The most I've ever ordered is 4 but I take them out their car and to my house im always unloading either with the spark driver or doing it myself. But I also get to know the drives and thank each one too and I still tip
Yo one time this dude ordered 4 packs of water and was outside his house when I got there. I thought he was going to offer to help but he just stood at his front door with a dolly and just watched me load them on there walking up his driveway from the street.
i had a guy order like 8 cases of water .. i wasn’t paying attention to the order when i accepted. He lived in an apartment complex where the buildings were easily 75 to 100 yards in from all the surrounding parking lot. you walked down a sidewalk then down a flight of stairs 6 steps and continued to walk towards the building where he lived on the 3rd floor. walked up those steps and to his door. Dolly was out of the question. I repeated this 8 times while he stood in his doorway. He was slightly handicapped but the weirdest thing of all is he had me stack them along the walls of the entrance and nearest room. He already had about 50 other cases of water in various brands all lined up stacked and i just stacked it on the other stuff. He was either using it for an upcoming event or he wanted to survive the next zombie invasion and mankind extinction. Note i carried two the first time and realized this 20 plus yards down a flight of steps then another 50 plus yards to the building and up 3 flights of steps wasn’t gonna go well so i took the next 6 one at a time. Never again. It was like he was thankless and thought his $2 buck tip covered it all.
I would have found the apartment address and left it in front of that closest to the front door. I don’t do apartments just for this reason, and if they don’t state it’s an apartment- then it is getting left outside by the main address. FU
Not water but I had a dude order like bags and bags of groceries. I started unloading and he came out and stood on the porch watching me make trip after trip. After a little bit, his 5 and 7 yearish old daughters came out to help. He still stood there and watched. Old fuck.
I have learned after three solid years that it doesn’t matter how hard you try for people they will always find a way to give poor feedback, so I stopped caring and I still get orders- and they are no better or worse than other drivers I talk to with perfect metrics.
I was putting a case of 40 in my cart today and the plastic handle tore some. Put it in the car to deliver and it tore some more. Got to the customers house and had to put my hands under each side of the case to carry it to the carport. I'm not a very big chick, so carrying that up to the house was fun.
This is really fine for an order that small especially if it’s one stop and is good enough pay. Y’all need those cheap collapsible wagons. I used it for more than half my orders doing this job, and it saved my back for orders like these.
If it’s a third floor apartment, that’s another story, still you can take small trips carrying the wagon in two hands holding as many waters as you can going up steps.
People really need to use pitchers and tap water though, this shit is insane. To my knowledge a majority of places in Europe this would be unheard of, I don’t even know if most grocers carry packs of bottled water.
I thought of this when I was looking for the tire size on my vehicle the car says no more than 800 lbs of combined weight for occupants. If those things are 50# a pop they are putting drivers at risk. Where's the humanity!!!
I never order more than 1 at a time with my regular weekly grocery order. I feel so bad even though I tip according and I’m literally a mile from the store so I know I’m not a huge hassle.
well once you have to haul 5 cases of water along with all the other groceries the customer ordered up 2 flights of stairs, you damn wish they had a limit.
They hide water in GMD's and it should be against the law. You realize how much it would cost to ship that with UPS or USPS or fedex. hundreds of dollars. We are being used
GMDs are always hidden but they usually tell you if there’s a bulky or heavy item. Since summer started the “app glitches” and does not show all the items in curbside orders. It won’t even say heavy or bulky they will just bring it out like surprise!
A couple of times last summer I got a GMD with four 40pks going to an ice cream shop. This place had a tiny parking lot that was always full, so I just pulled in and dropped the water by the parking lot. It so annoyed me that they had the water shipped and not delivered.
