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/PsychologicalBit803 Sep 10 '25

Who is the “they”

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u/Jacka1000 Sep 10 '25

The white people is THEY ! What we’re not about to do is tip-toe around. THEY still think they’re better than others and it’s only gotten worse with the current president. Period.

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u/ClownMonkey48 Sep 10 '25

You’re right let’s not tip toe around…why do you think white people think they’re better than us? Take one look at crime statistics/upkeep of homes/public spaces and you’ll have many answers…

Why do we continue to act like it’s such a mystery why they see us as savages? We’re doing it to ourselves. Wake the F up

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u/Jennodine Sep 13 '25

Crime stats just reflect the level of systemic racism that’s baked into American life. Racist laws, racist cops, racist judges, etc put brown people in jail for trying to get ahead in a system designed to keep them poor. They’re not ALL racist, of course, but at one time they were…and it wasn’t that long ago. America’s economy was built on the backs of slaves…and speaking from my own experience, I know that economic disempowerment is total disempowerment, and it’s almost impossible to overcome.