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MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD XV - please, no mention of client names or fees on here
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WTH??? Did I say it makes you stupid??? I don't believe in the 14 words I wrote I used or implied the word stupid..
But I know for example on page one of this thread there is a link to common responses for questions. THEREFORE, a client can get a personal response a real response from a person.
Sometimes its hard to write down how you feel etc and a camera would capture this plus the emotion and body language.
You loose that through text.
I don't think Scaredy Cat meant that YOU were implying that she was either of those things......................
I think she was just wondering herself - does that make her stupid or conscientious?!!
Definitely conscientous Scaredy!
I don't think I've ever "copied & pasted", although I can see it must save time & is fine in a lot of situations.
I'm sure I could have saved myself many hours over the years though............................
When I first did MS over 25 years ago, everything was handwritten & that was a right pain.................:eek:
I just find I actually like putting all the comments in the reports - when they are interesting jobs - and as I do a lot of the more unusual & detailed ones, like flights etc, where each situation is usually very different to the last - as per the flight's cancelled in Geneva last week - there's usually a lot to say!!0 -
Hi, I have some react jewellry audits. They look like a lot of work for the fee, can anyone advise how long they take pls?
(thanks for your pm jen)
I posted exactly the same question last month when I did my first ones! They are very easy, after the first one they literally take minutes. Once you know what you are looking for it is so much easier than it sounds in the brief! Good luck, they really are a doddle.0 -
I have got a few jobs with GAP that I have scheduled for next week but I might be able to do them tomorrow, however I am not going to know this till I am out and about and it is to late to change the shop date before I do them.
Has anyone brought the date forward for a job and then immediately entered the results or does that tend to be frowned on. I have the jobsheets etc already printed out for it.0 -
Littleoldme wrote: »I have got a few jobs with GAP that I have scheduled for next week but I might be able to do them tomorrow, however I am not going to know this till I am out and about and it is to late to change the shop date before I do them.
Has anyone brought the date forward for a job and then immediately entered the results or does that tend to be frowned on. I have the jobsheets etc already printed out for it.
I don't think you will be able to do this - Australia is 12 hours or so ahead of us so, by the time you get home and try to change the date to Friday, it will probably already be Saturday in Australia IFYSWIM ! The system will not have Friday left as an availalbe date.ELITE 5:2
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Littleoldme wrote: »I have got a few jobs with GAP that I have scheduled for next week but I might be able to do them tomorrow, however I am not going to know this till I am out and about and it is to late to change the shop date before I do them.
Has anyone brought the date forward for a job and then immediately entered the results or does that tend to be frowned on. I have the jobsheets etc already printed out for it.
Why not just reschedule them for tomorrow, and then reschedule them back if you don't manage to do them tomorrow?I'm broke, not poor. Poor sounds permanent, broke can be fixed. (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
LBM June 2009, Debt Free (except mortgage) Sept 2016 - DONE IT!0 -
Rosy_Violet wrote: »Two to three minutes is quite a long time to talk to a camera.
Will be difficult to say different things for some of the more straightforward assignments.
Feels like an unnecessary gimmick to me and a bit much to perform for the cameras. I can act in my Mystery shopping role but for talking directly about the experience directly to camera I would need direction from Speilburg!
My sentiments, entirely, Rosy V.
It's all well and good having quick reports if the results are fine and hunky dory. I find that explaining any discrepancies takes more than the character limit in some reports. But, as you say, Rosy, two or three minutes of verbal reporting represents an awful lot of words. Maybe I need to learn juggling - that would pad out a video report!
Seriously, I would hate having to do video reports. No way would I want to film myself at the end of a long, hard day. I would probably feel too self-conscious for the report to be meaningful anyway. Also, it would have to be "scripted" otherwise it would just be a couple of minutes of ramblimg. Imagine how much time script writing would add to a job: it's not as if you can just use what you have/would have written, because verbal and written communications are completely different.
I do hope they don't go ahead with it.0 -
Angelfeathers wrote: »Why not just reschedule them for tomorrow, and then reschedule them back if you don't manage to do them tomorrow?
Why did I not think of that - I am blond sometimes...
Thank you :beer:0 -
I resent the fact that reimbursement-only jobs exist. It does tend to imply that we are not doing a serious job of work. Like many others, I take my work very seriously.
That's not to say that I don't do the occasional reimbursement-only job, because I do. I do them when it suits me. I need to work as many full days as possible to exist. However, there are days when I have gaps in my work. I'd rather spend half an hour sitting in a pleasant coffee house, with a little bit of mileage paid, than just sitting in my car, particularly in the winter. OK, it means another report to write at the end of the day, but at least I've been dry and warm (or cool, depending upon the season) and not completely wasting my time.:)0 -
Wish i could go to budapest but i dont think flights for two would be cheaper than the reibursement
Quite fancy a change of scenery :P
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