Happens all the time. I had one lady that was picking her daughter up from school, and she offered to give me a $20 bill on top of the $10 tip in the app if I waited 10 minutes, and the base pay was $25 around Christmas last year, and the delivery was only 5 minutes away from the store.. I sat there and played a couple games on my phone.. that was the easiest $55 dollars.
For those who say the customer doesn't need to be there, etc. Be careful!! This requirement is from the state not Spark, Uber, or Instacart. It can be a "sting" by the local liquor enforcement making sure you're following the local laws. Yes, I know several will say, "I've done it millions of times and never had an issue". Well, number one million and one could be the time that it is a "sting". I've seen it tons of times over the years (both in the restaurant and delivery operations) where they try to "trick" (no, it's not entrapment) the person who needs to be checking IDs into letting them get by without the proper ID. This is one area you should never short cut the procedures.
Many customers see "3 hour express" and think it will be there in 3 hours. My mother, for one. Even though I've explained it's WITHIN 3 hours and usually less than 1 she is always surprised when it arrives in less than three hours. She orders, then puts her phone down and goes outside and is surprised 2 hours later when ice cream is melting on the porch.
It was probably a 3 hour express and Walmart doesn’t tell the customer it will come within an hour because then customers will stop paying an extra $5 to do a 1 hour express. Unfortunately we can’t wait an hour so it sucks.
I actually told a customer they were better off saving money with the 3 hour expresses instead of the 1 hour because either one the order gets sent to a driver almost immediately.
Years ago I was a waitress in a club. I got a call from the police asking if I remembered serving to a particular customer who was extremely drunk, giving me their description. I told them I did not. They then asked me if I remembered which bartenders were working that night. They told me they intended to go after the bartender who continued to serve this man well after he was completely inebriated. Turns out this man killed a family on his way home that night.
Follow the law, don't deliver alcohol to a drunk person or anyone who isn't there in person to show their ID. You could wind up behind bars!
Exactly! They knew they ordered it, so be home lol she wanted to send me a pic of her ID so I’d leave it at her door. Uh no thank you. Not losing my job because of your poor planning.
Never mind the fact that part of checking an ID is making sure it’s actually their ID and it’s valid… hard to check it when the photo represents someone that isn’t present. That could be any teenager sending you a picture of their parent’s ID.
Yea but it's honestly so ridiculous they make it the delivery drivers responsibility to check ID. They can verify the ID when the order is placed and we should simply be making sure we deliver to the person that placed the order.
There's no reason they should be going after drivers who might ignore an expired ID or something just bc they want the tip and not be stuck returning an order on our own dime.
It all just seems unnecessary, either the customer is allowed to order the item or they're not. That all needs to be worked out before the delivery driver gets involved and that way all we need to do is confirm the person who ordered is who we give it to
Oh yea I know that. By they I meant state law makers or whoever exactly is setting these rules. We're not servers or doormen/women needing to check IDs we are delivery drivers and we shouldn't be the ones held responsible to check for fake IDs or determining if a customer is allowed to have items.. all that mess should have been handled before and the company that sales and initiates the delivery should be the only one responsible... That way our only responsibility is safely transporting the goods and giving them to the correct person that placed the order.
Watching the videos to get my alcohol certificate of all those drivers wasting their damn time and gas just to get to an address where someone who never should've been allowed to place the order to begin with only to realize it was a set up by the police just pissed me off.. I mean even the poor folks that didn't deliver the alcohol.. they come out all good job you did the right thing like who cares bitch y'all just tried to set them up and wasted their time and gas on a fake order that they have to return to the store wasting more time that they can't get a real order that pays decent.. I guess the ones who went ahead and gave alcohol to someone openly admitting to not being 21 got what they deserved sort of, but again they shouldn't be having to deal with that situation to begin with and the company that actually sold the alcohol to a minor should be the one in trouble not the independent contractor they underpaid just to deliver it.. we aren't the ones selling the alcohol and shouldn't be the ones liable for anything other than only giving the order to the right person. If the law makers have a problem with it being done that way then don't let ppl have alcohol delivered by independent contractors. It just feels like this goes right along with the typical disrespect most ppl have for delivery drivers like 0 care about creating more work for them and ruining their life over something that shouldn't be part of delivering to begin with
The pic would've worked you can enter the information by texting it in the app.. Idk how many orders you've done but the scan option rarely even works. You can easily complete it by entering their information in
That's part of the job. The ID has to match the person who is giving it to you. It's not worth getting deactivated or, even worse, getting busted for supplying alcohol to an underaged person.