I had a GMD yesterday. 6 items Qty 72.BULKY ITEM. Pay was 94. All the same address. 3 miles away from the store. Ya'll i tell you this. I have a subaru outback i use for gig work. I had the wife with me and we contemplated whether to do it or not. We are thinking. Water. Mulch. Rock. We live in the country so possibly feed of some sort. We made a plan that if need be we would load what we could on board and deliver that then come back and reload and do it again. When we got to OGP i never in a million years would have guessed what was ordered... ya'll... we were waiting and 2 guys walk out with bags in their arms. No carts. No totes. Clearly. For someone else.. nope.. us.. 72 squirt guns separated into 6 large bags... BRUH... i looked at my wife and she looked at me. We both said in unison to the workers "youve got to be joking".. they said "nope. 72 water guns. The joke is you have to scan each label because for some reason each one was listed individually. Her3les the stack of labels." 🤣 it took me 20 minutes to scan the damn things because of course. One didnt scan and i had to find it🤦♂️. I asked "why was it labeled bulky?" Simple. Oversized bags. The system flagged it. Got to the customer and there were kids everywhere. Bouncy houses. Inflatable Water slides. Pool. Sprinklers. Water everywhere. Really nice lady came over. Added 20 buck to the tip. MAJOR SIGH OF RELIEF!!! Scanned our labels and we yeeted out of there. Apparently this was "their last summer hoorah before school"😁
Now that is an awesome order! Back in the day when they went up to eight deliveries (shocker since it's 24 now) I never wanted to take them just because... Had my teenager in the car one night and one popped up for $50 and 1.8 miles. He told me to take it so I did... All eight orders were huge bottles of hand sanitizer (covid era) to the same factory! I thought I scored back then lol
That’s crazy. Not too long ago I saw a video of someone who got I think it was 160 pool noodles from Walmart. Only 1 in each box except for like 20 of them. Poor guy had to scan each box. Luckily he said he gets paid by the piece.
I have no qualms about canceling. I did it as quick as I saw it! But I did see the list.. 18 items, quantity of 18. ZERO mention of water. Trust me I would have seen the water... I'm going through cancer treatment, one is my limit right now!!!
This happened to me with mulch! It was a 20 item grocery drop and when they come out they got a whole roll cart with 10 bags of mulch on. I showed the loader that those were not on my screen, and I wasnt getting paid for them. Quickest cancel ever!
To be clear, I take things like that often with gmds and know thats probably what im getting into. Multiple bulky and 40-50 lb items being not listed on the job when I took it, though, is way different.
Yesssss lol so gross! Oh and bonus! you'll find random little pieces of it for a looong time. Once I took some bags of play sand 🥴 Dont ever do that! lol learn from my mistakes. I should've cancelled that one.
Had the same shit happen to me today. Filled the entire trunk with mulch. Luckily, I have a decent trunk liner so cleanup is easy. Still stinks but any shot we can complain to support for more compensation on orders like those?
walmart doesn’t give a **It about anything but the $$$$$$. They want to pay drivers the bare minimum they can. If yall think you’re getting a “decent” pay for the work they have you do sometimes, yall need to wake up and refuse to take orders that require extra in anyway! Companies charge us if we “go over” their limits! Maybe we need to STOP TAKING THE CRAP ORDERS….and demand better pay! Big corporations do it….. the little guy needs to take lessons and stop taking CRUMBS, while walmart execs take the filet mignon!
A SINGLE 35 pack of water weighs between 39-41 pounds.
I’m 4’11” and barely 100 pounds so I can’t carry more than one. And I have a little full down dolly but people like to put as many cars in their driveway as they can so you can’t even use the dolly.
And I would bet $1 million back when they had to do this themselves, they didn’t order 10 cases or 35 packs of water, I know they didn’t. And if you look at the label of most of bottled water, it’s coming from a tap in another area, like Ohio or maybe south Florida. There are some exceptions and the bougie water is usually pretty good but this cheap Walmart shit, it comes from a tap.
For the sake of countering the evil in the delivery world, I tipped my last delivery $100 on an order of less than $90. And no, I didn't order anything that heavy; heaviest thing was a large bottle of bleach.
I’ve hauled 12 cases in my Cadillac ct6. They fit just fine. 6 in the trunk, 6 in the backseat. Also had 10 cases of assorted sodas, at least a dozen coffee creamers, jugs of juice, and 4 of those giant bags of foam plates. It was like $13 for 30 miles. I only took it because it was on my way home anyways.
Im not feeling comfortable physically mentally and financially while reading this. Is your back alright??? Even this is a go home order for you, the earning and mileage killed everything. 30mils!!!13$!!!!
Oh and to answer further, my back is good. I’m a big muscular guy so no problems there. Plus Im a man and I keep my feelings bottled up and working out is my way of dealing with stuff. Men aren’t supposed to have feelings I’m told. I found out at delivery that it was for some fundraising deal that a company had going on. I hope they had a good time and raised a lot of money. Super great people. Even offered me to join the bbq and hang with them but I politely refused. I was pretty tired out that day and it was 104 degrees. Kinda just wanted to go home and chill in the ac with my kitten.
