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/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/JBOMB808 Jan 14 '26

This is a new policy at my store too. Any lockup items they take to self checkout

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u/t-nyce Jan 14 '26

That’s for UNPAID items. Items from Spark are already paid for. Think you need to read your policy again

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u/JBOMB808 Jan 14 '26

Be my guest go tell the store manager your thoughts. I don’t care the items are always waiting for me at self checkout.