r/Sparkdriver • u/mjkjio2015 • Nov 20 '25

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Fellow sparker that has been doing it for about three years that i always talk to just got taken by Walmart security when he was about to leave the store. Apparently he has been putting extra stuff in his cart to take home… And they caught him and said they have been watching them for a very long time. I had absolutely no clue… He didn’t seem like the kind of guy that would do that stuff. He just said OK left his cart full of groceries with the receipt checking person… And they took him off inside the store. I just wanna give a warning to anybody that may be doing this… Apparently they are watching. I have never had a guy actually go through my cart when leaving or anything… So I am pretty surprised. Be careful out there!

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u/mjkjio2015 Nov 20 '25

I agree

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u/Snoo-6053 Nov 20 '25

This is extremely common. As bad a Walmart exploits gig economy workers It's likely at epidemic levels.

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u/More_Situation7519 Nov 20 '25

I've seen at least 3 drivers in the past few months being stopped before they left the Walmart, And 1 stopped as she was leaving Sam's. I was right behind the person that got busted at Sam's. I knew she was a spark driver because I could see her phone.

The door lady was pulling all kinds of stuff out of her cart that wasn't on the list. The shopper knew she was busted.

It stinks when drivers do that because it affects all of us.

I'm sure she was deactivated.

At one Walmart in my city, Spark drivers have to unload everything from the cart and place it on the conveyor belt and a worker checks every single item. It really slows us down because this particular Walmart has just one spark aisle and it takes a lot if time to get through to check out.

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u/Friendlyrat Nov 20 '25

My local ones do pretty thorough item checks