It’s amazing how even the littlest things can set people off.

For example, the grocery store being out of your favorite pasta.

When the grocery picker couldn’t find the tortellini, this hungry man went to surprising lengths to get pasta on his plate.

Read on for this tale of petty revenge: foodie edition!

The tortellini Tiff

I did not know how petty my brother could be until he quit smoking.

He placed an order for grocery delivery and one of the items was tortellini.

But soon trouble struck.

The picker could not find the Frozen tortellini.

He was willing to make compromises.

My brother tried texting back and forth with the picker telling them pick any tortellini in the store: the dry, the frozen, whatever.

But alas, the tortellini evaded him.

He just needed some tortellini and the picker still said nope we don’t have any in the store.

Cue gasket being blown.

This minor setback wasn’t going to stop him.

My brother proceeded to place another order for one of every tortellini and tortellini adjacent pasta the store had…

He spent $150 on pasta to get his wife the tortellini she wanted.

Going cold turkey has someone a little on edge!

What did Reddit think?

This commenter knows that “item unavailable” can very well mean “shopper couldn’t find it”.

In hindsight, the brother could have helped move the process along a little better.

This commenter has a far-out idea.

If the brother had a catchphrase it would be this:

In the end, you have to wonder what this situation was really about.

Was his desire for tortellini that strong, or was it about control?

Either way, you have to hand it to his dedication.

If you liked that post, check out this post about a rude customer who got exactly what they wanted in their pizza.