MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD XIV - Please do NOT mention Client names on here

jc2703

Don't you just love this time of the month when the money starts rolling in

No jobs for me today just some serious birthday spending and food indulgence

Have a good day!

jc2703

catkins wrote: »

Am I being really thick here - but how would they know if you had someone with you?

CCTV if the store checked?

squidgeum

catkins wrote: »

Am I being really thick here - but how would they know if you had someone with you?

A lot of places have cctv and will check it if there's anything negative on the report that they disagree with. They will look for any reason they can to challenge the report and discredit the MS'er, and if you've taken anyone else with you when it says you can't then the report will not be valid. Oh and of course with Gyp you will also receive the 'we no longer require your services' email. :eek:

Sorry Jc, didn't see your reply before I posted this.

Lil_Me_2

jc2703 wrote: »

Don't you just love this time of the month when the money starts rolling in

No jobs for me today just some serious birthday spending and food indulgence

Have a good day!

Oh yes! It's the best part!

I have 4 audits to do today, plus the shopping. Best get a move on really, been sitting in bed for 2 hours nattering haha.

cathj

Angelfeathers wrote: »

Hey, all, me again with another annoying question… (sorry!)

I'm doing a pizza job for Gap tomorrow and am taking DH and DS with me so we can enjoy a cheap, if not completely free, meal out together. And now I'm looking at the choices I'm allowed to order and trying to get my head round how I go about ordering for three people.

The instructions say in several places that you can have up to four people but 'the others' must dine separately. It seems that you can have just one person with you in 'your' party. So presumably in this instance I should ask for separate bills – one for me, and one for DH and DS? But isn't that going to look a bit odd?

As an alternative, looking at the choices of food, it looks like I could get DS a kid's meal and DH and I could easily share a large pizza and salad bowl and one of the sharing desserts. Which would, in effect, only be two orders on one receipt, so we could all pay together, which would make it easier, but is it okay to have things on the receipt (i.e. a kiddie meal) that aren't on the order list? I mean, as long as I order the official things I've got to test, it doesn't matter if other people have stuff that's not on the list, does it?

Anyway, sorry for the ramble, but any help would be much appreciated.

How old is your ds? We take our dd2 with us who is 3, we have a large pizza, you can get 2 salad bowls, and a starter, that is more than enough food for the 3 of us. We take her own drink in her own cup with us so we are only ordering 2 drinks, that is more difficult with an older child though. If you are ordering something like a childrens meal it could be said that would affect the timings.

We did go with both girls at one point though and ordered a third salad bowl, which was on our receipt, and a j20 which was also on the receipt and this wasn't queried, and we still had more than enough food.

ljshopper

MO2 wrote: »

Which browser are you using? I am still getting a Server Error

Hi,
Im using internet explorer,its working fine at the moment.

meandmaboy

Angelfeathers wrote: »

Hey, all, me again with another annoying question… (sorry!)

I'm doing a pizza job for Gap tomorrow and am taking DH and DS with me so we can enjoy a cheap, if not completely free, meal out together. And now I'm looking at the choices I'm allowed to order and trying to get my head round how I go about ordering for three people.

The instructions say in several places that you can have up to four people but 'the others' must dine separately. It seems that you can have just one person with you in 'your' party. So presumably in this instance I should ask for separate bills – one for me, and one for DH and DS? But isn't that going to look a bit odd?

As an alternative, looking at the choices of food, it looks like I could get DS a kid's meal and DH and I could easily share a large pizza and salad bowl and one of the sharing desserts. Which would, in effect, only be two orders on one receipt, so we could all pay together, which would make it easier, but is it okay to have things on the receipt (i.e. a kiddie meal) that aren't on the order list? I mean, as long as I order the official things I've got to test, it doesn't matter if other people have stuff that's not on the list, does it?

Anyway, sorry for the ramble, but any help would be much appreciated.

Hi,
What I've done in the past is pre-arranged with my friend to insist on paying for her share, she creates slightly & the waiter / waitress ends up giving me a kind look for having such a 'grumpy' friend :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

My son has also played along with this & insisted 'paying for his own' as only teenagers can do :eek::eek::eek::eek:

So for me it generally works out without much pain & angst:)

I've also done as some others do & go in ahead & order then they follow a wee bit later & have ended up getting 2 bills anyway. As long as you can keep looking natural about it & feel comfortable then usually the waiter / waitress doesn't give it another thought .
I'm sure there are lots of people who do this in 'real life'

DebtHater

I havent seen the GFK car park jobs for a while, are GFK still working with the client?

I used to like those jobs...........

DebtHater

Angelfeathers wrote: »

Hey, all, me again with another annoying question… (sorry!)

I'm doing a pizza job for Gap tomorrow and am taking DH and DS with me so we can enjoy a cheap, if not completely free, meal out together. And now I'm looking at the choices I'm allowed to order and trying to get my head round how I go about ordering for three people.

The instructions say in several places that you can have up to four people but 'the others' must dine separately. It seems that you can have just one person with you in 'your' party. So presumably in this instance I should ask for separate bills – one for me, and one for DH and DS? But isn't that going to look a bit odd?

As an alternative, looking at the choices of food, it looks like I could get DS a kid's meal and DH and I could easily share a large pizza and salad bowl and one of the sharing desserts. Which would, in effect, only be two orders on one receipt, so we could all pay together, which would make it easier, but is it okay to have things on the receipt (i.e. a kiddie meal) that aren't on the order list? I mean, as long as I order the official things I've got to test, it doesn't matter if other people have stuff that's not on the list, does it?

Anyway, sorry for the ramble, but any help would be much appreciated.

When I have taken people with me, it never said anything in the brief about more than 2 people..... I took 3, put 2 on one bill and one on a seperate bill, just to be safe. Never got queried.

But I havent done a pizza job in 6 months, so the brief may have changed!

mimi1234

Bit of a thick question re a REACT visit. Have to go to a posh glam handbag kinda shop and buy a very posh glam handbag. It says you have to return in, but does not say when. If anyone else has done this or are doing it, can they shed some light on this? Can I take it back the same day or a few days later or what? I might have to call REACT next week. I'm confused.

Also, is it just me or are RETAILEYES pinching all the companies from RETAIL MAXIM and TNS etc?