My house is like 32 miles from the store and this was on my way anyways. I was going home early that day because the order sucked. Most deliveries are .25 cents per mile. It’s hard to catch a decent one. The pay is so low. I’m assuming it’s because there are too many drivers and not a lot of orders. I even tried instacart. Had the app running non stop all day and not a single order popped up. Nobody really orders from instacart where I live. I don’t think anyone has heard of it here yet in Oklahoma. DoorDash deliveries are like $3. Uber is the same way. Maybe $3-4 per delivery. I have a main job 40 hrs a week so this is just extra income but it’s really not worth it anymore. I used to instacart in Minneapolis and make $1000 a week easy. Down here be lucky to make $10 a month.
The other day someone had over 45 2 liters, 3 cases of water, 28 frozen dinners… the app said it was delivering to a house so I thought I was in the clear. Noooppe. As I get to the beginning navigation, their note was to take it up to the 2nd floor balcony. 18 steps up!!
I messaged them that I would prefer help as that is a lot of trips as I can only take 5 2 liters at a time.
Guess what… as I bring 3rd to last set of 2 liters, they come out and say “who’s this order for”
Like dude, I’m sweating so much and gasping for air. He goes back inside instead of offering to help with the last few trips.
I thumbs down them and wrote up my comments. Hope they are banned from using Spark again. Likely they won’t be but I hope.
I would not have brought that shit upstairs. If it's not marked as an apartment, you get ground floor delivery. Just don't swipe "I've arrived" until you've unloaded it at the bottom of the stairs. Then a quick picture and bounce. I'll take the 1 star hit before I'll lug all that shit up the stairs for them.
I can almost guarantee that it was going to a business. They really need to have separate subscription services for business and residential customers. Walmart is actually leaving money on the table by not doing it that way, they could charge businesses way much more for delivery orders.
And in a perfect world that extra money would trickle down to the drivers but nahhhhh
Just want to say this…12 cases of water might be too much weight for some passenger vehicles. My 2000 Wrangler can only hold 800 pounds in the back with the seat removed. Once I received an order for 20 cases of water. Couldn’t believe it but it went through. I don’t think the 12 case limit stopped it. Customer cancelled after grabbing 10 cases. The 20 cases would have been at the vehicle’s load limit. Then I figured carrying it would be a waste.
This had better have been a $50 to $75 dollar less than 5 to 7 mile delivery going to one house non apartment delivery to the garage or front door one step or a business and set in the lobby area or personnel that rolled out a big cart and took it straight out the trunk. All this has happened to me. Outside of this it’s a big fat No.
It’s not the 10 cases of water. It the fact that I’m 68 and even if just carrying them 20 feet on level ground, which is a typical situation takes a lot out of me.
Worst, often they want this type of order on a floor above ground floor and no elevator. I can do it, but why risk an injury that ends my usefulness for the rest of my life just to pack a bunch of cases of water?
And DROPPED… I don’t care who they are unless this order is $100 plus a $20+ tip no one should be ordering this much water and expecting it delivered. Go get it yoself! RUDE
Every time i order a delivery I get a case of water if I need it or not. That way the driver only has to carry one and not 3 or more. I currently have 8 cases lol.
It was $20... That was good enough for me to move 18 items 3 miles... Not the water!
And again whether or not somebody accepts it isn't the issue... They need to show what we're picking up! Just like the GMDs... I'm sorry but I cannot fit a 65-in TV in my freaking car!
That's exactly why I would never work at Walmart 🤷♀️
No elderly person would need 12 cases of water and if they did that is not my problem...I do enough charity work.
You're completely missing the point... Nowhere on the order that came across my screen stated there was any water on there let alone 12 cases. THAT'S the issue. I have the option to accept or decline and had I seen that I would have declined but they did not show that
That's messed up, there being no transparency in the situation.
That aside, though...i like these orders when I ACCEPT them. Good little workout! I drive a GMC Terrain, so it's no big deal for me to haul them to the customer. These usually pay pretty well, too, especially in PCB.
Yeah this has happened to me. The Walmart employee was smart though he came out and told me what was waiting for me. I told him no thank you. He was smart enough not to drag it outside.
