For the last decade, Anthony Diaz has worked at Brothers Pizza in Little Egg Harbor Township.

He set out on a routine call in his Subaru Monday around lunchtime to an address in nearby Mystic Islands. The problem was that the route there was flooded.

“When I got up there, I saw it was about like a foot of water. I didn't know how deep it was. I didn't want to ruin my car. I just got it fixed so I decided to park, and I was going to walk,” said Diaz.

Diaz made it all the way to the corner of Twin Lakes and Delaware Drive, in front of a neighbor’s house who just happened to have a spare kayak.

“The pizza guy was there. He parked his car, and he was wandering around and he couldn't go any further with his car. And I joke with him, and I said, 'Do you want a kayak,'” said the neighbor.

And off he went, even finding time to FaceTime his stunned girlfriend, Adrianna.

As neighbors snapped photos and videos of the determined delivery guy, for Diaz it was all just part of the job.

“It was just a pie. Just a plain pie. It was easy to carry. I just put it on my lap, and I just started rowing,” he said.

Diaz’s kayaking adventure was no small feat. In fact, it lasted about a third of a mile each way, and when he reached his destination at end of West Potomac Drive, the homeowner says he had no idea how bad the flooding actually was. When he found out, he put a call into Diaz’s boss and said that the employee is a keeper.

“The customer was happy about it. He calls me up. He goes, 'Dude. He's great, this kid. You know, he did a good job.' I said, 'I know, he's great. He got a good tip,'” said Pasquale Lubrano, owner of Brothers Pizza. “Don't matter what it is. Nothing stops him. You know what I mean. Nothing stopped him.”

Diaz took it all in stride, or should we say, paddle.

“You got to do it. That's the world we live in now. You have to problem solve as quick as you can and as efficiently as you can,” said Diaz.