Lesson Learned on fast food shops

Hi all. I just started doing this about two weeks ago. So far I have earned almost $300 in shop fees, bonuses and reimbursements. I accepted a bunch of fast food shops the first couple of days I started. Rookie mistake. I scheduled like 8 different fast food shops. Today was the "clown" restaurant.....I guess I should have realized I'd have to EAT the food. Blecchh. I feel like crap. The "drive in" was not so bad, the awesome burger place was a treat....but I have sworn off the arches some years ago. What an idiot I am! I did get a good bonused fee, but never again! Live and learn!!

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This literally made me giggle!

We call those arches "Garbage Food" in this house. I actually push decline permanently on MSCs that do those shops. I used to be tempted with the bonuses so I had to. smiling smiley That being said, I will do some yummy REAL burger shops even if they do pay less. Now, on those 'drive in' shops, patience seems to get you a LONG way. It's way more exciting when they call you for assignments. winking smiley

KUDOS for earning so much your first few weeks. I do this p/t as I am a stay at home/homeschool mom and that is my goal for each month! I just started at the end of December and can't wait to see where this goes! Good luck!
Garbage food indeed! I couldn't eat for the rest of the day because I felt so bad! My hubby thinks I'm crazy for not canceling knowing I don't eat such junk. I told him I had to "earn my stripes". Stripes earned! I hope all goes well for you!!
Remember, they only want you to taste the food. Was it hot? was it seasoned? Taste. Taste. Eating two or more FF shops in a day can cause the abdomen to eeeeeeeeexxxxxxxxpppppppppannnnnntsdddddddd. So only taste.smiling smileysmiling smiley
Good suggestion. It's the way I always plan it. Hope I can make myself stick to it tomorrow when I'll be getting three fast food meals for supper! lol
Nope. Didn't learn. Ate way too many tastes of all that food. Uggg. Now to do the reports. smiling smiley
LULZ! My cure to getting Golden shop emails was to decline them permanently--wish I had discovered that sooner. Same for airport shops and payday loan shops. Cleans the shop list up very nicely.
When I do those shops, I just taste as required and eventually toss the rest. I did that long before I started shopping. I just explained if asked that I had gastric surgery (which is true) and I can only eat a few bites (also true). Makes it easy to deal with the nasty stuff they serve. And they are one of the easiest shops around.

New shopper February 2013
Central and Southern Tier of New York
Yes, there is more to NY than NY City.
Any help is appreciated. smiling smiley
I haven't done a golden FF shop for a really long time. too many things to keep track of the time for.

I Like the carhop drive-in one ~ just 2 timings and the in /out times. I did a drive thru one a few weeks ago - managed to get thru it (LOL) I use to digital stopwatches.
crbfrmnewyork Wrote:
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> When I do those shops, I just taste as required
> and eventually toss the rest. I did that long
> before I started shopping. I just explained if
> asked that I had gastric surgery (which is true)
> and I can only eat a few bites (also true). Makes
> it easy to deal with the nasty stuff they serve.
> And they are one of the easiest shops around.


Apparently CRBfromNY------>why toss it? There are enough hungry people walking the streets of NY that you can give it too. The client only wants you to taste so that you don't come back to them, two hundred and 99 pounds later, suing for a gastric bypass. It is like the Hot coffee suit from years past----"Who knew........spilt hot coffee burns"? smiling smileysmiling smiley

To avoid see someone eating out of the trash can, I would give it to them. It is like after we taste the FF/bites of chicken, we might bring it home and give to our kids/family. Taste and sight is all the client is looking for.
Ugh my tummy hurts just reading this post! I have two to do tomorrow. Breaking out the tums!
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