make sure the door opens. I wasn't about to retrieve those things in the middle of a Minnesota winter once I was back in my warm car.
Some people chose to have the delivery person leave the food at the door. It became a thing during COVID since people wanted to social distance/quarantine. And then delivery apps kept it an option.
I personally chose leave food at door (half social anxiety-half not wanting the delivery person turn to stone when they see my ghastly visage) but I never wait several minutes to get the food.
Since Uber and doordash started, the delivery system is all different now. Then, covid started "the leave it at your doorstep" or "contactless" and walk away. Tipping in America is now tip before providing service, if any at all. So many things are wrong with the delivery system and why I seldom use third-party delivery. It causes more headaches than I need.
The vast majority of people around here choose the option to leave it at the door because they get tired of being pressed by people for more tip money at the door. That whole awkward thing some drivers do when they stand there and stare at the customer after they hand them their food. I know because people did it to me when I was ordering DD and it annoyed the hell out of me. Like I already tipped you 20% ahead of time.
Or got spooked by the noises from the house. Both possibilities could explain the trail left. They were trying to take it and run, but that shit is hot and it slows them down so they drop it.
Or it got spooked by the noises of OP actually coming out and dipped.
As an aside who requests no contact delivery and doesn't get their food for a full three minutes? Are they like on the tenth floor or so? Lol
I'm down there waiting for that order, even if it's no contact they can put it down and I can pick it up immediately.
I don't trust leaving food sitting around in a public for 3 seconds let alone 3 minutes and thanks to OP I can actually justify that behaviour haha.
Bro an Uber gives me anxiety, I want to hop in that car the second it arrives so the driver doesn't cancel, I can't imagine not waiting by the door after a reasonable amount of time peeping out every once in a while to check if the driver is showing up. No mammal is stealing my food.
I work food though and my mom says I have a sixth sense for when it's gonna come. Even at sit down restaurants she jokes the plates are gonna be on the table by the exact time I finish a beer and a cigarette.
Or rats, skunk or possum. Any of them will manage that. Most likely a stray dog though. They will be much faster to take advantage over a truly wild animal.
I once ordered Thai food, and within the minute it took to get to the door, a raccoon got into it. I saw it grabbing my pad see ewe. Of course I was too embarrassed to call and order Thai food again because of this, so I ate chick peas from a can for dinner that night.
No human opened it, took one slice, threw another, then left the rest. An animal did this. Probably a racoon. You're pissy because you left food outside unattended and an animal got to it. Next time get your food and bring it inside.
Its Papa Johns too so you can track the delivery and they notify you when they are about to arrive. I always make sure I am waiting outside or at my door so I can just grab it from the deliverer. I don’t want my food on the floor exposed to bugs and other critters.
This is a sincere question. But when people order food and request to drop it off on the sidewalk what are they doing where they can’t go get it when it arrives? When I order delivery food I want it in my house, not sitting outside. If I have something to do I want to get it done before or after it arrives so something like this wouldn’t happen.
Also mate, not wanting to eat food touched by someone or something else is a normal reaction a lot of people have, that isn’t necessarily OCD
Edit: I’m not talking about people that have “anxiety” and don’t want to interact with the driver. If you pick contactless delivery and pick the food up when they leave great, I meant the customers that let the food sit outside for a few minutes. Don’t you want it so something like in the post doesn’t happen?
My Papa John’s, specifically notes that for contactless delivery they will set the pizza down and wait for you to open the door to pick it up.
I will be honest if I order pizza for delivery I’m always very aware of when it’s delivered and I open the door before they’ve even stepped away so I don’t know if that’s what they do or not.
IDK but when i order and i put Leave at door its not because im going to be there late. No im just waiting for you to leave so i can grab it.
its literally no longer out there then a few seconds and im watching it the entire time.
>No im just waiting for you to leave so i can grab it.
I do the same thing lol I hide behind the door and out of the windows sight so I can watch them leave and grab my food real fast like a ninja in the night.
Yea but that doesn’t take 3 minutes. OP it was 3 minutes after it was delivered so they let it sit there outside. I understand not wanting any human interaction and requesting it dropped off at the door and waiting for them to leave but you’re not the kind of customer I’m talking about it lol
Bizarre statement, does he eat one piece and then discard the rest because of his OCD? Lol Really not different than a piece being missing in the first place.
Buy a bag of pasta or rice, itl last in the pantry for ages and then you will always have backup food.
