Very recently I did a shop where I am supposed to ask for a gift list. I've done them before without incident.
This time, however, when I requested it and gave the name, the salesperson said:

"You're the effing mystery shopper @#$%&, aren't you?"

I was so surprised that I just took the sheet walked around in the store in a daze and then left. Not too often do I get taken by surprise like that that I am speechless.

Needless to say, my report was exuding platitudes for the salespeople there.

I wonder if that gift list has become a tip-off.

WOW

I would have had a hot flash and said "no I was a effing customer until I met you @#$%&!!"

>Needless to say, my report was exuding platitudes for the salespeople there

I'm confused.

Say this gift list is a dead giveaway. You are basically told "This is the mystery shopper, dance monkey" Why would one choose this route instead of putting on a flawless performance? Stupid people are so stupid.

customers dont ask for gift lists?

Will someone tell me what a gift list is? Are you asking for gift suggestions? Are you asking for a specific person's list of what they want, like a bridal registry?

The OP is talking about the bridal registry.

And some store personnel are ass-deep in stupid.

QUIETTIME And you were the quiet one hoping for some kind shopper to tell you the company name of another shop?????

quiettime Wrote:
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> Say this gift list is a dead giveaway. You are
> basically told "This is the mystery shopper, dance
> monkey" Why would one choose this route instead
> of putting on a flawless performance? Stupid
> people are so stupid.

That was confusing.

Yep. Where's that "Huh?" button.

QUIETTIME is asking for the name of the company on another post..... not too complicated to follow that folks. Or is it
bgriffin?????

I see after looking through her posts I see that she hinted at wanting to know a company name for Texas Roadhouse, I didn't see anything in her post on this thread, which is the one you replied to, indicating she wanted to know the company for this client. And considering the client has not been mentioned, it would not be an ICA violation to tell her.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/2014 06:42PM by bgriffin.

I hope your report was excluding rather than exuding platitudes.


Tatjana Wrote:
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> Needless to say, my report was exuding platitudes
> for the salespeople there.
>
> I wonder if that gift list has become a tip-off.

Didn't someone once post here about the "Baby Registry" at the "Famous Baby Store" and that poster was in her 50's and wondered if she would be taken seriously, as being pregnant and 50ish?

That's why I don't take the "Baby Store"...

bgriffin Wrote:
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> I see after looking through her posts that she
> hinted at wanting to know a company name for Texas
> Roadhouse, I didn't see anything in her post on
> this thread, which is the one you replied to,
> indicating she wanted to know the company for this
> client. And considering the client has not been
> mentioned, it would not be an ICA violation to
> tell her.

Speaking of ICA violations, have you ever been private messaged with a newer poster wanting to the know client/or MSC for a certain assignment? I always politely tell them I can't give that information.

I don't reply

bgriffin Wrote:
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> I don't reply


It makes you wonder if they PM "everyone"... in hopes "someone" will give them the information they want...

I don't see that Quiettime asked for a company name in this thread. Sorry I didn't meet your standards by researching this thoroughly to find out if Quiettime asked for a company name any time in history. HAHAHA. That's a more antiquated version of LOL. Or ROFLMAO. If I run across that other thread accidently I'll know about it but I won't be searching it out to find out what you mean. Again, Huh?

Ah, never mind. I don't have the energy to call anyone out today...

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/2014 07:05PM by Mantis.

I once had to do the baby store right after I was elsewhere pretending to be a biker chick. There I go waddling into the baby store looking like a pregnant over-40 biker chick and having to be congratulated by all the staff people I meet.

CANADAMOMMY Wrote:
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> QUIETTIME is asking for the name of the company on
> another post..... not too complicated to follow
> that folks. Or is it
> bgriffin?????

Too complicated for my little head. I guess you are bringing an argument over from another thread in case some of us missed it? Lord knows we all need more drama in our lives. It's gettin' real at the Mystery Shop Forum.

Ok what part of this is complicated bgriffin? Who shops Texas Roadhouse? How can that NOT be a violation to say
XYZ shops them? The client WAS mentioned..... hence the words TEXAS ROADHOUSE.



bgriffin Wrote:
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> I see after looking through her posts I see that
> she hinted at wanting to know a company name for
> Texas Roadhouse, I didn't see anything in her post
> on this thread, which is the one you replied to,
> indicating she wanted to know the company for this
> client. And considering the client has not been
> mentioned, it would not be an ICA violation to
> tell her.

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(heart)

STILLLEARNING: You forgot the one verse ----> Someone's complaining Lord , kumbaya x 3; oh lord, Kumbaya

And she wonders why she is Toggled....

LOL! Hilarious, sojo!!!

(heart)

CANADAMOMMY Wrote:
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> Ok what part of this is complicated bgriffin? Who
> shops Texas Roadhouse? How can that NOT be a
> violation to say
> XYZ shops them? The client WAS mentioned.....
> hence the words TEXAS ROADHOUSE.
>
>
>
> bgriffin Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I see after looking through her posts I see
> that
> > she hinted at wanting to know a company name
> for
> > Texas Roadhouse, I didn't see anything in her
> post
> > on this thread, which is the one you replied
> to,
> > indicating she wanted to know the company for
> this
> > client. And considering the client has not
> been
> > mentioned, it would not be an ICA violation to
> > tell her.


Ok, since obviously you wanna be bitchy about, I'll play this game. She did not ask in the Texas Roadhouse thread who shopped Texas Roadhouse. She hinted that she would like someone to PM her but she did not say "who shops Texas Roadhouse." Just for your reference, here is the fully quoted post from the Texas Roadhouse thread:

quiettime Wrote:
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> Like me, she's probably hoping for some kind soul
> to send her a PM. I'm guessing she's already
> gotten an answer too.


She did not say, someone send me a PM, she said she was hoping a kind soul would send her a PM. I hope a kind soul would give me a million dollars too but that doesn't mean I'm asking them too. Or is all of that too complicated for you CANADAMOMMY?

I would've gone the "I don't know what a mystery shopper is, but I do know people who call customers '@#$%&' get fired" route. I'm mean. You call me names, I scare the bejeezus out of you.