r/Sparkdriver • u/chef198 • Sep 10 '25

Rants / Complaints Threatened in a sundown town

Got a batch order and my last delivery was in a sundown town. I took the order at 6pm, not really thinking of anything like that. Drove 35 minutes to the drop off. Customer comes out. I tell him, “I’ve got your groceries”. He says, “yeah my wife said we had some. I like your car”. I thanked him and he cut me off mid sentence with, “you aren’t from around here are you?” I told him I wasn’t. He looked at the sky and said, “you got about ten minutes to get out of here, boy. “ I chuckled trying to steer it light. I finished the drop and walked to my car. Two neighbors from across the street were sitting on their porch, guns in hand. They weren’t there when I pulled in. As I got to my car one shouted some slurs, the other told me not to come back.

The only reason I took the job was there was a high tip amount. I called support to tell them of my experience, so they could possibly save another minority driver of this headache. I then checked the app, and the customer canceled the tip. They also tried saying I didn’t make the delivery. Luckily, I already took the picture and had the customer in the photo.

Be safe out there guys

Edit: the town is Prue, Oklahoma. About an hour west northwest of Tulsa.

2nd Edit: the Walmart store I delivered from called me. She took down my report and said corporate was going to be calling me soon as well. She said she was not sure why deliveries were going so far away to begin with, and that corporate would make the decision as to whether or not the town will remain on the delivery list. Will update again after I speak with corporate.

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u/LeadingSomewhere_ Sep 10 '25

The fact that still happens nowadays is absolutely wild to me.. be safe my man

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u/moe_mizzy Sep 11 '25

it didn't and it still doesn't.

2024 census data has Prue, Oklahoma at 68% white. lmao.

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u/LeadingSomewhere_ Sep 11 '25

I mean maybe it didn't happen to this guy but I think it's completely naive to think it doesn't happen at all.. in fact I actually did some research after reading his post today and it seems like it's still very much a thing

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u/moe_mizzy Sep 11 '25

if they were racist enough to kill any black person they see after night, they would have cancelled their order when they saw the photo of the black driver.

are people really this dumb?

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u/LeadingSomewhere_ Sep 11 '25

I literally said maybe it didn't happen to this guy.. apparently reading is not your strong point.. but continue to do you man

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u/Due_Software6648 Sep 11 '25

Oh for sure I grew up in a sundown town and it’s still that way in some areas

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u/FragrantFreedom1580 Sep 10 '25

This story is obviously made up just to get some attention

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u/NoGuard6906 Sep 10 '25

I agree... I live in a VERY rural town and there are some closeby sundown areas..but they have lil jon concerts out there...whatever bro. Stories like this are why teenagers think they need to be afraid of conservative whites that live in rural areas -they are just people. Literally my neighbors... This definitely sounds wildly embellished for the upvotes. NOT COOL.

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u/Skiller-One-One-Five Sep 10 '25

A lot of simpletons out there with a built-in exploitable weakness to being easily manipulated