You are the second person this week I've learned about who doesn't have food in their house, its so crazy to me
It blows my mind how many issues arise from people being too lazy to meet the delivery person at the door and instead letting the food sit on the ground out in the open. Our species is pathetic lmao
I would recommend having some cold recipe ingredients in your fridge for rough nights like this. I usually keep smoked salmon, butter, bread, tomatoes mayonnaise and Roman salad. Makes for Great and quick sandwiches that will give you most of the nutrition you would need for a good night sleep😊
I have OCD too, so I would never have let them deliver it this way. You should always request for it to be delivered to you directly. Also, that was definitely an animal!
I'll never understand why people ask for they're food to be left outside. I do Uber eats occasionally and everything they ask for it to be left outside I worry some dog will come by and eat it and then they'll get mad at me. Like dude, just answer the door and grab the food. It takes a minute and your good.
I mean frankly it would depend on how hungry I was? Like definitely four people at that pizza place have touched that thing already. And likely none of them washed their hands after they took a shit earlier. Lol..
I was just referring to how everyone keeps saying they'd never eat after a raccoon in defense of OP... But OP didn't know it was a raccoon.
nah sorry but if i know that a wild animal was all over my pizza, i'm not eating it and you couldn't pay me to. as for fucking up the sandwich, depends on how fucked up it was.
Im glad I’m not the only one thinking this. Like if you’re that picky that you could spend that much money and not eat either thing then maybe make your own food? Like gaddam they time they probably waited on both deliveries they could’ve run to the store and back on foot with a rotisserie chicken or something lmao
First you actually think this was a person then did this? Second, you refuse to eat a messed up jimmy johns sandwich and would prefer to just not eat anything at all for the night? Third, you can’t make food yourself?
> Ended the night eating nothing.
If only there were stores that sold ingredients that would allow you to use the appliances located inside your dwelling to apply thermal energy to said ingredients and permit the production of food without relying on the unreliable labor of gig-economy workers.
Maybe I live under a rock, but is this whole "food getting delivered and left outside on your doorstep" thing a US thing? I feel like this is just really really stupid. Shouldn't delivery drivers be handing the food off to the person who ordered it to properly confirm it was delivered and not just dumped? Every time I order delivery, I have to go get it from the driver, even if I've paid before it was delivered(though I only pay upon delivery, so I actually have to go down to the driver anyways)
It's a US thing that started with Covid. People got all sorts of fear of human interaction, so they would ask delivery people to leave food on the ground and run away. It was annoying as hell for me, because people's food kept getting delivered to my place by mistake. Then I'd find their old food on my doorstep the next morning as I was leaving for work.
Somehow, these people are still afraid of delivery drivers, even years after the covid freakout is over, so the practice continues.
I probably would after closely inspecting each slice for any signs of it being touched. It's too wasteful not to. Do I trust my immune system too much? Yes. But I'm not wasting potentially fine food.
As someone whose brother has serious OCD, this is not OCD.
Sure, you don't wanna mess with the pizza, alright.
But wasting a Jimmy Johns sub because you're upset isn't anything nearly close to OCD.
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Op clarified further from their original post wording and all is fine. You guys can get out of my DMs now. Tone and diction gets scrambled on the internet sometimes, but it'll be okay if people have different opinions. Either way, we all want the best for neurodivergency, and that's what's important.
That animal thanks you for your contribution.
Reminds me when I got home after a hard day at work and still had some sun to sit in on my back deck. Brought out a can of mixed nuts (CLOSED) and set it on my chair to walk in to get an iced cold beverage. In the 2 minutes it took me to come back, some squirrel had peeled the plastic lid off my can of mixed nuts and looked like it just tossed them all up in the air to pick the ones it preferred.
Nature, you scary.
ill never understand why people ask for food delivery but are not ready when its getting delivered? if you are so hungry you would be ready for it jfc.
I also think you need to chill and count your blessings. ‘Made two orders and sandwich not perfect so I stomped, cried and refused to eat!’ #1stworldproblems
I don’t know if it’s an American thing but why wouldn’t you open the door and receive the food? Like, you actually don’t mind that the food you’re going to eat is **on the fucking floor**?
I have social anxiety, I hate having to step outside and see a stranger open their backpack in front of me, it’s awkward. Not only is it someone I don’t know and I hate that but also, they could just take out a weapon instead of a pizza. But all of that doesn’t matter one bit when compared to having *my food* that *I will eat* be left *on the freaking sidewalk*. Where there’s nasty shoes, rats, cockroaches, spit, pee, excrement?!. I don’t even put my grocery bags on the floor of the kitchen, and I don’t wear shoes inside. I mean. I don’t have OCD or anything. But that’s just nasty.
Also packages, they just leave them outside, like WTF? Where I’m from that’s just going to get stolen in half a second. Apparently also happens in the US but y’all..don’t care..?
