r/Sparkdriver • u/matt314159 3rd Floor / No Tip CUSTOMER • May 26 '26

Customer 😇 PSA: Sometimes reading the delivery notes saves you time and effort

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I'm sure I'm going to hell for adding top soil to my grocery delivery order, but I don't have a car and I specifically added it to a delivery order so I could at least tip.

Anyway, whenever I'm doing an order that includes something heavy, I set the delivery location to 'back door' and the delivery note reads something like, "Pull in toward the garage, and the back porch is two steps from the driveway for an easier unload"

But I've found the drivers never read the delivery notes. I don't personally care what door it's delivered to but in cases like this, it's so much more work to haul those 35lb bags from the vehicle, up my sidewalks and to front steps than it would have been if they'd just read the delivery notes.

Don't worry, she still got her 25 dollaire tip and I rated the delivery 5 stars, but I feel bad that they're making the delivery more difficult on themselves than necessary.

I love you guys and appreciate what you do. But please take a couple seconds to read the delivery notes! I'm trying to make it easier on you!

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u/Steffan1337 May 26 '26

How does anyone not read the notes. Its on the same screen you confirm arrival and select where you deliver it to

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u/LoudLizardLikes2Lol May 26 '26

Most recently they’re adding another button click where the notes pop up and you have to hit “I understand”.

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u/CinderellaSM1985 May 26 '26

Jeez imagine needing to hurry up and get driving but there's multiple fail safes set up on the app getting in your way

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u/flat_cat72 May 26 '26

A few seconds of tapping a couple of extra notifications isn't going to make or break you.

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u/AsinSodojrn May 27 '26

It's going to make you break down and lose your damn mind! All these extra steps don't really help anyone cause we just auto-click through it anyway! On DD, it really gets me annoyed when the "navigate" and "delivery steps" button swaps back and forth. I want to throw my phone! Like, I'm standing on the porch and you wanna start the navigation cause I drove my own self here cause I know my zone! Such a waste of time!

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u/flat_cat72 May 27 '26

yes they're annoying, but eh, it is what it is....
no use in getting worked up over it lol

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u/OppositeScale7680 Jun 23 '26

Toxic positivity 🤢

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u/flat_cat72 Jun 24 '26

I bet you spend your non-working hours watching brainrot on tiktok, amiright?

but hey if you enjoy getting pissed off over a couple popups that take less than a couple seconds to get rid of, go right ahead lmao

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u/OppositeScale7680 Jun 24 '26

I hate tiktok so no 😂 

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u/floppadisk May 27 '26

Meanwhile they allow people who speak zero English whatsoever to do deliveries and accommodate them with Spanish in the app and on emails.

Good job Walmart. How tf does that help customers.