So shopping a grocery store today that guess what? has no pharmacy. So I put that in the correct box for narrative. I said "there is no pharmacy." Submit form, oops, you need to correct something. Okay, what? Not enough narrative in that box. Okay, so I repeat, "There is no pharmacy." Submit, oops, now what? another error? You do not have enough characters in the narrative. So for the third time, I wrote, "there is no pharmacy." Hit submit, and it took it.

They do love redundancy.

LOL! That kind of thing has happened to me several times. Love your solution. I usually just write some philosophical BS about being able to prove or disprove the existence of the pharmacy, or whatever department it is that they think is there but isn't.

Was doing grocery shops for a company that was pretty good about knowing what department was in what store and creating their reports appropriately. One of the departments that was SUPPOSED to be in one particular store was the bakery, but it wasn't there. I went around the entire store, and then asked an employee who told me they didn't have a dedicated bakery. The problem was the report assumed there was on, and was asking for specifics of the employee working, and I couldn't get the report to go through without it. I finally just made up a bunch of @#$%&, employee name NON EXISTANT or something like that, and filled out the fields. Editor kicked the report back saying I didn't look hard enough for the bakery. I had written in the report that I actually asked for it, and was told they didn't have one. Finally took a phone call from the editor, and a 3 way call with the store asking for the bakery and being told that they didn't have one to convince the editor that it was their form that was in error, not my report. Even after that, the editor still gave me @#$%& over it like it was my fault, and I was eventually removed from the project over it (or the MSC just stopped shopping that client).

Anyways, hope your report gets accepted.

Like jonchance I just BS that too. I would have said in the narrative "After looking at x department I walked around the store twice and could not locate the pharmacy. I then approached employee y and asked her where the pharmacy was. She said that this particular store did not have a pharmacy." Hopefully that would be enough narrative but I think your 'there is no pharmacy' three times is pretty funny!

Next time, try clicking your heels each time you type it. You'll wake up in a pharmacy, surrounded by concerned associates all wishing you to "Be well."

jonchance Wrote:
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Finally took a phone call from the editor, and a 3 way call with the store asking for the bakery and being told that they didn't have one to convince the editor that it was their form that was in error, not my report.

^ That and the editor's attitude would have pushed me beyond my limits. Kudos if you managed to hold your temper.

My husband once changed my tablet settings, so that every "Now" auto-corrected to "Meow."

I mostly complete reports on my laptop, but did complete a few on my tablet before realizing. I only realized after getting a review update that said "Thank you for completing this assignment. A score of 9 has been given for minor editing. Thanks for the laugh."

I was so confused. I opened my saved pdf and read back over my report, and once I figured it out, I wanted to either die of embarrassment, or kill my husband. The report called for a lot of quotes, so there were quite a few "Meow"s.

Glad she had a sense of humor.

BBird, that is such a funny story! I tried to only titter but I couldn't help the guffaw. It made me think of that silly scene from Super Troopers.

He is, unfortunately, in love with that movie.

Can you imagine the poor editor reading the salesman's quote as "We have a special 0% financing for 12 months, if you sign up between meow and the end of June."

Sadly, but truly, I would probably be telling this story as either a divorcee or from prison. Kudos to you, BBird!

(heart)

BBird0701 Wrote:
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> My husband once changed my tablet settings, so
> that every "Now" auto-corrected to "Meow."
>
> I mostly complete reports on my laptop, but did
> complete a few on my tablet before realizing. I
> only realized after getting a review update that
> said "Thank you for completing this assignment. A
> score of 9 has been given for minor editing.
> Thanks for the laugh."
>
> I was so confused. I opened my saved pdf and read
> back over my report, and once I figured it out, I
> wanted to either die of embarrassment, or kill my
> husband. The report called for a lot of quotes, so
> there were quite a few "Meow"s.
>
> Glad she had a sense of humor.

The editor had to be a cat-lover

Meow.

Sandra Sue Wrote:
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> Meow.


If I had known, I would have changed the auto-correct, but there's nothing I can do about it meow. Meow I'm a lot more careful and spell-check in a different program.