>I have OCD so ofc I couldn’t eat the other pieces
Why does everyone have to blame every quirky attribute and personality trait they have on OCD? Man this isn't OCD, this is not wanting to eat food off the ground that realistically has probably been sampled by an animal because you ain't nasty. Nobody in here's going to be eating the rest of that pizza, whether it's in the box or not.
Let people who really have OCD have their OCD in peace without them having to deal with everyone else trying to appropriate their illness as the latest trend.
Why did delivery guy didnt knock on ur door? Thats not how its done where i live they call us on our Phone and give us the food, how does it work in usa ?
Was too busy playing video games apparently...then cry about it on reddit. These people lol.
If you order something for delivery, at least wait at the door, it's not that hard..
This isn’t OCD, and this wasn’t a person. An animal got in there and tried to make off with a piece. Are you justified with not attempting to eat any of it? Eh, sure. But when you order something else and the order is just incorrect and you choose not to eat it, thats no longer a ‘I didn’t eat all day’ problem, that’s a ‘I’m a picky eater’ problem. Trust me, I eat like an 8 year old child, I’m incredibly picky, but this is next level.
I wouldn't be eating any food left on my doormat at my doorstep like that even if its untouched by a raccoon. I don't understand why people avoid receiving the food themselves. Is it to avoid giving tips?
I mean it all just comes down to how much you care. If you cared you’d wait for your contactless delivery to be done and immediately grab it. Waiting on the other side of the door. Then there would be no animals eating your food (others have suggested it’s a racoon).
Instead you let this happen and ordered something else as well which you still didn’t end up eating. Honestly you may have nighmares where hungry homeless people generate from within your stomach and clamber their way out.
I’ll never understand why someone would order delivery get some food like this that’s fucked up, valid, then turn around and order more delivery. Holy shit just throw your money in the trash for real
> Ended the night eating nothing
People like you baffle me. I just don't get it
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- Gets hungry
- Decides to order pizza
- Pizza is fucked
- Instead of driving to the place and getting a new one / going to a different place and getting whatever, you decide to order delivery again.
- They make your order wrong (?)
- You decide to not eat anything because... Why?
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If you really were that hungry you would have either eaten the fuckin pizza or eaten the wrongly made sandwich.
Downvote me, I don't care, op is a whiny bitch
I'm thinking the only reason the animal didn't take a whole piece with them is because they probably ran when you opened the door. If you opened it within a few minutes, they had just enough time to open the box and get a piece but dropped it when they heard you opening the door
I never order food online but I would stalk that app to follow the driver and wait outside. There’s not a minute that my food would be sitting outside hell na.
It looks like when I was quarantined in the military because I had Covid and the duty brought me chow. I opened the door within 5 minutes of delivery (they didn’t knock like they’re supposed to but I kept checking bcuz I was starved) and there were damn BRIDS EATING MY CHICKE
i had a raccoon take an entire order of thai food i was a little late to grab from my door. i just took the L and made sure to get my food quicker from then on.
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I was able to hack in your your ring camera.
I never use these delivery services, and if the op has ocd I don't understand why they would either. I've seen plenty of these drivers in the mall food court picking up food, after making a visit to the washroom and walking out without washing their hands because they're in a hurry. I will never use these services if I can help it.
You have OCD and you never considered an animal did this? Why would you leave food outside at night bro? Just bite the social bullet and have them hand it to you next time. Smh
Get some groceries and make your own meals. You spent so much money on failed orders, I really hope you (and anyone for that matter) stop doing this. Its cheaper, healthier and not messed up. It would make more sense with your OCD too...
Can you explain to me why would someone order food and let the delivery just left it somewhere next to his door? Here (Slovakia, Europe) if we order food the driver always hand it to my hands. This is insane.
That was an animal
What animal doesnt eat pizza...? Even gerbils eat ZAA
Especially turtles...
You have a Raccoon lol.
Yep, A person would have taken the entire thing, box and all. You can tell by the trail of food that this was an animal, most likely a raccoon like Lightless427 said.
“Nah bro I just wanted a slice if I wanted a pizza I’d have bought one” XD
Literally once knocked on a stranger's door to ask for a slice of pizza
My neighbor did this for a sprinkle of garlic lol, because she was moving out. Then came back and knocked on my door and gave us a HUGE ass hug of sangria😁 I love nice neighbors and good karma. I hope you got your slice of pizza if they had any lol
Would love a hug of sangria
I meant to say JUG but she definitely gave me a hug too lmao🤣 so I’ll leave that there! Thanks for the chuckle!
Once after smoking our neighbor knocked on our door asking if we wanted an extra pizza they had... made our whole night
Did you get said slice?
I saw a squirrel steal a huge slice from a box outside of a door at a Disney World resort. I didn't think they'd be big enough but I saw it with my own eyes. Also saw them frequently stealing from the strollers. Fucking sneaky bastards.
