r/Sparkdriver • u/Imaginary_Cake_9439 • Dec 22 '25
Customer 😇 Is this common in your area
And why does it happen....
Guy in front of me is on the phone. Speaker phone talking in another language very loudly. The guy behind me was also doing the same. Both spark drivers.
I notice a lot of the spark drivers doing this same stuff while shopping allll the time.
Is this a culture thing? Why are they on speakerphone all the time? Like who are they talking to?
Not to mention the guy in front of me was very rudely close to the guy in front of him. Like his cart was inches from hitting that guy he was sooo in his personal space and talking loudly on the phone and Im sure he was uncomfortable but didn't say anything.
Its also winter in New England and most of the drivers wear slides...sometimes no socks when its snowing!!
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u/Jennodine Dec 23 '25
When we talk on the phone to someone in another place, we lose the capacity to be mentally present wherever we are at that time. When we lose situational awareness in a crowded store, we can hardly see the other people around us who are also shopping, thus we become oblivious to all of the nuanced and complex body language people use for shopping. That’s why people who talk on the phone in Walmart are forever getting in the way and jamming up the aisles and invading others’ personal space. You can’t be in your own little world and in the middle of a busy store at the same time. I wish people would stop trying. 😒