BBird0701 Wrote:
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> My husband once changed my tablet settings, so
> that every "Now" auto-corrected to "Meow."
>
> there were quite a few "Meow"s.
>
> Glad she had a sense of humor.

BBird, happy to see that darn cat that has been meowing at you has not yet caught and eaten you.

I hope you realize that from meow on, no matter the forum, no matter the thread, it will be full of meows.

So was there a pharmacy? I need more clarification.

Is there a pharmacy?

FrugalCat Wrote:
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> Is there a pharmacy?


I don't know. No one's told me.

elcarev68 Wrote:
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> Next time, try clicking your heels each time you
> type it. You'll wake up in a pharmacy, surrounded
> by concerned associates all wishing you to "Be
> well."

OMG that "Be Well" comment sounds so fake when they say it. It makes me want to drop the f bomb.
I can't imagine having to say that all day long.

They even say it to people buying cigarettes and beer

After walking around the entire store, and speaking with an associate, it ha become clear, that this store, located at no pharmacy blvd, with a phone number of 1-888- no pharmacy, does not surprise surprise have a pharmacy.

Corrections due by midnight 8/21/14. Please update your narrative to state why this location had no pharmacy. Thank you.

I do a grocery shop around here that is reimbursment only no fee and half the time they have departments listed in the store that are not there. Some of their stores do have them others don't. Liek the cheese department in one store is just a shelf of cheese attached to the deli. I just put that as my explanation why I did not shop that department.
My best shop though was in the produce department of one store. The employee had gone on break but there was a store employee in the department (checking the shelves to see what was there). It was the stores nutritionist, I asked about apples to make apple butter and I got a guided tour of every type of apple and their nutritional value along with suggestions of better ingredients to put in the apple butter. Took more time in the produce department than I did the rest of the store but it was fun. I marked her down for the above and beyond score.

Haha...I went to a grocery shop recently with no grocery department! I didnt have to state it more than once at least. But I've been there.

Been there too. That place would be a form that does not include possible answer that does not want to accept the truth.

It makes me think of Inspector Clouseau asking for a ruuuuuuuum.

My most memorable non pharmacy shop was a stand alone stop not in a grocery store. We were checking age compliance at pharmacies. My 16 old daughter had to approach counter without me and ask if an item that required a prescription or proof of being an adult. I was allowed in the store just not at the counter. Good shop overall, nice pay and we did dozens over two weeks. We looked for ten minutes in a rough section of town, checked addresses, asked a nearby police officer and found the building. It had iron bars, no signage and one parking space. The few windows were blacked out like adult stores to prevent anyone from seeing inside. The front door had a large padlock on the iron security gate. A sign warned that building was protected (hinted at guns) no longer recall the exact wording. The rear door had a security camera and a small peephole. I returned home and sent photos and said that I was not comfortable approaching the building. They wanted to know why not. I replied, "The local police officer and my husband were both unwilling to approach the building. So my daughter and I were definitely not entering it. They checked and assured us the address was valid. I still refused to go. I returned and took photos of surrounding buildings to show that it was not at the wrong address as several of the building including that one did not have numbers on them. Either it was a mail order only pharmacy (wholesale pharmacy), an incorrect address or not a legit business. Any way you look at it not worth 50 dollars for my life or that of my child. I did not receive any grief from the company or my scheduler.

This happens to me almost every time I do a grocery store shop for a particular company. Usually they want descriptions of people I saw for two seconds as they walked the width of an aisle at the end of the aisle 60 feet away. I have gotten so that I don't mention people I see if I have not had a long interaction with them. I can describe 6 or 7 people in detail just the way they say they want the descriptions and they still get back to me claiming I didn't adequately describe them. My impression is that the editors of these shops don't really think when they are reading someone's report. Bet we're talking about the same company, too.

Funny story.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/23/2014 05:25PM by mysterytrina.

Love that response, love that response, love that response...submit!

I have had the same situation. My response was: I am unable to answer this question on the grounds that said pharmacy does not exist in this location.

I got really annoyed when in two months they still required an evaluation of said pharmacy. I emailed the scheduler afterwards to let her know. She assured me she would update the guidelines.

Well, I have a shop to do there in a couple of days so I will soon find out if she delivered.