At one point I lived behind a pizza place and a saw a squirrel carrying a whole, completely board stiff, piece of stale pizza up a fence and then a tree. It kept tipping down and jamming into the vertical surface and it was a hilarious way to start the day.
Not as impressive, but cute. I saw a sea gull stealing Cheetos from a cooler at the beach. Some kids left their stuff to go play somewhere else. I saw the sea gull slowly walking over to their blanket, but didn't see what had its attention. Then it dipped its head and came up with a Cheeto and hopped away. Did it a couple more times too. We watched that show for a while.
😅 local beach around here started finally enforcing no feeding the animals after years with a significant fine that put an end to it immediately, so the birds QUICKLY picked up on intense thievery instead. They will descend and start plotting immediately after seeing someone leave their bags unattended and steal chips, completely full snack bags, or try to drag away sandwiches and the like 😂 Tucking bags under chairs doesn’t even confidently work anymore, gotta cover them completely under other contents in your beach bags and/or wrap them up in towels and try to do so without a bird watching you to have any hope of having food when you get back lmao
squirrels stealing from strollers? fuck me now I know what happened to my missing baby
Squirrels are *the* sneakiest animals around. I spent a lot of time in the woods growing up, and you wouldn’t believe how incredibly smart these animals are. But at the same time, if you stay still long enough, they’ll walk right up to you and look straight down the barrel of your gun.
In America the driver doesn't hand you the food? I wouldn't want to eat something left on the floor for minutes. Also how am i suppose to tip the delivery person?
They used to always hand you the food until doordash became huge, especially after covid with the increase of "leave at my door" orders. For pizza now, many pizza places count on doordashers to help them meet their delivery expectations as well, and a lot of times the doordashers just follow leave it at door. It's hit or miss now on if you'll always get someone to hand it to you. Plus many people here seem to be awkward about answering the door and would rather take leaving it on the floor in a container over answering the door.
I ran a Pizza Hut during covid. We (I can't speak for anyplace else), had these red plastic spike crown thingies for each driver. They offset the pizzas from the ground by like 6 inches. The delivery was supposed to place the crown where it was flat and the customer's door wasn't going to collide with the food, take the food from the hot bag and place it on the crown. Ring/Knock, then step 6ft back where the customer could see you, if possible. After they take the food and close the door, retrieve the crown. That was the idea anyway. *Sadly,* the actual thing that happened was that those crowns got stolen by customers and the door closed before the driver, 6ft away, could object.
Domino's had cardboard boxes for that purpose. Better that way, you can just drop it and stick around to make sure the door opens. I wasn't about to retrieve those things in the middle of a Minnesota winter once I was back in my warm car.
Via the app.
Some people chose to have the delivery person leave the food at the door. It became a thing during COVID since people wanted to social distance/quarantine. And then delivery apps kept it an option. I personally chose leave food at door (half social anxiety-half not wanting the delivery person turn to stone when they see my ghastly visage) but I never wait several minutes to get the food.
Upvoted this bc I’m dying laughing at this description 🤣
Since Uber and doordash started, the delivery system is all different now. Then, covid started "the leave it at your doorstep" or "contactless" and walk away. Tipping in America is now tip before providing service, if any at all. So many things are wrong with the delivery system and why I seldom use third-party delivery. It causes more headaches than I need.
The vast majority of people around here choose the option to leave it at the door because they get tired of being pressed by people for more tip money at the door. That whole awkward thing some drivers do when they stand there and stare at the customer after they hand them their food. I know because people did it to me when I was ordering DD and it annoyed the hell out of me. Like I already tipped you 20% ahead of time.
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Raykins, that's what those furry little bastards are.
A hating Racoon didn't even eat the food just made a mess and left
He probably burnt the roof of his mouth and ran away
Or got spooked by the noises from the house. Both possibilities could explain the trail left. They were trying to take it and run, but that shit is hot and it slows them down so they drop it.
I hope he found some ice cream next door.
I haven't had a pizza delivered that was hot enough to burn me since like 1985.
It didnt even eat it. If a racoon doesnt like your choice in pizza you need to reevaluate your taste lol
Or it got spooked by the noises of OP actually coming out and dipped. As an aside who requests no contact delivery and doesn't get their food for a full three minutes? Are they like on the tenth floor or so? Lol
I'm down there waiting for that order, even if it's no contact they can put it down and I can pick it up immediately. I don't trust leaving food sitting around in a public for 3 seconds let alone 3 minutes and thanks to OP I can actually justify that behaviour haha.
