MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD 18 - please don't mention client names or fees on here!!

serendipity2706

Badger_Lady wrote: »

School boy error. When I read that an alcoholic drinks assignment had to be completed between 9:00 and 11:00 I thought someone MUST have mistakenly put 23:00 in the system as a 12-hour clock time.

According to the proof readers, no, I really was expected to take part in a spot of early-morning drinking and won't be paid

Never make assumptions!

Well, who in their right mind would be drinking at 9am!!

boyoboy1986

serendipity2706 wrote: »

Well, who in their right mind would be drinking at 9am!!

I thought this until I was 19 and went to uni in Edinburgh and found myself working in The Red Lion Bar at 0530 in the morning. It was always a bit surreal when I stayed in halls as other students would get off the nightbus at Riccarton !!!!ed as I was getting on it to go to work. It was always busy as well.

Those were the days lol, i'm starting to get all nostalgic.

scubaangel

serendipity2706 wrote: »

Well, who in their right mind would be drinking at 9am!!

Knowing the client half their regular customers

Nice pint with breakfast to set the day up for a few more pints and a couple of hours down the bookies before a few shorts and bed. Or is that just my local?

boyoboy1986

scubaangel wrote: »

Knowing the client half their regular customers

Nice pint with breakfast to set the day up for a few more pints and a couple of hours down the bookies before a few shorts and bed. Or is that just my local?

Nope, you have managed to sum up the one nearest me to a tee, even the airport ones can be dodgy

scubaangel

boyoboy1986 wrote: »

Nope, you have managed to sum up the one nearest me to a tee, even the airport ones can be dodgy

Course when I say my 'local' I refer to all the ones in the towns in a 5 mile radius of my current home, and three I used to visit fairly regularly when I live ooop norf, and the one next door to the bookies I worked at in Jockistan - I did wonder for a time if they have a farm somewhere breeding their typical "regular":eek:

nearlyheadlessian

serendipity2706 wrote: »

Well, who in their right mind would be drinking at 9am!!

Alcoholics and mystery shoppers?

Took about 2 sips of the pint of lager I got at the airport last week at 6.10am, before abandoning it.

yonk

boyoboy1986 wrote: »

I thought this until I was 19 and went to uni in Edinburgh and found myself working in The Red Lion Bar at 0530 in the morning. It was always a bit surreal when I stayed in halls as other students would get off the nightbus at Riccarton !!!!ed as I was getting on it to go to work. It was always busy as well.

Those were the days lol, i'm starting to get all nostalgic.

I used to stay just off Broughton Street in central Edinburgh and my occasional walk up the road to have a swim passed several pubs that would be busy at 8.30/9 am on a Sat morning.

You can't buy alcohol before 10am in supermarkets up here now tho.

Miss_Qwerty

There always used to be a non alcoholic option in each list iirc, so you had the option to be able to buy a soft drink and a coffee. Was that not the case this time?

Badger_Lady

Miss_Qwerty wrote: »

There always used to be a non alcoholic option in each list iirc, so you had the option to be able to buy a soft drink and a coffee. Was that not the case this time?

Yes it was. Doesn't change the fact that I went in the afternoon though

...cherry..._2

Miss_Qwerty wrote: »

There always used to be a non alcoholic option in each list iirc, so you had the option to be able to buy a soft drink and a coffee. Was that not the case this time?

We went for the coffee and soft drink option but must have stood out like a sore thumb as there were around 15 locals all drinking pints! :eek: