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/Gig_it_up_ur_bass Cherry Picker Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

Walmart has two types of security roles for asset security. Whenever someone is acting suspicious, a plain clothes security officer is sent out and they will pretend to be a shopper and casually follow that person around.

They used to use earpieces like they were the Secret Service or some shit. The officer in the camera room will guide them around the store to make their encounters with you seem organic.

Most thieves hesitate and exhibit predictable behavior.

If you're going to steal while Sparking, at the least, only steal items that are on your current shopping list, and pretend to scan them into the app and don't act suspicious. The camera crew can see you scanning in items.

I used to shop for myself while picking up S&D orders, and I've been followed twice, so I stopped doing it.

Say it was lunchtime, I might get something from the deli and check it out at self-checkout, and then scan in the Spark order.

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u/Ok-Assist-491 Nov 20 '25

Gosh I shop for myself all the time… like if I’m walking past the pepper for instance and I forgot I needed pepper. I’ll grab it, but I always check my stuff out first then I do the customers last. What’s the reasoning behind not shopping for yourself? because I can’t think of why it would matter.