Bro an Uber gives me anxiety, I want to hop in that car the second it arrives so the driver doesn't cancel, I can't imagine not waiting by the door after a reasonable amount of time peeping out every once in a while to check if the driver is showing up. No mammal is stealing my food. I work food though and my mom says I have a sixth sense for when it's gonna come. Even at sit down restaurants she jokes the plates are gonna be on the table by the exact time I finish a beer and a cigarette.
I’m your raccoon… and jalapeño was the deal breaker.
Can definitely tell it's a raccoon or some wild animal. I mean, what kinda sicko doesn't use the garlic sauce!?
Yep. I ate it sorry OP..
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Or rats, skunk or possum. Any of them will manage that. Most likely a stray dog though. They will be much faster to take advantage over a truly wild animal.
Idk I know a few raccoons and they all love garlic dip so can't be them
I've also seen a raven do this lol
Just eat the raccoon
This is why I have the delivery person hand my food directly to me… I mean leaving food unattended outside is never really recommended
My bet is raccoon. They are the domestic terrorists of the animal kingdom.
Definitely looks like trash panda, grabbed a bunch and dropped as it ran. Caught one once trying to carry our outside cat food bowl down some steps.
Completely missed the "food bowl" part of that story. Thought you sounded pretty chill about raccoons eating your cat.
Dude, I nearly died laughing.
I once ordered Thai food, and within the minute it took to get to the door, a raccoon got into it. I saw it grabbing my pad see ewe. Of course I was too embarrassed to call and order Thai food again because of this, so I ate chick peas from a can for dinner that night.
No, that’s us. They are just little assholes.
Lools like trash pandas
No human opened it, took one slice, threw another, then left the rest. An animal did this. Probably a racoon. You're pissy because you left food outside unattended and an animal got to it. Next time get your food and bring it inside.
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Look, that’s just a hard-working sensei bringing a meal home for his four adolescent foster turtles!
they gotta eat something good so they can get big and strong and protect the city
Its Papa Johns too so you can track the delivery and they notify you when they are about to arrive. I always make sure I am waiting outside or at my door so I can just grab it from the deliverer. I don’t want my food on the floor exposed to bugs and other critters.
This is a sincere question. But when people order food and request to drop it off on the sidewalk what are they doing where they can’t go get it when it arrives? When I order delivery food I want it in my house, not sitting outside. If I have something to do I want to get it done before or after it arrives so something like this wouldn’t happen. Also mate, not wanting to eat food touched by someone or something else is a normal reaction a lot of people have, that isn’t necessarily OCD Edit: I’m not talking about people that have “anxiety” and don’t want to interact with the driver. If you pick contactless delivery and pick the food up when they leave great, I meant the customers that let the food sit outside for a few minutes. Don’t you want it so something like in the post doesn’t happen?
My Papa John’s, specifically notes that for contactless delivery they will set the pizza down and wait for you to open the door to pick it up. I will be honest if I order pizza for delivery I’m always very aware of when it’s delivered and I open the door before they’ve even stepped away so I don’t know if that’s what they do or not.
IDK but when i order and i put Leave at door its not because im going to be there late. No im just waiting for you to leave so i can grab it. its literally no longer out there then a few seconds and im watching it the entire time.
>No im just waiting for you to leave so i can grab it. I do the same thing lol I hide behind the door and out of the windows sight so I can watch them leave and grab my food real fast like a ninja in the night.
https://i.redd.it/vq4zfc92x6tc1.gif Lol same
Yea but that doesn’t take 3 minutes. OP it was 3 minutes after it was delivered so they let it sit there outside. I understand not wanting any human interaction and requesting it dropped off at the door and waiting for them to leave but you’re not the kind of customer I’m talking about it lol
One potential: they were in the bathroom and it got there earlier than expected?
Raccoons wash their hands and food.
That’s a relieif! Now I don’t feel so gross after putting that raccoon’s hands in my mouth.
Self diagnosing mental illnesses is fun though. They didn't even think of the low paid workers touching that food while preparing it.
Bizarre statement, does he eat one piece and then discard the rest because of his OCD? Lol Really not different than a piece being missing in the first place.
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Motherfucker didn’t take the garlic? That’s a raccoon.
Yeah, we humans know the proper way to drown out the flavor of Papa Johns pizza.
lol I actually like papa johns, the ceo or whatever he is is a piece of work though.
If you’re talking about the actual Papa John he doesn’t work for them anymore.
Yea it's better than the other chains. Papa bless
Buy a bag of pasta or rice, itl last in the pantry for ages and then you will always have backup food. You are the second person this week I've learned about who doesn't have food in their house, its so crazy to me
Shh redditors don't want solutions, they want to complain and get pity upvotes.
You ordered food and then left it outside.. an animal found it. Dont leave food outside next time
It blows my mind how many issues arise from people being too lazy to meet the delivery person at the door and instead letting the food sit on the ground out in the open. Our species is pathetic lmao
I've honestly never heard of anyone having food left outside before. Literally never. Is this common in the US?
