COLIN PERRY
Editor in Chief
Jimmy Skrzeczkowski began March 19 as an ordinary person, but by the early hours of the morning, his face would be seen by millions around the world.
The junior video production major was featured in a tweet that day which almost immediately exploded in popularity, garnering more than 134,000 retweets and 350,00 likes in its original post.
“It’s the weirdest thing that ever happened to me, without a doubt,” Skrzeczkowski said.
According to Skrzeczkowski, he was preparing to close at Domino’s in Dunkirk, where he works as a delivery expert. An order came in around 12:30 a.m., with the special request “send ur baddest bitch plzzzzz.” Skrzeczkowski noticed that a friend’s name was on the order, so he decided to be playful in return, writing “We did.” on the box.
Skrzeczkowski made the delivery to his friend and Ford Reynolds, an acquaintance of his, who asked to take a picture.
“I thought, ‘Yeah, sure, but let me do it right.’ So I took the money and took one of those squatting poses that Russian guys in tracksuits always do,” Skrzeczkowski said, laughing, “and I thought, ‘Ha ha, funny joke, see you later.’”
Skrzeczkowski didn’t anticipate that Reynolds would tweet the photo along with his special instructions and the caption “when domino’s delivers,” or that it would be shared online by hundreds of thousands of people, not to mention from several accounts which copied Reynolds’ original. The tweet’s peak probably came when it was featured on BuzzFeed, for which Skrzeczkowski was interviewed.
Skrzeczkowski said that, for the most part, he has only had positive things come from his fifteen seconds of fame.
“A lot of people have been really nice,” he said. “Lots of compliments on the sideburns which is really cool, lots of Wolverine talk which makes me feel really good. I love being called Wolverine, it’s my favorite compliment in the world. The past three days, I’ve been called ‘daddy’ more than I ever have in my life.”
Of course, Skrzeczkowski has also received a fair amount of attention on campus.
“I got into my first class and I sit down and my friend says to me, ‘Hey, you work at Domino’s, right?’” Skrzeczkowski said. Professors have asked him to share his experiences in class, which he remains modest about.
“At 9 a.m. I’m telling everyone, ‘Yeah, I’m the jerk on BuzzFeed right now,’” Skrzeczkowski said.
Skrzeczkowski, who is also the frontman for the local horror punk band Crazies, does not consider himself in any way famous as some have suggested. While some tweets spawn memes and become outright phenomena of their own, Skrzeczkowski says that the internet’s interest in him has “tapered off. It’s done now, but it was fun while it lasted.”
But it remains yet to be seen whether this truly is the end of Skrzeczkowski’s time in the spotlight. His life may not be much different two weeks later, but at least one concrete result has reportedly taken place: an increase in orders at the Dunkirk Domino’s with similar special requests, no doubt from others hoping for a chance to go viral.