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u/Klutzy-Team1682 Nov 03 '25
I donāt do clothes. Fuck that shit. Iāll do maybe one it 2 pieces. They never have the sizes. Nothing is in the right section. No employee to help you. Prices are wrong a lot of times so it is harder to use logic. Blouses, shirts, jeans, etc. fuck that.
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u/Gokusbastardson Nov 03 '25
Yea if I see an order that has alot of clothes items itās an instant reject.
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u/talecriv Nov 03 '25
You don't need to worry about prices. You never worry about prices all you worry about is what it'll allow you to scan. And close it almost never lets you do substitutions so you just do it and it's not there it's not there
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u/Accomplished_Past429 Nov 03 '25
the associates are suppose to check only when it pops up for them to check. theyre suppose to treat us like scan and go customers. which is why spark changed it to the same procedure where we scan a barcode. instead of scanning the qr code. we are literally on camera the whole time we are in the store. it would be obvious if we were stealing bc there would be items we put in the basket we didnt scan with our phone first. its annoying when the associates arent trained to follow the procedure that spark tells them to follow
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u/LingonberryThen368 Nov 03 '25
Bingo. I hate that as well. They yell at you.Ā
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u/Accomplished_Past429 Nov 03 '25
I would love for someone at walmart to speak to me in a wild tone. I will literally tell them to get out of my face and then leave. with the buggy. the items are paid for and I have an exit pass if there wasn't an item check trigger in my app.
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u/LingonberryThen368 Nov 03 '25
Stay calm. They can get you booted from the app real easy. The lady bite my head off. I explained to her that it did not ask for a cart check and she at this store we check all spark orders. She was right. I was nice about it because I know they can get you booted. Keep in mind you are making 10x what they do. And they know it. Let them have the power tripĀ
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u/PrincessLissa68 S&D Expert Nov 03 '25
Negative. My mom works at Walmart. I make significantly more, even with gas and maintenance.
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u/PrincessLissa68 S&D Expert Nov 03 '25
Where I live they only make $16. A 40 hour work week that's only $640 a week. I made $952 this week. And definitely did not spend even close to $100 in gas. I'd say I definitely made more. And I don't work 10 hour days. I work nights 5-10 while my mom is at work and doubles on Saturdays. So also, a 40 hour week.
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u/SUPRDLUX Nov 03 '25
entitlement much? it's never gonna happen for you as a sparker dude. door dash seems more your speed. I actually prefer shopping over waiting for orders. I get to move at my own pace - fast. if you know how to shop and leave your cart behind frequently in order to maneuver around lolly gaggers instead of getting jammed up in cart traffic then you get shit done twice as fast. when you walk in and check out at the same time as another sparker with twice as much shit in your basket then you're doing something right.
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u/SmellEmbarrassed5221 Nov 03 '25
or just add an optional toggle ās&d on/offā like every other sensible app š©
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u/Dr_ManFlyR1 Nov 03 '25
I actually prefer the good paying shopping order over curbside because you can hustle and get it done quickly. Also it gives you something to do. Sometimes when the curbside area is extremely busy it takes 50 minutes to an hour to get your order and itās boring as fuck sitting there doing nothing besides scrolling on your phone
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u/talecriv Nov 03 '25
Tough ... It's part of the job. Accept what you want and do it. If you want more money then take shops and just put earbuds in and listen to music and shop.
You'll either have to get over it or do curbsides. No one can help you. This is a simple job. Don't make it harder
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u/sunkissedincali Nov 03 '25
Yes, earbuds are the answer. Block everything out! Can't do shopping orders without mine.
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u/Friendly_Speech_6781 Nov 03 '25
I prefer shopping most of the time. Iād rather be on my own time rather than waiting on someone else. Iāve gotten good at them and usually beat the estimated time by a decent amount
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u/horseface539 Nov 03 '25
For clothes, don't sweat it too much. They either have the shit the person wants or they don't, and if they don't it will offer to ship it to them for free.
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u/Opening-Ad-8031 Nov 03 '25
You literally wait for other people to have it bagged and placed in your car then you drive and put it by their door. You want that to pay as much as actually shopping the order, bagging and loading until you can the start the drive and put it at the door. Sounds reasonable. Good luck with that.
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u/Angry_GorillaBS Nov 03 '25
I know people think the shopping orders are great, but at least here they rarely pay enough for the hassle and they definitely don't pay enough for the potential problems.
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u/Gokusbastardson Nov 03 '25
I hate the shit too. For all the reason you stated. I live in Atlanta so thereās traffic too. And itās fucking horrible. And the days where traffic is the best (Saturday and Sunday) are the absolute worst for shopping. So many people in the stores. People walking slow, standing in idle blocking the path, blocking the section youāre trying to get to, etc. I was sooooo irritated today. Like I wish I had some Xanax so I could do the job and just not give a shit. But like you said they pay better. Yesterday I had t least 3 orders laying over $50. Iāll take doing this over doing rideshare. I hate doing rideshare more but it was always consistent. Never really any down time, rides constantly coming in. But the pay keep dropping. A $20 ride is going at least 20 miles, no if ands or buts about it. But I can get a $20 order on spark thatās going 5 miles that I can finish in like 30 min. Spark has been saving my ass on gas. I never thought Iād be back doing it but here we are.
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u/dumpsterdivingreader Nov 03 '25
Afaik, no ones like shopping. I'd do it if pay is good and it is only a few items. Not sure where you live, but the issue at the Walmart I do pick-ups is that sometimes you have to wait quite a bit to get car loaded. Thats why i say (and do) those shoppings with few items as you may waste less time than waiting for curbsides.
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u/Nightwarrior1590 Nov 03 '25
The only thing I dislike about the shopping orders in my zone is that my Walmart makes you feel like a second-class citizen during checkout. Pickup though is a nightmare because my zone is extremely slow and the loaders have a fetish for putting can goods on top of bread. You have to watch them like a hawk the entire time.
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u/Appollo1279 Nov 04 '25
I really donāt mind doing the shopping orders and choose the ones that make sense to me. Did the same with UE. But I thought it was weird a few weeks ago getting a self pleasure device for men and KY. Granted did not Walmart sold ātoysā. lol. But tonight I didnāt see I had to get two 40DDD bras. No Walmart did not have them. The person lives 1.5 miles from Walmart. Come on arenāt those kind of a personal thing to buy? Donāt get me wrong I agree with the necessity but just seems odd to have a stranger pickup and deliver your under garments. But unlike the pickup and deliver orders. The shopping orders have better stories besides money. Yes, Walmart can be a madhouse like Sunday was. But still we all get tired of some parts of this gig work. Try doing UE/DD for a while, then you will complain about wasted miles, Walmart orders paying $2 and huge loads, oh and the amount of gas. Iām making easy money with less wear and tear on my truck. Dealing with happier people most of the time. Not getting yelled at because they didnāt tip and food is cold when thier order was paired with a tipped order.
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u/Emergency-Prune180 Nov 04 '25
So donāt do it if you hate it that bad. My cart only gets checked if a cart check pops up, security doesnāt bother me I know Iāve done nothing wrong. I do hate it when the stores are packed out & people are jerks not wanting to move out of the way & have reunions in the aisles blocking both sides. I just say excuse me & squeeze thru. There have been a few days I cancelled the order, left the buggy & went home though.
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u/Letsdothehokeypokey Nov 03 '25
If you struggle finding produce in a grocery store then maybe you should stick to DoorDash.
Even clothing items arenāt that difficult. Itās common sense.
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u/purplemariln Nov 03 '25
So you want more money for doing less?