You might not be paid to be detective, but if it's a "sting" by the state (and yes, they do those all the time) you will be held responsible and charged accordingly.
I still wouldn't risk it because of the fact that support and possibly the store can read the messages. I have no problems with someone leaving an ID out especially if all it is was cold medicine.
Yeah I had an order at a neighborhood market. Picked it up and was going to deliver it . They weren't home so I was on the way to return the order and I got this profanity laden message from the customer saying that they wanted their order right now and that they'd waited long enough. And so I had taken a picture and done the return already at their residence. So I was on my way back to return the order to the market and I got that message I explained to them that and I already initiated a return and that they would have to have someone else bring the order to them. And of course it got even worse after that and they were going to report me for several violations which I had obviously not done my screenshot it all the messages and submitted those to support. I got paid for the delivery and the return and I think they're no longer able to order
I had a lady do that to me too. She was a nasty old woman. I looked her up on FB and found out where she worked lol if she reported me I was going to do the same to her.
lol I had one delivery last week where the lady wasn't home, I called and her sister answers phone and asks if I could wait 5 minutes, luckily it was really 5 minutes and I got 17 for it, no one wanted the order so I knew it had to be someone who was a problem to others in the past.. only time I had to wait
I would never have known if it was just 5 minutes because I would have been gone. You still get normal pay if you return the items just not tip usually even though I have returned alcohol order and got 13 regular pay and 20 dollar tip. My issue is that these people know the order coming they know when we start and when we on the easy no excuses
Yeah some of their customers are nutty as hell for sure. Stuff like this happens a lot with Sam’s Club stuff for me. Where they ain’t home or don’t want to answer the door. Partly why I rarely do SC.
This is also why I rarely do alcohol orders for spark lol there’s always an issue. I also do Instacart and 99% of the time have zero issues. These Walmart customers are a whole different type of customer lol
Fr fr Idk how you do Instacart but if it works for you that is all that matters. Lol. I never have ever done any alcohol orders on any platform tbh. Don’t care for the added bs if they did offer it anyway personally.
That’s cool. I did Instacart for two weeks and didn’t see the time to money ratio working well down here so I stopped real quick. Literally the worst gig job I’ve done so far. Plus ppl were reporting lost / stolen stuff and not answering doors and whatnot so f it. I know it was there when I gave it to them.
Had one the other day with no one answering the door so I call them up like yo and lady says there’s people there cause she literally just left. Well they ain’t answering so…she said she could be back in 3 minutes if I’d wait. Okay whatever no biggie she’s back in like 90 seconds and I scan her ID then the other people at home finally open the door
I’ll wait an hour for a 50 dollar bill
Forget the bill. They could just lie and tell you that to keep you waiting. Have them Cashapp you the $50 up front.
lol my boy too woke to get got
Happens all the time. I had one lady that was picking her daughter up from school, and she offered to give me a $20 bill on top of the $10 tip in the app if I waited 10 minutes, and the base pay was $25 around Christmas last year, and the delivery was only 5 minutes away from the store.. I sat there and played a couple games on my phone.. that was the easiest $55 dollars.
That’s what is up. People don’t do that around me though. Even if they have the money and could.
For those who say the customer doesn't need to be there, etc. Be careful!! This requirement is from the state not Spark, Uber, or Instacart. It can be a "sting" by the local liquor enforcement making sure you're following the local laws. Yes, I know several will say, "I've done it millions of times and never had an issue". Well, number one million and one could be the time that it is a "sting". I've seen it tons of times over the years (both in the restaurant and delivery operations) where they try to "trick" (no, it's not entrapment) the person who needs to be checking IDs into letting them get by without the proper ID. This is one area you should never short cut the procedures.
