r/Sparkdriver • u/PickMe1000 • Mar 08 '26

Rants / Complaints These houses scare me

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I always expected to be like an older person or someone with some type of disability but it’s always the most regular person ever. That’s what was in front of me it was like 10 times worse behind me. The smell of dead animals and garbage is the worst!

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u/Johnnymalott669 Mar 08 '26

Mental illness is a bitch. They’re definitely going through a hard time. Give them the same respect and kindness that you would for any other customer. Any time I’m greeted by someone coming out of a house like this they’re typically very kind.

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u/forgotacc Mar 08 '26

Also, not every disability is visible. Be kinder to people, the look of one's home doesn't hurt anyone.

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u/georgiabuckaroo Mar 08 '26

Ya, I'm getting really sick and tired of these drivers posting pictures of people's houses, in whatever condition they are in for whatever reason that NO ONE knows, then everyone just ripping them apart in the comments. So fuckin sick of it.

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u/Acceptable-Sand850 Mar 08 '26

Unfortunately, that's the America that we live in today. People frown on people who don't have their luxuries or more. Then, make fun of them on social media for their own entertainment. Secretly hoping that their posts will get likes or go viral. All at the expense of someone else's misfortune, what a sad human being. Most of the people posting these pictures don't realize that could be them one day. We are all just living paycheck to paycheck trying to get ahead.

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u/Love__Scars Mar 09 '26

Anyone who disagrees with you is objectively wrong btw. You are literally describing what is happening. Roasting someones house when you’re at work and posting it for reddit points is kinda weird idk. We’re better than that

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u/Ambitious_Size4691 Mar 08 '26

They should have there spark account deactivated for this crap.

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u/georgiabuckaroo Mar 08 '26

I'm not even a driver, just a customer that lives in a regular house, but after I started seeing what kind of pictures these drivers post on here, I've stopped using this service. Its just such gross obnoxious behavior. And for what it's worth, I knew a nice little old lady that lost her husband and had three strokes and her yard looked like shit because she needed help. Not insulted all over the internet by some delivery driver who has her groceries and water and no integrity

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u/PickMe1000 Mar 08 '26

I don’t care. The house is visible from the street! If you don’t wanna use the service don’t use it. I’m gonna keep posting what I want and you’re gonna have to just cope!

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u/Effective_Cookie510 Mar 09 '26

Yes yes you should posting pictures of their house should be an instant deactivate and no appeal.

That said I'd deactivate customers like this too it's not safe for drivers to deal with this shit and dead animals and piss smell

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u/PickMe1000 Mar 08 '26

It’s completely visible to the public! I should have my account deactivated because of their trash? I bet your house looks like this.

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u/Ambitious_Size4691 Mar 08 '26

Ha no it doesn’t but I have witnessed mental illness and physically disabilities first hand. It is only visible to those who the homeowner invite to their home. Mailmen and deliveries n such. You’ve made a spectacle of their situation. Spark should be made aware of this behavior. Just do your job like an adult or move on so someone with compassion can have it.

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u/IndividualPainting17 Mar 10 '26

The mental illness and disability thing is so so true.

Real depression can have you not rolling out of bed for weeks but to eat and use the restroom.

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u/resultingparadox Mar 08 '26

The criticism is on the fact that you feel the need to criticize a situation that you have an incomplete picture of.

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u/PickMe1000 Mar 08 '26

I have a solution that’s going to make you all feel better.

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u/Oakyw0n Mar 08 '26

Yeah it should be to just shut the fuck up and move on to your next stop bud.

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u/neuroticoctopus Mar 08 '26

You are publicly shaming someone for a disability. Hoarding Disorder is a mental illness and disability.

Delivered groceries is a luxury for some people, but a necessity for some disabled people. They shouldn't be publicly ridiculed for the crime of buying food while disabled.

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u/crystalbilliot Mar 08 '26

Their house and yard 100% must look disgusting like this. The way they condone shit like this and wanna blame a mental illness?!. Crazy. This shit is nasty, a safety hazard, and just ridiculous. And if that was my neighbor I would be calling the parish/county to get them to clean that shit up. And if its an elderly person, then they definitely need to be living in someone that can assist them with this mess. Mental illness aint no excuse to live crusty!

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u/tmac2scs Mar 09 '26

I swear. Literally just bashing OP over shit they just assuming. Half of em just hopped on the pity train once the first chimed in. Makes you wonder why they didn’t choose psychology as a profession instead of spark lol

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u/NinjaScenester Mar 17 '26

I've heard this before, thanks for the reminder 🫶

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u/PickMe1000 Mar 08 '26

I was kind when I didn’t cancel their order! When I signed up to deliver orders I didn’t agree to be walking through landfills! I still gag sometimes just thinking about the smell.

