When Samantha Loucks bought her new bed, she never dreamed it would end up being a nightmare.

The Ajax woman said what should have been a simple delivery ended up a huge breach of privacy when one of the deliverymen sent her sexually suggestive text messages.

Loucks said she was getting her nails done while the bed was being delivered. That’s when she got a text message she assumed was a pocket dial.

“While I was out at my appointment, after the delivery was complete, I received a text message from one of the delivery drivers. He claimed it was an accident.”

She said the two messaged back and forth briefly about the delivery and everything seemed to be fine.

“It was very, very polite. I said I hope everything went smoothly. I’m sorry I couldn’t be there. And he said it was all set up and that was it.”

But that wasn’t it.

Around 10 p.m. that same night Samantha said she got another text from the delivery man asking about the bed.

“I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. I don’t assume that every man talking to me is flirting with me. So I just told him what I’ve told everybody – oh my god my bed is so big.”

His response was less than professional.

“Some say bigger is better. Are you in it now,” the text read.

When she didn’t reply, he texted back an apology.

Loucks said she called Sleep Country the next day and sent screengrabs of the texts.

She said eventually she was put in contact with Penny Jerkovic, the National Customer Service Manager at Sleep Country Canada. The conversation did not go as she had planned.

“I was really disappointed with the reaction. She kind of seemed to brush it off. She just kept telling me what a great guy this person is and that’s not really what you want to hear when you feel like you’ve had your privacy violated and this person has been inappropriate.”

She said Jerkovic offered her $250 as long as she signed a document saying she wouldn’t talk about the incident to anyone.

“I was pretty offended by that,” Loucks said. She then called a lawyer to find out what her rights were.

“I don’t want to press charges, I don’t plan on suing the company. I don’t think this person should never be able to work again and suffer for an eternity,” she explained. “But when you’ve clearly demonstrated that you’re not capable of fulfilling your job requirement that you should be able to continue working that job.”

CityNews reached out to Sleep Country for a statement on the incident but have yet to receive a reply.

Loucks said the whole incident has deterred her from ever wanting to give her contact information to a company again.

“I’m a very trusting person. I don’t want to be someone who’s bitter and cynical and doesn’t trust people but it’s hard for me now to think about ever wanting to give my number again for the purpose of a delivery,” she said. “This situation, all things considered, it is pretty bad but it could have been a lot worse. And what if the next time it is worse?”

Loucks said ideally she would like the company to set a precedent by creating proper employee training and education when it comes to harassment in the workplace, and brought up the idea when she was contacted this week by Christine McGee, president of Sleep Country Canada.

“I told her that I really think Sleep Country could use this as an opportunity to set a precedent for other companies,” she explained. “That not only are you not going to tolerate this behaviour but you could create education within your company, talking with your employees about harassment in the workplace and use this as a learning opportunity.”

Loucks said that since her story became public she’s heard from several other women who have experience similar, or even worse, situations with delivery men, repair men or other professionals.

“There have been a lot of women who have come forward and they said ‘I’ve never told anyone’ and ‘I was too scared to tell anyone'” she said “It’s something that’s going really unreported and it’s happening very frequently.”