I got deactivated from the Walmart Spark app after I got in a car accident. I wasn't even working when it happened.

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A dark grey Audi SUV with damage to its hood and front sits on a sidewalk on the side of the road next to a utility pole that's been broken off of its base. Houses and trees are visible in the background.
Adrian Youngblood's car was totaled after he hit a telephone pole.

Adrian Youngblood

I'm a delivery driver and I get better tips from apartments than gated communities

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A delivery driver checks his phone near a trunk full of shopping bags.
A delivery driver in Arkansas says she's noticed that customers in higher-income neighborhoods tend to tip less than those in lower-income apartments.

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Walmart Spark shoppers can remove their tips up to 24 hours after delivery. Drivers say that contributes to a problem of 'tip baiting.'

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A customer in the parking lot of a Walmart store
While tip baiting happens on other apps, six contractors who make deliveries for Spark said the problem was particularly bad on Walmart's delivery service.

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