MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD XII - ** New people please read posts 1 & 2 **

misssarahleigh

do gap reply to emails? i'm doing a home delivery tomorrow. On the assignment it said make sure your postcode is listed in the delivery box. Mine is not, although i checked and the delivery shop i'm doing is the closest to myself. I asked if i should continue but have recieved no answer.

Any advice

look_after_the_pennies

squidgeum wrote: »

Depends which one you go, and what day, I have found. The one nearest me is horrible, but 2 others I've been to were lovely.

Really? I really enjoyed the one near you!

scubaangel

misssarahleigh wrote: »

do gap reply to emails? i'm doing a home delivery tomorrow. On the assignment it said make sure your postcode is listed in the delivery box. Mine is not, although i checked and the delivery shop i'm doing is the closest to myself. I asked if i should continue but have recieved no answer.

Any advice

You're measuring the service for a specific branch so why order if it's not that branch which will be delivering?

Geographic location counts for nothing.

If the notes tell you to check that your postcode is included in the delivery area and it isnt you wont be assessing the right place and most likely wont get paid.

TractorGirl327

I've picked up Tapas for tomorrow lunchtime. Did have a pizza dine-in booked, but have re-scheduled that for next week.

nearlyheadlessian

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

Sorry to sound harsh but the very reason for the orientation tests is to see if you are capable of doing the jobs. If you can't pass the orientation test then I'm afraid it means you're not the right type of person.

To be fair, gyp orientation tests aren't really about capability and aren't much of a measure for how good a mystery shopper you are - it's about how good you are at second guessing a setup which has impossible questions (I was disqualified from doing sandwich jobs because I got a question wrong - despite the fact that in my three run throughs I had answered that question different each time).

But, not they won't help you through the orientation.

yonk

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

No they wouldn't!!! Sorry to sound harsh but the very reason for the orientation tests is to see if you are capable of doing the jobs. If you can't pass the orientation test then I'm afraid it means you're not the right type of person.

Bit harsh.

I think I am excellent MS for many companies (get good feedback & scores) but I failed the burger test by 1 question and am not allowed to repeat. Some of the questions on the quizzes do take a bit of lateral thinking, regardless of how much you have read the guidelines.

TractorGirl327

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

No they wouldn't!!! Sorry to sound harsh but the very reason for the orientation tests is to see if you are capable of doing the jobs. If you can't pass the orientation test then I'm afraid it means you're not the right type of person.

yonk wrote: »

Bit harsh.

I think I am excellent MS for many companies (get good feedback & scores) but I failed the burger test by 1 question and am not allowed to repeat. Some of the questions on the quizzes do take a bit of lateral thinking, regardless of how much you have read the guidelines.

That's why I said "Sorry to sound harsh"

InDeepDebt

I have done a search for this already but was unable to find an answer. The question has been asked though but, as mentioned, I can't find an answer.

Currently I use my mobile phone to time evaluations. The other day though, when timing something, the evaluation took so long that my phone timed out and the stop watch stopped timing.

Does anyone know where I can get a cheap fob type stop watch that will time up to four events? I've seen one in Argos for well under a tenner but I'm not sure how many events it will time.

Any advice would be welcome.

Cheers

red_fox

look_after_the_pennies wrote: »

Ooh hope there's some nice envelopes lying on my doormat when I get home!

I didn't get any envelopes

Scotties_Mum

I had one nice envelope containing one nice cheque. :j