Mystery Shopping Thread 21 *PLEASE READ THE OP FIRST**PLEASE NO CLIENT NAMES OR FEES*

DPJames

marvellousaunt wrote: »

does anyone else get the emails with a long list of 'available' assignments at the bottom? When I punch in most of the codes, it says assignment not valid - just me?

Aye, same here.

marvellousaunt wrote: »

Chicken flummuxes me far more than burger, dunno why!

Again, same here. I only did two and hated them. There seems to be so much more to do, and remember. There's more times, more questions, names and descriptions etc. And the report seems twice as long. I don't touch them these days, too much bloody effort.

The burgers are an absolute doddle in comparison, and the fee is just the same.

Monkeynut

I prefer the chicken jobs as I actually like the food! Whereas the burger place I would never go to out of choice were I not getting paid for it. I only accept them now if they phone and I can get them to add a reasonable amount on, and what I'll accept varies depending on whether I'll be passing anyway etc.

The chicken jobs, I usually wait till they add some extra on, but I do occasionally pick on up for the normal fee, just because the report is still pretty quick so it's worth it for some free chicken!!

The timing is a bit silly though, if it's not a busy time, and there is only like 1 person in the queue, I have been known to linger outside for an extra couple of minutes, so long as it's not obvious and I'm hidden of course so they don't wonder what I'm doing, and go in when I can go straight up to the counter, especially when the MoS is there waiting so I'm served immediately. Eliminates the first couple of timing points

marvellousaunt

Good trick.... I wish they just had the same timing points as burger, what's the point in timing 1-2 seconds between you arriving at the counter and being served? Pffft!

I'll go with the wrap at the chicken place as my preference. And chicken items at burger place as they're the least calories! I never touch the fries.*

*Except to sample

jen_br

I always ask "What dips/sauces do you have" or "can I get X dip does it cost extra"

DPJames

I've always wondered how many chickens they must get through on a daily, and Yearly basis. Perhaps you could ask them that. And please let me know the answer.
All those restaurants in all those Countries. Must be a lot of chickens. And where do they all come from? It's not as if you see fields full of them is it?

whitelabel

just as a heads up to those who do the cant be named companies supermarket audits, there will be no increase in seasonal items (or fee) this december... not sure if its a bad thing or a blessing....

Boredupnorth

DPJames wrote: »

I've always wondered how many chickens they must get through on a daily, and Yearly basis. Perhaps you could ask them that. And please let me know the answer.
All those restaurants in all those Countries. Must be a lot of chickens. And where do they all come from? It's not as if you see fields full of them is it?

There are more chickens on earth than there are people so they must live somewhere. I can account for 6 of them in my garden if that helps....just need the location of the other 8 billion or so

dazza.mk

Boredupnorth wrote: »

There are more chickens on earth than there are people so they must live somewhere. I can account for 6 of them in my garden if that helps....just need the location of the other 8 billion or so

I had chicken for dinner a couple of nights ago, so you're only loooking for 7,999,999,999 now

Boredupnorth

dazza.mk wrote: »

I had chicken for dinner a couple of nights ago, so you're only loooking for 7,999,999,999 now

I forgot about the one in my freezer so we are down to 7,999,999,998. The company use the equivilant of 736 million chickens each year so maybe they should be on the endangered list as they will be extinct soon

whitelabel

DPJames wrote: »

I've always wondered how many chickens they must get through on a daily, and Yearly basis. Perhaps you could ask them that. And please let me know the answer.
All those restaurants in all those Countries. Must be a lot of chickens. And where do they all come from? It's not as if you see fields full of them is it?

gap chicken use 736 million worldwide every year. This is just over 2 million chickens every day. they make no claims to using free-range chickens in any of their products.