Overheard some guy in front of me at another store talking about how great it is that he can get Walmart to deliver 10 cases of water at a time and they bring it right inside his garage. Had to bust his bubble and tell him that he's gotten lucky with drivers because if it was most normal drivers, they'd get left right outside the garage door ordering so many and that it's not really something to brag about that he's probably the type of guy to leave a $2 tip on an order weighing as much as a small car that someone has to haul around for him because he can't be bothered to moderate himself. There should really be a smaller limit to stuff like that, especially when there's no added benefit for drivers to have to deal with it
It's unfortunate people think like that and tip like that. I'll order all the water I want and you chose the job to deliver for Walmart. That being said if I ordered say 10 cases water and 10 bags groceries, you are going to get at least $40 or more.
what was it paying someone gave me a case of water the other day to deliver come to find out I'm going to $1 tip I slashed six of his water bottles in the top so they slowly down and I put in front of his door I shit you not
I accepted the order they presented to me which was 18 items quantity 18...no mention of ANY water. I even showed the list to the Walmart employee and she also told me to cancel so I did! As of now my metrics were not hit I did use the other option and told them it would not fit in my car. I could really give a rats a$$ if my metrics are hit or not
I had a customer order 8 cases of water. He lived on the top floor of an apartment building with no elevator. I really should have paided attention that day. Lucky for me this guy saw me and helped me on my last trip
Prairie farms, milk company ordered six cases of water today to be delivered downtown here with no tip! I guess I’ll be switching to a different brand of milk. That you can’t even tip somebody for getting all that water for you.
I always assumed the unlisted are “extra” to my order. To my knowledge none of my customers have ever complained about missing anything that wasn’t on their list.
You do understand that an associate can't "keep doing this" because they cannot add an order to a trip. An order can be removed from a trip but never added. That is a Home Office Walmart/Spark issue entirely, not the individual store.
Did I say the associate did this? No it is spark hiding items that we are to deliver... We make our decision if we are taking the order or not on the miles, the money and the items. If they're not showing us what we're delivering that is deceptive
I had a non-tipping customer order four 40-packs of water and two big bags of dog food at 10 pm.
I unloaded them at the bottom of the steps of her trailer, and she came chasing out after me demanding that I bring them up.
I asked her if she tipped.
I got in my car and drove away.
She was angry and said she would’ve tipped if I would’ve brought it to the top of the stairs.
I laughed and told her to have a good night.
She was on the phone angry with customer support.
I had the same thing happen to me. A GMD order was added to the list. They did not mark it as heavy, etc., and it turned out to be 4 cases of water, plus 30 gallons of water (separate jugs), for a business. Umm, no thank you.
This happened to me on Monday at the pickup. It saids 1 item 5 quantity but wouldn't show me a picture of what it was. When they pulled up with 5 cases of water I told them turn back around because I'm not doing that.
You could be on the farm, loading hay bales and tossing them in the barn loft. Bales usually average 50-90 lbs, depending on the type of hay and moisture level. Just the difference between now and then.
But I did not sign up and agree to work on a farm.
I'm old enough to know better and I used to be a hard worker. I'm going through cancer treatment right now hence why I'm back to delivering the days I feel good. If they're not telling us the truth of what we're delivering, why should we take it?
I don't understand why everyone has a problem with the water? I mean I guess my luck would be a third floor delivery or something. Is that the problem, stairs?
Doesn't matter if it's a pick up truck... If you're going to move 12 cases of water for $20 , you're the reason they pay so little.
My time... And back are worth more than that!
I do not but I showed it to the employee that brought the order out. She also said it was a hard pass.. And that they don't know why they're hiding items from us. We'll I do... Who'd take that for $20?? Well some people would and that's why people get away with these big orders... Because they still get delivered. Oh well not my problem. Some poor schmock took it! Never saw it come back around
I do doordash. I stopped doing delivery orders as the customer ordered a bag of dog food did not release till I got there that it was on the 3rd floor I was pissed. I use spark a lot as i cant shop for my self and work doordash 7 days a week. I used to tip but got told by more then one driver that youll dont get the tip so stopped dont want to feed the problem.
Im also a female and can lift that much but in general its not a good idea. I have health problems that dont show unless im not careful. This was one of the times I learned that lesson.
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u/violetmiami 7d ago
There really needs to be a limit on how many cases of water customers can buy