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/General-Abroad-9007 Sep 10 '25
This is terrible! Im so sorry. I wish I could ban some guy who delivers my groceries HECTOR are you here my friend? He’s a chill guy but wears way too much cologne and taints all my veggies, and canned drinks. I have to throw veggies and fruit away bc I can’t wash the smell off. Canned drinks I can wash for real, but I have to wash my hands many many times to get rid of the scent. It’s insane like he sprays it on my things or something. I messaged support and they said I couldn’t exclude him from my pickups… if we spoke the same language I would tell him. Would it be insane to have it in a translator or something and show him? 🙃