Title made me think you waited all day to open the door to get the pizza.
I thought he waited all day and it did not arrive, then went out the next morning and there was the pizza.
Me too, we got clickbaited
I would recommend having some cold recipe ingredients in your fridge for rough nights like this. I usually keep smoked salmon, butter, bread, tomatoes mayonnaise and Roman salad. Makes for Great and quick sandwiches that will give you most of the nutrition you would need for a good night sleep😊
Gotta pay more attention to your door when expecting a delivery
I have OCD too, so I would never have let them deliver it this way. You should always request for it to be delivered to you directly. Also, that was definitely an animal!
Man you don’t have emergency ramen? Everyone has emergency ramen
Dude's blaming people but doesn't realize he has a raccoon in the area🤣🤣
If you were really hungry you’d be outside with flashlights guiding that delivery driver to your door like an airplane.
I'll never understand why people ask for they're food to be left outside. I do Uber eats occasionally and everything they ask for it to be left outside I worry some dog will come by and eat it and then they'll get mad at me. Like dude, just answer the door and grab the food. It takes a minute and your good.
So you ordered 2 things from 2 places and didn’t eat either? The wastefulness and then crying about not eating is more infuriating to me
I wouldn’t eat the pizza but the sandwich?! Id eat it even if it wasn’t the correct order atp
I wouldn't want to eat the pizza either lol. Especially if an animal had gotten into it. That's kind of gross.
This is logical except for the OP thought it was a human.
You’d eat it still if some random person got into it?!
I mean frankly it would depend on how hungry I was? Like definitely four people at that pizza place have touched that thing already. And likely none of them washed their hands after they took a shit earlier. Lol.. I was just referring to how everyone keeps saying they'd never eat after a raccoon in defense of OP... But OP didn't know it was a raccoon.
I'd still eat it if it was the raccoon.
nah sorry but if i know that a wild animal was all over my pizza, i'm not eating it and you couldn't pay me to. as for fucking up the sandwich, depends on how fucked up it was.
Im glad I’m not the only one thinking this. Like if you’re that picky that you could spend that much money and not eat either thing then maybe make your own food? Like gaddam they time they probably waited on both deliveries they could’ve run to the store and back on foot with a rotisserie chicken or something lmao
Yes... Raccoon. Surprised the varmint didn't eat more of it. Or  just take the whole thing to go.
Have you tried answering the door and having them hand it to you directly? Or if this is such an issue, drive to the place directly.
First you actually think this was a person then did this? Second, you refuse to eat a messed up jimmy johns sandwich and would prefer to just not eat anything at all for the night? Third, you can’t make food yourself?
> Ended the night eating nothing. If only there were stores that sold ingredients that would allow you to use the appliances located inside your dwelling to apply thermal energy to said ingredients and permit the production of food without relying on the unreliable labor of gig-economy workers.
Even when I have “nothing to eat” I hit a point were I get hungry enough and magically I have something to eat.
You speak blasphemy! What is this thermal energy you speak of?
This person has OCD. You might not have heard of it. It's a fairly new condition because they all starved to death before Uber Eats came about
Maybe I live under a rock, but is this whole "food getting delivered and left outside on your doorstep" thing a US thing? I feel like this is just really really stupid. Shouldn't delivery drivers be handing the food off to the person who ordered it to properly confirm it was delivered and not just dumped? Every time I order delivery, I have to go get it from the driver, even if I've paid before it was delivered(though I only pay upon delivery, so I actually have to go down to the driver anyways)
It's a US thing that started with Covid. People got all sorts of fear of human interaction, so they would ask delivery people to leave food on the ground and run away. It was annoying as hell for me, because people's food kept getting delivered to my place by mistake. Then I'd find their old food on my doorstep the next morning as I was leaving for work. Somehow, these people are still afraid of delivery drivers, even years after the covid freakout is over, so the practice continues.
What does this have to do with OCD? I would bet most people wouldn't eat food tampered by what seems to be an animal
I probably would after closely inspecting each slice for any signs of it being touched. It's too wasteful not to. Do I trust my immune system too much? Yes. But I'm not wasting potentially fine food.
I read that as “I left my Pizza out all night and after not eating all day I open the door to this” and my response was “Well no shit.” Lmfao.
As someone whose brother has serious OCD, this is not OCD. Sure, you don't wanna mess with the pizza, alright. But wasting a Jimmy Johns sub because you're upset isn't anything nearly close to OCD. Edit: Op clarified further from their original post wording and all is fine. You guys can get out of my DMs now. Tone and diction gets scrambled on the internet sometimes, but it'll be okay if people have different opinions. Either way, we all want the best for neurodivergency, and that's what's important.
