The Mystery Shopping Thread - X

look_after_the_pennies

squidgeum wrote: »

I know what you mean....I got an email from them about a pub meal just 5 mins from me in a lovely little Suffolk country pub, but although I went straight to RE there's no sign of it :rolleyes:.

Oh no, I could be the guilty party! Does it have an animal for its name?

TractorGirl327

weeg wrote: »

Ah, I lied. It's now gone rejected/cancelled in my box. Wonder why.

Maybe Hollypear (whose name isn't really Holly :eek:) managed to get it eventually

KaramelRose

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

Maybe Hollypear (whose name isn't really Holly :eek:) managed to get it eventually

Which is weird as my name is actually Holly! And my surname begins with P so when people say HP or HollyP I have to double take!

ukmonkey

Alan1968 wrote: »

I do occasionally if I've got a few time specific shops and I know I'll be waiting around. It's not bad for doing Gap reports but being honest others I'm as well waiting til I get home as using up dongle credit.

Or find a McD's - free wifi there!

TractorGirl327

ukmonkey wrote: »

Or find a McD's - free wifi there!

I've tried out the free Wifi in 2 different MacD's - managed to connect to the Cloud, but couldn't access anything on the web. Good job I've got free web browsing on my mobile phone!

sophie131

I've not had any problems connecting to the net in Maccy D's on my ipod before, so hopefully it will stay the same with my netbook!

weeg

It's still on the job board. Never thought I could feel rejected as not being good enough to eat fried chicken - which is a real guilty pleasure of mine. Especially when I'm hungover.

Alan1968_2

ukmonkey wrote: »

Or find a McD's - free wifi there!

Only do burger joints for payment

BerryDelight

I was in Esso today (as I have no idea who they are a client for I take it posting the company name is ok?!) going about my buying petrol business only to spot on the cashiers till, stuck down and clearly visable the following....
"How to spot the August Mystery Shopper...."
They will not purchase fuel and will buy one bottle of water which is on offer and a bag of ......missed that bit.
You must make them aware the bottles of water are on offer and show them the toilets. Do not look as if you have been made aware they are mystery shoppers."
It was typed out and very official looking which made me think Esso are alerting their staff to mystery shoppers?? Surely that defeats the purpose?

GemzyKate

BerryDelight wrote: »

It was typed out and very official looking which made me think Esso are alerting their staff to mystery shoppers?? Surely that defeats the purpose?

You would think so! But when I used to work in a bank, we were competing against each branch to get the highest MS score. So those instructions could well have been written by the store manager to boost his figures!