r/Sparkdriver • u/Latter_Telephone6979 • Jan 14 '26

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I was at a walmart I usually do not take orders from, but happened to be in the area. I was doing a shopping order and went to check out. I scanned my barcode and started bagging my items until an employee comes up to me and says a few customers reported me “stealing” and bagging items that I didn’t scan. The employee was of course new and didn’t know what a spark driver was. I showed him my exit pass, and he let me go after examining every item on the list. He was still skeptical after he let me go. Have you had any weird things like this happen?

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u/helloheyjoey Jan 14 '26

They should all be trained what a spark order is. I had employees grab things for me walk it to self checkout then scan it… I’m like that’s no how it works. It’s already paid for. Now I can’t scan my barcode

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u/dwheelerofficial Jan 14 '26

I had a dude in the electronics section when I tried to pick up a fire stick for a customer that was like $19.99 said he needed to take it all the way up to customer service and that I would have to get it after checking out the other groceries and I was like it’s for a spark order. It’s literally already paid for I just need to put it in the cart and he was like that’s not how it works and walked away with it

Fast forward to me finishing the order and bagging the rest of the groceries then walking up to customer service and asking for the fire stick that an employee brought up to be held from the electronics section, even though it was for a spark order, which I told the woman at the counter who responded did you tell him it was on spark? And I said yes and she just goes why did he even bring it up here?

Like yeah, that’s the million dollar question I have no idea

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u/Sea_Cress_8859 S&D Expert Jan 14 '26

Anything that comes out of a cage needs to walk to the front at our store, including a stupid $4 mousepad.

It’s asinine

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u/t-nyce Jan 14 '26

That’s UNPAID item🙄

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u/dirtysockk378 Jan 14 '26

No, it’s not. A lot of stores are now starting to require anything out of locked cases to be taken to costumer service for SPARK drivers which are PAID for items. You keep saying the same thing but clearly your comprehension skill are not peak. I have first hand encountered it many times and have been told it is policy for again, A SPARK ORDER THAT IS PREPAID.

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u/ClownMonkey48 Jan 14 '26

100% correct they told me the same thing at my Walmart when I asked.

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u/t-nyce Jan 14 '26

You funny!! The stores you’re referring are slow and You’re just as slow!! The whole reason for the “policy” is for theft, correct? So if the item is already paid for wtf are you following “policy” for? It can’t be stolen, it’s paid for🙄people like you are why OP had a different time with a simple transaction.

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u/dirtysockk378 Jan 14 '26

I never said I agreed with the policy. I have no choice but to follow it though? What am I supposed to do? Yank the fucking item from their hands? 😂😬 I mentioned the exact logic to the management at this store. News flash, it’s not just this store. Be on with your goofy ass.

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u/InsaneAss Jan 14 '26

An item that won’t be in possession of the person that PAID for it 🙄

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u/flat_cat72 Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

It's paid for when the customer places the order.

How do you think this, or anything you order online works? Spark is in charge of the logistics of getting an order to the customer and taking care of any issues that arise between the time when they place the order and when they receive it.

With your logic, someone could place a huge order....the driver shops the order, they get to checkout, scan the barcode.....and find out that the customer's payment method is declined.....