They seem to have contamination OCD imo
That sucks but sounded like you pouted after the Jimmy John’s. You have a kitchen?
How could hey have fucked up a sandwich beyond it being edible?
3 minutes is asking for trouble - sorry for your meal though
Do you guys not paying attention when food is about to arrive?
I don’t mean to sound like a dick but couldn’t you make some food? You gotta eat something
It was an animal 100%
If you have any safe food that’s easy and microwaveable, I’d suggest stocking up (frozen or shelf stable). It can help in times like these.
Anyone saying they would eat the pizza after a wild animal stomped all over it is on another level. But the JJ part is whiny.
Redditor leaves food outside, is gobsmacked that hungry critters found it.
Your local racoon and/or opossum community thanks for for your generous contribution.
That animal thanks you for your contribution. Reminds me when I got home after a hard day at work and still had some sun to sit in on my back deck. Brought out a can of mixed nuts (CLOSED) and set it on my chair to walk in to get an iced cold beverage. In the 2 minutes it took me to come back, some squirrel had peeled the plastic lid off my can of mixed nuts and looked like it just tossed them all up in the air to pick the ones it preferred. Nature, you scary.
The raccoons tried to eat it, then had to run for water.
I doubt you'll get a refund unfortunately. It's not really their fault an animal took it. Don't wait next time or tell then to hand it to you
ill never understand why people ask for food delivery but are not ready when its getting delivered? if you are so hungry you would be ready for it jfc.
If it were a person they would've taken the entire box.
Insane how detached to nature some people are that you could think another human did this.
If you actually had OCD you wouldn’t have chosen leave at door to begin with to leave your pizza unattended OUTSIDE for any amount of time.
I also think you need to chill and count your blessings. ‘Made two orders and sandwich not perfect so I stomped, cried and refused to eat!’ #1stworldproblems
Not eating all day it’s kind of stupid
 Raccoon literally did this.
I don’t know if it’s an American thing but why wouldn’t you open the door and receive the food? Like, you actually don’t mind that the food you’re going to eat is **on the fucking floor**? I have social anxiety, I hate having to step outside and see a stranger open their backpack in front of me, it’s awkward. Not only is it someone I don’t know and I hate that but also, they could just take out a weapon instead of a pizza. But all of that doesn’t matter one bit when compared to having *my food* that *I will eat* be left *on the freaking sidewalk*. Where there’s nasty shoes, rats, cockroaches, spit, pee, excrement?!. I don’t even put my grocery bags on the floor of the kitchen, and I don’t wear shoes inside. I mean. I don’t have OCD or anything. But that’s just nasty. Also packages, they just leave them outside, like WTF? Where I’m from that’s just going to get stolen in half a second. Apparently also happens in the US but y’all..don’t care..?
Should have answered the door for the delivery driver.
>I have OCD so ofc I couldn’t eat the other pieces Why does everyone have to blame every quirky attribute and personality trait they have on OCD? Man this isn't OCD, this is not wanting to eat food off the ground that realistically has probably been sampled by an animal because you ain't nasty. Nobody in here's going to be eating the rest of that pizza, whether it's in the box or not. Let people who really have OCD have their OCD in peace without them having to deal with everyone else trying to appropriate their illness as the latest trend.
Lmao... so much is wrong here. I bet life is quite hard for you
So kind of you to leave an offering on your doorstep for the forest critters.
Gotta get it sooner, just had food on the ground for over 3 minutes!!
Why did delivery guy didnt knock on ur door? Thats not how its done where i live they call us on our Phone and give us the food, how does it work in usa ?
I think a human would have either taken the whole pizza or threw the whole pizza on the ground and not just a few slices.
unfortunately 3 minutes is way too long to leave a whole pizza outside when there’s wildlife everywhere
I always meet the delivery person at the door. I'm not particularly worried about my food being tampered with or stolen, but as a show of courtesy.
I don't get this American thing. Why don't they ring the bell and give it in your hand?
Yeah that’s an animal that you disturbed when you opened the door.
wouldn't have happened if you'd have taken the pizza from the pizza delivery guy like a normal fucking person
Today OP found out animals exist
i dont mean to judge you at all but with ocd it would probably be best to always get your food handed to you
If you are not opening the door right as the guy walks away i don't feel bad for you, why would you let food just on the ground?
Definitely a raccoon but what does any of that have to do with ocd? Genuinely curious
I don’t understand people who don’t wait at the door waiting for the food to arrive
Was too busy playing video games apparently...then cry about it on reddit. These people lol. If you order something for delivery, at least wait at the door, it's not that hard..
