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October 01, 2014 08:54PM
Hi, I can't access the guidelines as I already sumitted the job. Does one have to stay inside 15 total, or 15 after receiving the order?
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October 01, 2014 08:58PM
From memory, it's 15 minutes AFTER receipt of order.

Shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado. 33 year old male and willing to travel!
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October 01, 2014 09:02PM
From the Shopper Show manual.

"Remain in the restaurant for at least 15 minutes after you sit down to enjoy your meal. If you notice the restaurant is dirty when
you sit down, please wait the full 15 minutes to see if anyone begins to clean the areas. If you notice any cleanliness issues
being corrected, do not report a negative answer for that question."

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Plan the work. Work the plan.
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October 02, 2014 02:26AM
You don't keep a copy of the guidelines?

You performed a shop and now wonder about what the guidelines said?
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October 02, 2014 02:47AM
Hi RMurp. For future reference, you don't have to print out those guidelines to keep them. Just save them to a file on your computer and then you'll be able to check them any time, even after you've submitted a shop.

Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
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October 02, 2014 04:07AM
MDavisnowell Wrote:
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> Hi RMurp. For future reference, you don't have to
> print out those guidelines to keep them. Just save
> them to a file on your computer and then you'll
> be able to check them any time, even after you've
> submitted a shop.


I'd go beyond and save it every time you do the assignment, just in case. In other words, just get into the habit of creating a folder per assignment and save guidelines, correspondence, notes, etc. all specifically for the assignment.

A bad habit, in addition to NOT reading the guideline, is NOT reading the guideline because the shopper assumed nothing has changed from the last assignment.

Shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado. 33 year old male and willing to travel!
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October 02, 2014 04:10AM
I save all guidelines/CPI in their respective folder, on my external hard drive.

I only ever print one copy, though. When they change, they typically just barely change. Like, Southern chicken sandwich is now an invalid item to order at McDonald's... so I just crossed it off my hard copy.

When there have been multiple changes since my last printed hard copy, I'll break down and print a new one.

I always print my CPIs, though.

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October 03, 2014 11:30AM
I save the shop instructions each time to the hard drive as well. Then just look at the "CRC32 hash" to make sure it's 100% the same file without even opening it.

I install a program called Hashtab. Once installed, you can then just click on the file properties and there is an extra tab with the CRC32, MD5, & SHA1 hashes of the file. If the two files have the same hash numbers, then there is no need to open and verify that a single word has changed.

HashTab Freeware for Windows and Mac:
[implbits.com]


I'm waiting for a job to be rejected by an editor when I read the job instructions and then it changes the next day and I'm shopping off the old instructions.

This way I have proof I did follow the job instructions that were available when I did the job.
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