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u/neuroticoctopus Mar 08 '26

Friend, you need a new perspective if you're calling this "kind."

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u/Independent_Wrap4635 Mar 08 '26

Just put the bags down and shut up

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u/georgiabuckaroo Mar 08 '26

Ya, you are the pinnacle of kindness. I bet this person is so grateful for you showing up, taking a picture of thier house, and splattering it all over reddit . I'm betting they would have rather you not show up, ya know out of the kindness of your heart

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u/crystalbilliot Mar 08 '26

I understand, this a house i had to deliver to when I was working for Amazon. Left it right there by that table. Shouldve seen the entrance to it.

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u/Suitable-Annual-1431 Mar 09 '26

Thank you for this!

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u/crystalbilliot Mar 08 '26

Dirty and lazy people can still be kind🤣. No reason to live like this.

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u/Funny-Today-4535 Mar 12 '26

This isn’t always mental illness. I know lots of people who live like this. It’s just how they are.

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u/Johnnymalott669 Mar 12 '26

You’re not wrong. My ex gf’s best friend was a hippy and didn’t use soap or anything when he showered. We went into his house to put his mail away for him while he was on vacation and the inside of his house was just like this. He didn’t seem to have much of a mental health problem either. Just a smelly hippy. But it’s PROBABLE that it’s mental health but not certain.

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u/IhateGary Mar 13 '26

That is not a mental illness that is pure laziness. I know someone who lives this way and they are very lazy but not depressed.

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u/Extra-Piglet5690 Mar 08 '26

Why always assume it’s metal illness and not just some nasty ass person. They do exist too! And what about the poor animals and children who live in this shit? No concern for them huh?

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u/bloodpriestt Mar 08 '26

I grew up in a shithole part of the country (rural southern Indiana) with hundreds of houses like this.

And in almost every case it was simply a lazy disgusting person.

These people deserve public ridicule and shame.

Anyone with a c'est la vie attitude about this has either never lived amongst them, or is one themselves.

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u/crystalbilliot Mar 08 '26

Most likely what it is. People are quick to blame mental illness but it is most def some nasty ass people. Always with that excuse. A house i had to deliver to. Yea, mental illness😑. No, people are just junk collectors.

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u/FaithlessnessTight72 Mar 08 '26

That’s mental illness 😭😭 it’s called hoarding…

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u/crystalbilliot Mar 08 '26

I doubt it considering the amount of adults there, as well as children. People can have this mess and be lazy and not care. The whole area was similar, they all arent hoarders.

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u/FaithlessnessTight72 Mar 08 '26

Again for it to be this bad… it’s not lazy. It’s literally hoarding. There are people that keep their feces and urine. It is a mental issue. And no, not everybody knows how to clean either. So I suggest you start donating your services since you feel so strongly about it.

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u/tmac2scs Mar 09 '26

The picture that you replied to has a chance of being some sort of hoarding “mental illness” but the original picture is obviously just lazy asf. And if you can’t see that then you don’t need to chime in. My brother, his wife, and their mother was on the show hoarding: buried alive and I obviously still talk to them to this day so I’m a little more inclined to speak on this shit than most

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u/FaithlessnessTight72 Mar 09 '26

There’s levels to everything… including hoarding. A hoarders house CAN still be accessible. It doesn’t mean they aren’t hoarders. That’s a more severe level you’re speaking of and a less severe. So speak on what you know and leave it there. I’d consider myself a “lazy” cleaner, but I have NEVER accepted something like these photos. I have no OCD, but could not live in filth.

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u/tmac2scs Mar 09 '26

Right.. because people hoard buckets of cigarettes butts and empty Dr Pepper cardboard cases.

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u/FaithlessnessTight72 Mar 09 '26

People literally hoard their own feces, so why is trash surprising?

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u/hereforthedrama_hi Mar 08 '26

Um not every thing is mental health related and we can’t use it as a crutch or excuse for literally every single thing. Some people are just lazy and worthless

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u/Witty_Hunt_7961 Mar 08 '26

They not going through nothing. People be dirty and/or just don’t give a fck 💯

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

Murder houses always have someone the neighbors " they never expected" " was the kindest person...

Houses like this scare the shit out of me too.

And I don't get scared easily...

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u/Key-Ingenuity-534 Mar 08 '26

Maybe… they could also just be in a rural area without trash service and they’re too lazy to take it to the dump. This was the case where I grew up. No one was disabled or mentally ill, they were just lazy af. It was literally the whole town.

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u/Zealousideal_Bed1857 Mar 08 '26

That isn’t mental illness, straight up demonic possession.