Amazon delivery driver dresses up in red fez after a customer asked courier to ‘wear a pretty hat’ 

Amazon delivery driver dresses up in a red fez after a customer asked courier to ‘wear a pretty hat’

  • Mark McManus wrote the tongue-in-cheek request in ‘additional instructions’
  • His parcel was delivered by a man wearing bright red fez-style headgear
  • He posted the footage of the delivery from his home security system online

An Amazon delivery driver has been caught on camera taking a customer’s demand that he ‘wear a pretty hat’ very seriously. 

Mark McManus wrote the tongue-in-cheek request in the ‘additional instructions’ part of his Amazon order form.

The 28-year-old from Totnes, Devon, was astonished when his parcel arrived in the hands of a man wearing bright red fez-style headgear.

Mark McManus, 28, from Devon was shocked when his parcel arrived in the hands of a man wearing bright red fez-style headgear (pictured on the home security system)

Mark got hold of footage of the delivery on his home security system and posted it to Amazon’s Facebook page.

He wrote: ‘So, on my Amazon delivery instructions I’d completely forgotten I’d put in the delivery instructions, ‘Please wear a pretty hat’.

‘Joking, of course, and no-one’s ever taken it seriously.

Mark got hold of footage of the delivery on his home security system and posted it to Amazon's Facebook page

Mark got hold of footage of the delivery on his home security system and posted it to Amazon’s Facebook page

Speaking today, Mark said: 'It was amusing, he was a great laugh. I can't remember why I put that, have literally no idea, but no one's ever taken it seriously and I completely forgot about it which made it funnier'

Speaking today, Mark said: ‘It was amusing, he was a great laugh. I can’t remember why I put that, have literally no idea, but no one’s ever taken it seriously and I completely forgot about it which made it funnier’

An Amazon delivery driver (pictured) has been caught on camera taking a customer's demand that he 'wear a pretty hat' very seriously

An Amazon delivery driver (pictured) has been caught on camera taking a customer’s demand that he ‘wear a pretty hat’ very seriously

Mark wrote: 'So, on my Amazon delivery instructions I'd completely forgotten I'd put in the delivery instructions, 'Please wear a pretty hat' (pictured)

Mark wrote: ‘So, on my Amazon delivery instructions I’d completely forgotten I’d put in the delivery instructions, ‘Please wear a pretty hat’ (pictured)

‘So this Amazon delivery driver turns up, points at his hat, explains what the delivery instructions says and turns up wearing some form of bucket on his head.

‘Made my day – what a great guy ha ha.’ 

Social media responded to the funny event with Trevor Vernon saying: ‘Hats off to him.’

Amused social media users on Facebook responded to the video that Mark posted, expressing their delight

Amused social media users on Facebook responded to the video that Mark posted, expressing their delight

Lianne Minshull added: ‘That’s customer service excellence right there.’

And Natalie Victoria Robinson said: ‘This is brilliant! What a guy.’

Speaking today, Mark said: ‘It was amusing, he was a great laugh. I can’t remember why I put that, have literally no idea, but no one’s ever taken it seriously and I completely forgot about it which made it funnier.

‘I was confused at first when he pointed to his hat, but when he explained about the delivery instructions we both burst out laughing.’

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