About
Special Delivery Instructions are photos of unusual pizza delivery requests which typically include pizza box illustrations or pizzas cut into a variety of shapes.
Origin
On October 19th, 2007, the Internet humor blog The Sneeze[1] published an article titled “The Great Pizza Orientation Test,” which featured screenshots of a custom pizza order testing to see if they would properly fulfill his requests (shown below).
Spread
On January 17th, 2009, a special instructions photo was posted on the site Myconfinedspace[2] featuring a pizza cut into isosceles triangles (shown below).
On February 12th, 2010, Redditor jh99 submitted a post titled “Special Instructions” to the /r/pics[3] subreddit, which included a photo of a pizza cut into a pentagram (shown below, left). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 990 up votes and 150 comments. In the comments section,[4] Redditor nickiter submitted a photo of a pizza cut into concentric circles (shown below, right).
On January 10th, 2011, the viral content site BuzzFeed[9] posted a list of notable pizza delivery instructions photos. On June 14th, 2012, the Internet humor blog Smosh[7] highlighted 20 special instructions pizza box drawings. On July 7th, the “Pizza Instructions” Tumblr[5] blog was launched, which highlighted over 45 notable photographs of special instruction pizza orders in the first 13 months. On September 26th, the Internet humor blog The Chive[6] published a compilation of notable examples from the series. On February 14th, 2013, Redditor Xophishox submitted a post to the /r/AskReddit[8] subreddit asking pizza delivery drivers to share the weirdest delivery instructions they have received. Prior to being archived, the post accumulated upwards of 990 up votes and 1,190 comments.
Notable Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]The Sneeze – The Great Pizza Orientation Test
[2]Myconfinedspace – Pizza Hut Special Instructions
[3]Reddit – Special Instructions
[4]Reddit – I see your pentagram and raise you
[5]Tumblr – Pizza Instructions
[6]The Chive – Funny pizza box instructions fulfilled
[7]Smosh – 20 Funny Special Request Pizza Box Drawings
[8]Reddit – Pizza delivery drivers whats the weirdest instructions to the driver you have ever encountered?
[9]BuzzFeed – Special Instructions
[10]Kontraband – Special pizza delivery instructions
[11]BuzzFeed – 8 pizza delivery instructions to make your day