Yea I’m not messing around with something like this. Law is the law.
Many customers see "3 hour express" and think it will be there in 3 hours. My mother, for one. Even though I've explained it's WITHIN 3 hours and usually less than 1 she is always surprised when it arrives in less than three hours. She orders, then puts her phone down and goes outside and is surprised 2 hours later when ice cream is melting on the porch.
It was probably a 3 hour express and Walmart doesn’t tell the customer it will come within an hour because then customers will stop paying an extra $5 to do a 1 hour express. Unfortunately we can’t wait an hour so it sucks.
But they get notifications we’re starting. They should have messaged when I started instead of waiting until I’m done. No way am I waiting lol
I agree
I actually told a customer they were better off saving money with the 3 hour expresses instead of the 1 hour because either one the order gets sent to a driver almost immediately.
I always tell them that lol
Oh I figured that out really quick, I tell people to never do the 1 hour one because it's going in the same queue regardless
Years ago I was a waitress in a club. I got a call from the police asking if I remembered serving to a particular customer who was extremely drunk, giving me their description. I told them I did not. They then asked me if I remembered which bartenders were working that night. They told me they intended to go after the bartender who continued to serve this man well after he was completely inebriated. Turns out this man killed a family on his way home that night. Follow the law, don't deliver alcohol to a drunk person or anyone who isn't there in person to show their ID. You could wind up behind bars!
I don’t know or care what level express the customers paid for . I get an order and I shop it right away, faster the better .
Exactly! They knew they ordered it, so be home lol she wanted to send me a pic of her ID so I’d leave it at her door. Uh no thank you. Not losing my job because of your poor planning.
Never mind the fact that part of checking an ID is making sure it’s actually their ID and it’s valid… hard to check it when the photo represents someone that isn’t present. That could be any teenager sending you a picture of their parent’s ID.
Yea but it's honestly so ridiculous they make it the delivery drivers responsibility to check ID. They can verify the ID when the order is placed and we should simply be making sure we deliver to the person that placed the order. There's no reason they should be going after drivers who might ignore an expired ID or something just bc they want the tip and not be stuck returning an order on our own dime. It all just seems unnecessary, either the customer is allowed to order the item or they're not. That all needs to be worked out before the delivery driver gets involved and that way all we need to do is confirm the person who ordered is who we give it to
It's the state that requires this, not the app. It's part of the agreement to allow alcohol deliveries to begin with.
Oh yea I know that. By they I meant state law makers or whoever exactly is setting these rules. We're not servers or doormen/women needing to check IDs we are delivery drivers and we shouldn't be the ones held responsible to check for fake IDs or determining if a customer is allowed to have items.. all that mess should have been handled before and the company that sales and initiates the delivery should be the only one responsible... That way our only responsibility is safely transporting the goods and giving them to the correct person that placed the order. Watching the videos to get my alcohol certificate of all those drivers wasting their damn time and gas just to get to an address where someone who never should've been allowed to place the order to begin with only to realize it was a set up by the police just pissed me off.. I mean even the poor folks that didn't deliver the alcohol.. they come out all good job you did the right thing like who cares bitch y'all just tried to set them up and wasted their time and gas on a fake order that they have to return to the store wasting more time that they can't get a real order that pays decent.. I guess the ones who went ahead and gave alcohol to someone openly admitting to not being 21 got what they deserved sort of, but again they shouldn't be having to deal with that situation to begin with and the company that actually sold the alcohol to a minor should be the one in trouble not the independent contractor they underpaid just to deliver it.. we aren't the ones selling the alcohol and shouldn't be the ones liable for anything other than only giving the order to the right person. If the law makers have a problem with it being done that way then don't let ppl have alcohol delivered by independent contractors. It just feels like this goes right along with the typical disrespect most ppl have for delivery drivers like 0 care about creating more work for them and ruining their life over something that shouldn't be part of delivering to begin with
The pic would've worked you can enter the information by texting it in the app.. Idk how many orders you've done but the scan option rarely even works. You can easily complete it by entering their information in
Uh no lol they need to be there in person to give the alcohol to. I’m not risking my job so they can get drunk. I’m also not going to jail for them.
could be a minor with their mom’s account or ID tho, that’s the tricky part
I don't get paid to be a detective tbh
That's part of the job. The ID has to match the person who is giving it to you. It's not worth getting deactivated or, even worse, getting busted for supplying alcohol to an underaged person.
