The Mystery Shopping Thread - X

pinkprincess39

Is it easy to find the details of what matches are playing and when in the shop? The horses scenario was ok but Im concerned that I;ll stand out if I look lost!!
Can it be a foreign match? I think gyp want a match played that day or the next and I can only find details online of foreign matches
ta !

Sassers

Hi everyone - I was just wondering, can you buy a tiny scanner at all? - one that would plug into a laptop? It's just with Maccy D's having wifi, if there was a portable scanner to do the reciepts it would make my MS jobs while out on the road driving; a doddle. As I drive a lot for my full time job, having a scanner would be fab - especially as I go to north Wales a heck of a lot.
I have one of those Nokia E71 phones and I got dead excited when i noticed it had a barcode scanner but it doesn't seem to work for reciepts (boo lol).
Love Sassersx

TractorGirl327

Sassers wrote: »

Hi everyone - I was just wondering, can you buy a tiny scanner at all? - one that would plug into a laptop? It's just with *******'s having wifi, if there was a portable scanner to do the reciepts it would make my MS jobs while out on the road driving; a doddle. As I drive a lot for my full time job, having a scanner would be fab - especially as I go to north Wales a heck of a lot.
I have one of those Nokia E71 phones and I got dead excited when i noticed it had a barcode scanner but it doesn't seem to work for reciepts (boo lol).
Love Sassersx

No idea but please take the client name out your post.

Why not take a photo of the receipt with your mobile and email it to your laptop? Or transfer the picture via bluetooth?

Lil_Me_2

Something like this? http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=48351

Edit - I didn't think she was talking about a client in the post, I don't know anyone who'd fill in their report using the clients own wifi haha.

Sassers

Good idea Lil_Me I didn't think of Maplin. Using the clients wifi tickled me too.....And TractorGirl, I was just mentioning Maccy D because they have wifi not as a MS client. But will try the bluetooth option as well as t'camera - you never know!

squidgeum

Could somebody who's done one of the Spanish restaurant jobs PM me please. Its about what you can and can't order with regard to the salmon and salad dishes.

mharzuk

There's some seed mailing jobs in Southern Ireland if anyone lives there and is interested please PM me for details.

mysterious_girl

BerryDelight wrote: »

Completely un-ms related but I am at this moment in Glasgow lokoing out my flat window at bloke who has been on the buckfast since last night by the looks of him seeing and dancing round his beer trophy of the evening.....a curtain pole! He has settled him on the doorstep of someone elses home, this is more entertaining than ms job hunting!

Sorry, just out of interest, and I don't mean to sound thick but what exactly is "Buckfast"? Is it a Glasweigen term? Sorry for the racist reference in pointing out someone's heritage if that offends anyone. I am not British so I am unfamiliar with this term. Thanks.

BargainAholic_2

mysterious_girl wrote: »

Sorry, just out of interest, and I don't mean to sound thick but what exactly is "Buckfast"? Is it a Glasweigen term? Sorry for the racist reference in pointing out someone's heritage if that offends anyone. I am not British so I am unfamiliar with this term. Thanks.

Buckfast Tonic Wine, commonly known as Buckfast or Buckie, is a fortified wine produced by Buckfast Abbey in Devon, south west England. The wine was first produced in 1890s by the Benedictine monks at Buckfast Abbey using a recipe brought over from France, as indeed is the wine base used today.
The wine was originally sold in small quantities by the Abbey itself, as a medicine with the slogan "Three small glasses a day, for good health and lively blood". In 1927 the Abbey lost its licence to sell wine, as a result of which the Abbot signed a deal with wine merchants to distribute the wine on the Abbey's behalf. At the same time, the recipe was changed in order for the wine to appeal to a wider customer base, resulting in increased sales. The modern bottle carries a notice that it does not in fact have tonic properties of the type claimed in the former slogan.
In recent times, Buckfast has achieved a surprising level of popularity in working class and bohemian communities in certain parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Buckfast sold in Ireland has a slightly lower alcoholic strength, arrives in a darker bottle, and lacks the vanillin flavouring of the British version. The drink has also entered the popular culture lexicon in Scotland leading to it being given a number of nicknames, including "The Dark Destroyer", "Wreck the hoose juice" and "Cumbernauld Rocket Fuel".




In short it gets you off your trolley very quickly & Buckfast is alleged to be the drink of choice for drinkers who are prone to committing anti-social behaviour when drunk, especially underage drinkers. Its high strength (15% ABV/14.8% in Ireland), relatively low price and sweetness are characteristics that are thought to appeal to underage drinkers

scotsbob

mysterious_girl wrote: »

Sorry, just out of interest, and I don't mean to sound thick but what exactly is "Buckfast"? Is it a Glasweigen term? Sorry for the racist reference in pointing out someone's heritage if that offends anyone. I am not British so I am unfamiliar with this term. Thanks.

It;s one step up from hairspray and Brasso.

Although used with a Sodastream it gives you Buckies Fizz