What is the craziest thing you have done to overcome your fear of insects, and all things crawly? Well, a woman in England ordered take-away from KFC just so the delivery guy could help her get rid of a spider in her room. Who knew delivery guys did more than just delivering food?!
What Is It?
Demi Sweeney, a college student in England, is so scared of spiders that when she was haunted by one of the eight legged creatures to such an extent that she ordered food from KFC assuming that the delivery guy could help her get rid of the spider.
When Sweeney spotted the one-inch arachnid on her wall, she called a friend hoping for help, but the friend suggested she orders some food for delivery and see if the driver would be willing to help. Sweeney then messaged Deliveroo customer service to see if her spider-killing needs could be met.
You can read the entire conversation in this thread.
My fear of spiders was taken to a whole new level today in which I ordered food in a hope that the delivery driver would remove the spider..
Joe @Deliveroo @DeliverooHelp you are an actual LIFESAVER ?? pic.twitter.com/YnkQhqhhWW
— Demi (@demiswn) May 30, 2018
Sweeney decided to give it a shot and ended up ordering from KFC. When the delivery driver, Joe, showed up a little while later, Sweeney pleaded for him to help her out, even though he admitted he didn’t like spiders either.
Luckily Joe agreed to help out. He pulled up a chair to stand, knocked the spider off the wall and ended up chasing it until he was able to catch it and flush it down the toilet.
Deliveroo replied to her tweet, praising their employee!
What a guy! Great to see Joe could lend a helping hand – we hope nobody got stung! ?? We’ll drop you a DM you shortly so we can give Joe the praise he deserves ?
— Deliveroo Help (@DeliverooHelp) May 31, 2018
Others on Twitter responded with their concern over what Sweeney is going to do the next time she encounters a spider.
One concern I didn’t think of earlier, does this mean that youre going to do this every time a spider exists? Maybe a new emergency spider removal response set up is needed?
— Jake (@Jakelb_) May 30, 2018
We should make an app that calls for a volunteer close to your home to help with spiders
— Felippe Katan (@LBKatan) June 4, 2018
Let us know what you do when you find your self in such a helpless situation!