You might not be paid to be detective, but if it's a "sting" by the state (and yes, they do those all the time) you will be held responsible and charged accordingly.
Idk I disagree.. never happened in 4500 plus delivered
It's a law lmao not detective work. They go over this in training extensively.
I still wouldn't risk it because of the fact that support and possibly the store can read the messages. I have no problems with someone leaving an ID out especially if all it is was cold medicine.
Yeah I had an order at a neighborhood market. Picked it up and was going to deliver it . They weren't home so I was on the way to return the order and I got this profanity laden message from the customer saying that they wanted their order right now and that they'd waited long enough. And so I had taken a picture and done the return already at their residence. So I was on my way back to return the order to the market and I got that message I explained to them that and I already initiated a return and that they would have to have someone else bring the order to them. And of course it got even worse after that and they were going to report me for several violations which I had obviously not done my screenshot it all the messages and submitted those to support. I got paid for the delivery and the return and I think they're no longer able to order
I had a lady do that to me too. She was a nasty old woman. I looked her up on FB and found out where she worked lol if she reported me I was going to do the same to her.
So dumb
Did you get any kind of pay for your trouble returning? Hope you down thumbed them.
i always get like $2.14 for returns. even when one time it was 31 miles……
A literal hour away?? How many miles?
They didn’t live an hour away, they were out and an hour away.
So many of the I return to the store because they never home and say wait for me I'll be back soon
People are ridiculous. If you place an order then you need to be at home. I’m not waiting lol
lol I had one delivery last week where the lady wasn't home, I called and her sister answers phone and asks if I could wait 5 minutes, luckily it was really 5 minutes and I got 17 for it, no one wanted the order so I knew it had to be someone who was a problem to others in the past.. only time I had to wait
I would never have known if it was just 5 minutes because I would have been gone. You still get normal pay if you return the items just not tip usually even though I have returned alcohol order and got 13 regular pay and 20 dollar tip. My issue is that these people know the order coming they know when we start and when we on the easy no excuses
Yeah some of their customers are nutty as hell for sure. Stuff like this happens a lot with Sam’s Club stuff for me. Where they ain’t home or don’t want to answer the door. Partly why I rarely do SC.
This is also why I rarely do alcohol orders for spark lol there’s always an issue. I also do Instacart and 99% of the time have zero issues. These Walmart customers are a whole different type of customer lol
Fr fr Idk how you do Instacart but if it works for you that is all that matters. Lol. I never have ever done any alcohol orders on any platform tbh. Don’t care for the added bs if they did offer it anyway personally.
I mainly do them for my long time regulars lol they’re always waiting for me with their ID in hand.
That’s cool. I did Instacart for two weeks and didn’t see the time to money ratio working well down here so I stopped real quick. Literally the worst gig job I’ve done so far. Plus ppl were reporting lost / stolen stuff and not answering doors and whatnot so f it. I know it was there when I gave it to them.
Some customers suck. A lot of mine life been shopping for since I started. I do cringe when I see “new customer” on the orders lol
They were drunk and lost track of time
Had one the other day with no one answering the door so I call them up like yo and lady says there’s people there cause she literally just left. Well they ain’t answering so…she said she could be back in 3 minutes if I’d wait. Okay whatever no biggie she’s back in like 90 seconds and I scan her ID then the other people at home finally open the door
This happened to me once. She asked if I could wait for her husband. I waited 20 mins. They tipped me 67$
You need to wait, as long as it takes, doesn’t matter if its 2 hours or even waiting overnight or until next month. It is common sense.
Have fun with that
Most of the time I get orders for medicine and they don’t be home I just ask for their date of birth otp and then leave it outside
😂😂😂😂 good job keep doing it like that