I received a 9. Why?

Why didn't I get a ten? I would really love some feedback so I could improve for my next shop. I'm one of those crazy people that takes anything less than an A+ as an insult. It's how God made me. Why don't editors give constructive feedback? Wouldn't it be in both of our best interests?

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Shopping Bama and parts of Georgia.
I'm still learning 24/7.

You received a 9 because:

No report is perfect.
You added a comma where one wasn't necessary.
You used the word 'that' seven times, five times it was not necessary to use that word at all.
The editor gave out all of her/his allotted '10' for the day
It was raining out
It was sunny out

Who knows? Don't allow these numbers to have any affect on you, the name of the game is submitting a good report and getting paid all the while remaining anonymous.

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Here are some more possible reasons:

You used an Oxford comma.
You didn't use an Oxford comma.
You spelled out a number.
You didn't spell out a number.
You inserted a comma after a short introductory phrase.
You didn't insert a comma after a short introductory phrase.
You wrote "smartphone" instead of "smart phone."
You wrote "smart phone" instead of "smartphone."
You used an en dash instead of an em dash.
You used an em dash instead of an en dash.
You put one space instead of two between sentences.
You put two spaces instead of one between sentences.
The grammar checker in Word put a squiggly line under a poorly structured sentence.
The grammar checker in Word put a squiggly line under a perfectly structured sentence.

Most editors are paid by the report and it's only a few bucks. They are not going to tutor you in their personal idiosyncrasies for free. That's why they don't give constructive feedback.

(A few will now and then but it's rare.)

Even if they told you what word you misused or punctuation you missed, you will still be human and will make the same mistakes now and then in the future.

Don't sweat it. 9's are good. If you're in this for the praise, find another career. Most of us are in it for money, and as long as the editor's whims don't cut into our pay, we just go on to the next shop and don't look back.

Time to build a bigger bridge.

If you're in this for the praise, find another career ?
What kind of advice is that?\

Most of us are in it for the money?
To make money, Yes.
A lot of us enjoy providing feedback to improve customer service at the places we frequent...

Shopping Bama and parts of Georgia.
I'm still learning 24/7.

Actually, it's pretty good advice. This is not for the insecure or the faint hearted.

Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/29/2015 03:56PM by MDavisnowell.

The Editor was having a bad day.

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Thanks, everyone. I'm not in this for the praise, but if I can improve I would like to know how. The nine isn't keeping me up at night. I know I write thorough and accurate reports.

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If you want to get a better handle on the grade, research the company. Some hold on to 10's like they're money. Some good points were made before. We are not infallible and neither are the editors. Most companies will not provide useful feedback to help you improve. If you write well just use a spell and grammar checker, submit and be done with it. Proofing your work 15 times will end up being just a waste of time and cut into your bottom line. If you regularly receive grades of 8 to 10 it is all good.

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@mrcomputer101 wrote:

If you're in this for the praise, find another career ?
What kind of advice is that?\

It's very good advice because praise from MSC's is a rare thing. So if that's why someone works, this is not the place to do it.

OP said he was "one of those crazy people that takes anything less than an A+ as an insult." Did you read what I was responding to?

Time to build a bigger bridge.

@dspeakes wrote:

OP said he was "one of those crazy people that takes anything less than an A+ as an insult." Did you read what I was responding to?

I'm a "she." My name is Melanie.

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Sorry.

Time to build a bigger bridge.

Yes, I read what you were responding to. It had a hateful tone to it. The main theme of this forum is to assist Shoppers, be supportive and answer questions. Praise from a MSC is not a rare thing. It probably is in your case...

Shopping Bama and parts of Georgia.
I'm still learning 24/7.

Looking at it another way, if we're being paid for 8's & 9's and receive plenty of repeat assignments, why strive for the 10? I want to give each MSC everything they need to submit a quality report but no more than that. I know my pay isn't increasing for having a "perfect report".

While it's great to get an "A," Bs and Cs are not bad grades. Students who make Bs and Cs graduate, too, just as those who make 8s and 9s on their reports get paid the same as those who make 10s. I love making 10s, too. Just saying.

@MelNel525 wrote:

Thanks, everyone. I'm not in this for the praise, but if I can improve I would like to know how. The nine isn't keeping me up at night. I know I write thorough and accurate reports.

The 9 or 10 does not make any difference. We would all like 10s, but have found out that it just doesn't matter. It bothered me the first year of Mystery shopping, you learn it just doesn't matter to anyone else but you.

I remember a post here from a shopper who got dinged by an editor for writing, "Earl Grey Tea." They were dinged because the editor though "Grey" should be spelled "Gray". Normally I don't worry about things like that, but I would have fought that edit and taken it to higher authority as the Earl's name is indeed spelled "Grey".

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If the employee's name was Geoff that editor probably would have insisted it was Jeff.

Fortunately a 9 won't affect your shopper status....

It's like the person with a 780 credit score that worries that their credit score isn't closer to 850.

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I received a "7" on a 10 shop. It pissed me off (for about 2 minutes) and then I just moved on...

Some editors do NOT think anyone deserves a 10...

Most editors work from home. It could have been an interruption from fighting children or a really bad diaper change that placed the editor into a foul mood. I'm very happy with a nine personally.

The only time I might be concerned is if it was sent back for a missed question, or further explanation due to you contradicting your narrative with the check boxes above it. If you rush and put the right information in the narrative and somehow tick the box wrong. This is the type of error you need to be concerned about.

@MelNel525 wrote:

I'm a "she." My name is Melanie.

Don't worry about being confused for a man; bgriffin gets confused for being a woman all the time in the forum.

But only because he can be such a b-itch.

@mrcomputer101 wrote:

Yes, I read what you were responding to. It had a hateful tone to it. The main theme of this forum is to assist Shoppers, be supportive and answer questions. Praise from a MSC is not a rare thing. It probably is in your case...

Let's see, 11 people "liked" my post and you found it hateful.

I think the problem is yours, not mine.

Time to build a bigger bridge.

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Shopping Bama and parts of Georgia.
I'm still learning 24/7.

@dspeakes wrote:

@mrcomputer101 wrote:

Yes, I read what you were responding to. It had a hateful tone to it. The main theme of this forum is to assist Shoppers, be supportive and answer questions. Praise from a MSC is not a rare thing. It probably is in your case...

Let's see, 11 people "liked" my post and you found it hateful.

I think the problem is yours, not mine.

Sometimes hateful, like rude, is the perception of an individual reader. I'm remembering a recent major brouhaha over a post about a ridiculous ACE bonus that you found rude, and you were extremely harsh in your criticism of the OP, even though more than 30 forum members had "liked" the OP's post. Perception, perception, perception.

You spelled "OK" wrong "Okay"

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Not funny. At all.

@mrcomputer101 wrote:

<Inflammatory, highly disturbing, and not even remotely funny remark involving multiple other posters removed. Seriously, WTH dude?>

Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.

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