Typically when new parents welcome a baby neighbors or friends might pitch in to help bringing a lasagna. That’s pretty normal, right?
This expecting Dad took it to another level though. On a meal sharing website he posted a lengthy request asking for neighbors to provide very specific dishes.
Breakfast, for instance, can be Paleo breakfast egg muffins with thinly sliced cremini mushrooms, pork breakfast sausage, and 3 tablespoons of melted and cooled ghee. As for dinner ideas he requested spiced lamb meatball and Swiss chard stew.
He even included 30 + links to the recipes!
But don’t expect a thank you if you deliver one of these dishes. He wrote:
“If we could use some food but prefer no distractions, I’ll put a big white cooler in our side yard.”
When a neighbor posted it on Twitter it quickly went viral
The week I got a thing in my mailbox to join a social network @Nextdoor. People in my neighborhood can alert each other about crime and stuff like that. Great idea! But today someone posted the most ridiculous thing ever (1/?)
— JJ (@JJFromTheBronx) April 18, 2019
Trying not to be negative, I figured maybe it’s like “if you make a lasagna and make too much, we would accept it”. That would be very reasonable inside a totally unreasonable ask. BUT THERE WERE 30+ SPECIFIC MEALS WITH RECIPES pic.twitter.com/BkE2kBuhyJ
— JJ (@JJFromTheBronx) April 18, 2019
This guy then tops it all off be telling us we can sign up for a day to text, and if they decide they would rather not see people, WE CAN COOK THEM A MEAL AND LEAVE IT FOR THEM IN A COOLER HIS WILL PROVIDE IN THE YARD BECAUSE HE COULDN’T BE BOTHERED ANSWERING THE DOOR pic.twitter.com/FXtNRgVa8Z
— JJ (@JJFromTheBronx) April 18, 2019
If I don’t egg their house, I deserve an award
— JJ (@JJFromTheBronx) April 18, 2019
Well others agreed saying he took it WAY too far
And if you’re not comfortable with that you can pay for our firstborns college.
— Jason Vahling (@Cardinals11in11) April 19, 2019
The Dad spoke to the NY Post to explain himself saying:
“I apologize if it was taken the wrong way — and I’m frankly just very surprised and a little disheartened by … the response. If they are not interested, then they don’t have to check that site or do anything. This is the world we live in.”
