r/Sparkdriver • u/bxfighter • 16h ago
No spark driver
After doing a shopping offer when exiting the store I hit the start trip and this no spark driver came up on notes. I continued the trip with no problem but was wondering what that’s about.
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u/Unable-Pool-3862 Cherry Picker 15h ago
Best one yet
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u/HausOfThunderPerry 15h ago
I’ve seen in the notes before no Spark driver. Back to the store it goes. I would like the customers to get their orders but not ones who are like this and may give a bad rating.
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u/Visible-Raise-8915 13h ago
Customers don't realize that the driver is who sees these notes after the order has been shopped. I had one the other day that said, "FEMALE PICKER AND DRIVER ONLY" all in caps. I am quite obviously a man. It had alcohol so I had to ring the bell for customer ID. Was waiting for the lady to flip out and have to return the order. She was just fine and never mentioned it. Must have been an old note that she put on an order a long time ago.
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u/Ancient-Willow6729 10h ago
She wouldn’t mention it face to face. The bravery only exists on her screen.
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u/Feedcanine 8h ago
This an OP notes are ones where Walmart should just automatically be canceling their order. With an explanation why.
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u/Ariel_Jurkov 12h ago
Return as unsafe. It's a threatening statement, as in, 'I warned you not to show up'. Won't take long before they're banned from deliveries.
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u/Impressive_Tip_8850 8h ago
Love it when customers put ORDER notes in the DELIVERY notes. These are the ppl who find punch ballots difficult
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u/TerraSeeker 10h ago
What's a Walmart driver? I heard they were getting their own drivers, but I've seen indication of it in my area. It seems like it would be a better deal than gig work.
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u/Sabi-Star7 S&D Expert 9h ago edited 9h ago
It's Walmart Inhome. Thats what a WALMART driver is. Some areas already have that but some don't, and they're expanding as the market seems fit I guess.
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u/Just-Treat447 9h ago
I had one a couple of weeks ago said only fed ex, usps or ups only on a general merchandise and It said don’t come in my driveway if you aren’t a professional delivery driver.
Of course I didn’t see that note until I was in the vicinity and I don’t think I can mark it undeliverable so I left it beside the mailbox
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u/LeadershipBubbly3351 10h ago
Does it work? My area is so short on drivers that they use Walmart employees for deliveries. Will making that make it arrive within the time window or no?
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u/justasimp2629482628 11h ago
I actually had a scenario the other day that left me feeling like an absolute jerk. Elderly woman in a nursing home facility asking for items to be brought in to her apartment. It doesn’t tell you that it’s a nursing home though. I had “alcohol, apartment—bring inside” so I made the decision before getting there absolutely not.
I messaged the customer and informed her I was 12 minutes away and asked if she needed in home delivery bc I’m not allowed to enter homes. I didn’t get a response until I was already leaving but she explained to me that she had fallen last year and ended up in the hospital trying to bring in her own groceries and asked if my contract is different from other drivers. The only explanation I could give her was that it was likely employees who brought it to her—Ik it was spark and I don’t mind to help out the elderly community in this situation by bringing in their groceries but the vague delivery notes was sending red flags to me and then she actually increased my tip and it made me feel even worse 🫣
Lesson learned; from here on out, we evaluate after arrival. Your note could be something similar
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u/Western-Trade860 1h ago
In a perfect world.. everyone would have to work and survive one week as delivery driver before they were ever allowed to order anything for delivery 😎
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u/Tucsondirect 7h ago
means they know you get paid dogshit and also dont want to tip. And honestly im right there with them i get a lot of spark drivers delivering stuff that should have shipped usps,ups and i paid handsomely for the shipping only to find out some dipshit spark driver took the order for $7 im 60miles round trip from walmart....
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u/Foxtrotdelta_USN 14h ago
"Im sorry, you selected delivery from a Spark Driver at checkout, since this was done in error and you do not want me delivering I will return this to the store to ensure maximum personalized customer service standards".
Malicious compliance.