The Mystery Shopping thread - part 5

ellie9ellie

cookinmummy wrote: »

My first was bang on 10 days late (natural labour happened during the night before I was supposed to be induced), second exactly ten days late too (during the day before I was due to be induced) - I think the fear of induction did it! I tried everything too to encourage the them out - but they were determined!

But despite lateness both were quick and natural (no drugs) - five hours for the first and 1hr 30 for the second - midwife said I just cook babies for longer and that if I have a third they wouldn't bother booking me in for an induction until I was well over two weeks late!:eek:

You've got to be kidding me!!! My first was 28 hours long and I felt every minute of it lol. She was born in a Birth Centre mind and not a hospital so as natural as possible for me too. Hopefully this one will be a lot, lot, lot quicker and I'm hoping for natural again. Hmm wonder if birth centres get MSed as well? Now there's a thought - I could kill two birds with one stone :rotfl:

mimi1234

johnny_c-l wrote: »

How did you manage to get the whole lot mimi? I only managed to get one train coffee job in your area and that was all they'd allow me to have before dissapearing! I'll keep an eye out for you tomorrow!

Neither do I. I went on last week and picked one, and the others all went. Logged on again the next day, and another 3 were there. Took 1, the other, and then the other too. I'm a happy bunny. That's 4 lunches for me (they ask you to buy a coffee/bottle of water, but the reimbursement is £3, so you might as well buy something else with it). Plus I had already picked another visit at the train station a week before that. Got a RM visit to do which pays my train fare. And I got a gym visit for RE too. Go me. Go me. Go me.

ellie9ellie

sinderella wrote: »

At least you're still keeping an eye on your weight, princess, I simply can't bear to look!:o

Thankfully I've not put on a lot of weight but if a pizza job comes up - who cares - I'll just jog around the close with the baby in the buggy - or if I'm lucky I'll find a gym job!! I keep refreshing GAP's pages to see if anything loads up but nothing yet. Checked my e-mails and they were listed at around 9.00pm last month so will keep trying!!

RoxyK

RoxyK wrote: »

Oh heck! I can't pass a GFK test for a call I have tomorrow where I have to ask for a leaflet.......I've never failed a test before and am baffled as to whats wrong! Anyone else done this one that is less dim than me & could pm me???

Crisis over. Sorted it though the answer they wanted isn't the one in the notes.....anyway all good now and thanks cranezoe for offering to help

princess_leia_3

I think the Gap jobs are coming - the underground sarnies are showing 515!!! but there are not that many in the list yet.....run....;)

edit down to 500 now but I think its mutiple shops in one location, but none near me, which is prob a good thing LOL

sinderella_2

ellie9ellie wrote: »

You've got to be kidding me!!! My first was 28 hours long and I felt every minute of it lol. She was born in a Birth Centre mind and not a hospital so as natural as possible for me too. Hopefully this one will be a lot, lot, lot quicker and I'm hoping for natural again. Hmm wonder if birth centres get MSed as well? Now there's a thought - I could kill two birds with one stone :rotfl:

She sure is a lucky mare:D, Ellie. My first was 29 hours - been at it for ages, was tired and got nowhere so the home birth turned into hospital, drip, epidural. Anyhow I'll say no more cos the boys won't like it and it's not really the thread for it!

Second was 10 hours - only gas and air - and third was 6 hours with no pain relief whatsoever - yipeeee! I was so proud!

ellie9ellie

If GAP pay on the 24th and the 24th is a Sunday this month with the 25th being a bank holiday - does that mean payment should be made on Friday 23rd? Any ideas? Nothing coming up on GAP for me yet apart from a burger job I can't do as I'm doing one for the same place the week before.

steelercaz13

Ugh, ever have one of those days where you wish you could just start again?!

Had a good start last night, when picked up 3 September jobs from Gap. Plan for today - leave the office at lunchtime, to head down South to a hotel. Tonight go and do a Gap job at a nearby outlet. Tomorrow, meeting near hotel first thing,then head back up motorway, and do a job for BARE just off the motorway. Oh so well planned, with hours built in to spare....

Nope, course it couldn't work that easy - TomTom wouldn't work, at all, not even for a second, so had to stumble down here with the help of a map - a skill I'm out of practice at! Torrential rain all the way, and really dull and bad visibility - nasty driving weather. Got a puncture, so stopped at Watford Gap, no problem, AA guy helped me change wheel. Set off again, but a few miles north of Newport Pagnell services, my (new, spacesaver) tyre blew!! I know they didn't last long, but he'd assured me it'd get me down here.

So cue 2 hours sat by the motorway, waiting for a tow. Towed to Newport Pagnell services, to wait for a courtesty car. Aarrghhh! :mad: Had to message Gap and apologise that I won't be able to make this evenings assignment, and cancel it. And that's going to show against me, despite there being nothing I can do! Hurrumph.

Okay, feel better now... Fingers crossed for a better tomorrow!!

82much

GAP are on!

Hollypear

That's really awful. We all get days like that. Never mind usually a good day is just round the next corner. And I don't see how GYP could hold that against you. You did your best and let them know.

I love how some of the MS'ing companies though have such double standards.

Our spelling etc has to be perfect yet they have spelling mistakes on briefing notes and whopping grammar errors. We have to keep bang on time yet they have delays for no reason in paying us. Or they make an error and say it will be made up at the next pay date.