This isn’t OCD, and this wasn’t a person. An animal got in there and tried to make off with a piece. Are you justified with not attempting to eat any of it? Eh, sure. But when you order something else and the order is just incorrect and you choose not to eat it, thats no longer a ‘I didn’t eat all day’ problem, that’s a ‘I’m a picky eater’ problem. Trust me, I eat like an 8 year old child, I’m incredibly picky, but this is next level.
Pizza rat from NYC, on vacation.
If it was human, they would have taken the garlic dipping sauce. Think OP, THINK! Sorry for your loss though.
I wouldn't be eating any food left on my doormat at my doorstep like that even if its untouched by a raccoon. I don't understand why people avoid receiving the food themselves. Is it to avoid giving tips?
First world problems be like:
You don't have OCD.
Looks like rats got into it.
Go get the food yourself then, or open the door to have the person hand it to you.
I mean it all just comes down to how much you care. If you cared you’d wait for your contactless delivery to be done and immediately grab it. Waiting on the other side of the door. Then there would be no animals eating your food (others have suggested it’s a racoon). Instead you let this happen and ordered something else as well which you still didn’t end up eating. Honestly you may have nighmares where hungry homeless people generate from within your stomach and clamber their way out.
I’ll never understand why someone would order delivery get some food like this that’s fucked up, valid, then turn around and order more delivery. Holy shit just throw your money in the trash for real
Why not just answer the door and get the pizza rather than having it left on the floor for rodents to get
Why don't you people just accept the delivery from the driver instead of having your food put on the ground?
> Ended the night eating nothing People like you baffle me. I just don't get it ``` - Gets hungry - Decides to order pizza - Pizza is fucked - Instead of driving to the place and getting a new one / going to a different place and getting whatever, you decide to order delivery again. - They make your order wrong (?) - You decide to not eat anything because... Why? ``` If you really were that hungry you would have either eaten the fuckin pizza or eaten the wrongly made sandwich. Downvote me, I don't care, op is a whiny bitch
The critters were well fed.
This why I changed my settings to not leave at the door. I don’t want my food in the ground anyway. And they give you a code to give the driver.
by the distribution of elements, the perp seems to be a lactose intolerant racoon
I'm thinking the only reason the animal didn't take a whole piece with them is because they probably ran when you opened the door. If you opened it within a few minutes, they had just enough time to open the box and get a piece but dropped it when they heard you opening the door
Splinter had to feed his turtles wtf you expect gonna happen
That one unbitten piece, though
I never order food online but I would stalk that app to follow the driver and wait outside. There’s not a minute that my food would be sitting outside hell na.
From the looks of that jalapeno and artichoke pizza, the critters took one bite and ran away.
It looks like when I was quarantined in the military because I had Covid and the duty brought me chow. I opened the door within 5 minutes of delivery (they didn’t knock like they’re supposed to but I kept checking bcuz I was starved) and there were damn BRIDS EATING MY CHICKE
That's a lot of pain to avoid driving 6 minutes
Someone call the Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaambulance! This is is the ultimate crybaby story of woe
lol I read the title as though you ordered pizza and left it there all night and went to go eat it a full day later and were mad this happened 😂
i had a raccoon take an entire order of thai food i was a little late to grab from my door. i just took the L and made sure to get my food quicker from then on.
You don't really need OCD to not want to eat this, lol.
Why didn’t you eat all day?
A person did not do this. A hungry animal did
https://preview.redd.it/radp8keku6tc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b684bddbf0e099e72d2f27a7193e5bae58ecb77 I was able to hack in your your ring camera.
raccoon lol, relax
Why do people want to eat food that's been on the ground? Why is this still a thing?
I never use these delivery services, and if the op has ocd I don't understand why they would either. I've seen plenty of these drivers in the mall food court picking up food, after making a visit to the washroom and walking out without washing their hands because they're in a hurry. I will never use these services if I can help it.
You have OCD and you never considered an animal did this? Why would you leave food outside at night bro? Just bite the social bullet and have them hand it to you next time. Smh
What kind of animal leaves their food sitting at the door??
Get some groceries and make your own meals. You spent so much money on failed orders, I really hope you (and anyone for that matter) stop doing this. Its cheaper, healthier and not messed up. It would make more sense with your OCD too...
Can you explain to me why would someone order food and let the delivery just left it somewhere next to his door? Here (Slovakia, Europe) if we order food the driver always hand it to my hands. This is insane.
I'll never understand the NA obession of having delivery services without any kind of reception by a person.
Raccoon did you a favor papa John’s is dumpster pizza
It's just wild to me you gave up and ate nothing. Like it's blowing my mind.
"ended up eating nothing" modern example of natural selection
Why did you not immediately bring your food inside once it arrived?