Mystery Shopper's Dictionary
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Shopper auto-pilot--- Doing the same shop so often you basically do it without having to think.
Shopper auto-pilot--- Doing the same shop so often you basically do it without having to think.
Shopping Western NY, Northeast and Central PA, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Have car will travel anywhere if the monies right.
fly paper: Receipts that blow out of the car window
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Which leads to the the natural follow up,@BuffaloNY101 wrote:
Let me add one
Shopper auto-pilot--- Doing the same shop so often you basically do it without having to think.
Shopper crash- doing the same shop so often you don't bother to read the instructions every month. Leading to unpleasant surprises and a shop which crashes and burns.
Shop-Envy -- seeing an email announcing a new round of coveted shops being released. You quickly login to the MSC only to find them all assigned already.
Prom Date Regret -- you assign a mediocre shop only to come across a much better looking assignment for the same date.
Morning After Hangover -- you finish a full load of reports late in the night and before going to bed, you take a peek at the job board. Something looks interesting, so you request the job. You wake up the next morning to an assignment email from the scheduler. Over your morning coffee, you dig a little deeper into the guidelines and realize the shop is a nightmare...a real dog. You immediately feel the pounding building in your forehead.
Prom Date Regret -- you assign a mediocre shop only to come across a much better looking assignment for the same date.
Morning After Hangover -- you finish a full load of reports late in the night and before going to bed, you take a peek at the job board. Something looks interesting, so you request the job. You wake up the next morning to an assignment email from the scheduler. Over your morning coffee, you dig a little deeper into the guidelines and realize the shop is a nightmare...a real dog. You immediately feel the pounding building in your forehead.
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl -- year after year..."
Pesty fly - when you are doing an audit and are followed around by a paranoid manager who keeps asking "are we doing OK?"
Wrong way Corrigan - You know exactly where the shop is located. Report, receipt submitted, done. Via email you find you were at the wrong location. Yours was at the other end of the mall. ( A.K.A. Shopper head slap.)
Owl Patrol - doing reports late into the night/early morning hours
Baited Breath - hovering over the job board to pounce the prize as soon as posted
Crocodile Tears - accepting a well bonused shop for tomorrow that is half a block from a well bonused shop you have already accepted
Baited Breath - hovering over the job board to pounce the prize as soon as posted
Crocodile Tears - accepting a well bonused shop for tomorrow that is half a block from a well bonused shop you have already accepted
Sales Associate Envy-- helplessly watching other customers get their quick answers and get on with their lives. And there you are with Mr. Yakky McRamble.
Y'all are way more creative than I am. These are great.
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
At the moment only demons come to mind
Shopper cynicism- The feeling a shopper achieves when they are offered yet another low paying, high requirement shop with a promise of hero citations, and, that the next prime, very desirable, high paying shop will be theirs.
A.K.A Wimpey's promise. "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"
A.K.A Wimpey's promise. "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"
"Most Coveted Shop of the Spring and Summer" Its not really coveted, we made you look! Amusement Park Shops.
Audit Bribery: The store associates offer you pizza and soda while you do your audit. 
Familiarity: The store messes up and the manager threatens that she knew you were their mystery shopper. "So what are you going to do about it?" She insinuates with her aggressive look.
My Eyes Are Up Here - Male shopper getting caught sneaking a peak at a busty employee's nametag.
Mr. Crumples - Employee tosses your receipt in the trash, and after they dig it out for you, it never stays flat enough to take a decent photo.
Unknown Caller - "Hi this is (mumbles) calling from (mumble, mumble) Services. We have a shop in your area, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in picking it up at a bonus. Give me a call at (mumbles) and I can assign it for you.
Missing In Action: Your target is never there no matter when you call.
Shopping Western NY, Northeast and Central PA, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Have car will travel anywhere if the monies right.
Late night opportunity bonus -- Bonus added late at night most likely automatically by the server. Pounced on my me in the middle of the night while taking a lunch break at my full time job (around 2:00 AM). I have gotten several bonuses this way lately by simply being observant of what is on the job boards.
Shopping across Indiana but mostly around Indianapolis.
Stiffing the Skater: What you do when you don't tip the carhop.
Hero citations- aka garbage
Doing what I can to enhance the life of my family! I LOVE what I do
Receipt Jitters: What a shopper feels... trying to get a receipt.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/12/2016 03:48PM by SunnyDays2.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/12/2016 03:48PM by SunnyDays2.
Tell Tale Heart: (this need something from the outed as a shopper thread)
Freak "Accident" aka Happy Accident: A scheduler calls and asks how much it takes. They usually try to haggle so you ask for a "crazy high" bonus. They call you back later to assign it to you at that bonus. The ultimate of this is when you get an automated email to do it again the following month for the same bonus. They took it away after I self-assigned, but they called later in the month and offered that bonus again right off the bat.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/12/2016 09:42PM by Kakita987.
Freak "Accident" aka Happy Accident: A scheduler calls and asks how much it takes. They usually try to haggle so you ask for a "crazy high" bonus. They call you back later to assign it to you at that bonus. The ultimate of this is when you get an automated email to do it again the following month for the same bonus. They took it away after I self-assigned, but they called later in the month and offered that bonus again right off the bat.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/12/2016 09:42PM by Kakita987.
Empty Test Drive: When you leave the car lot, get three blocks away and run out of gas. Wait for 30 minutes to have two gallons delivered by the dealer then barely make it to the gas station to spend 5 minutes waiting while the sales person pumps gas. Then, the test drive starts and takes another 20 minutes!
Distance Doh
Accepting that highly bonused shop before realizing it's too far away.
Accepting that highly bonused shop before realizing it's too far away.
"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
"happy accident" - applying for a shop on your phone, two days later when you are logging in to download the guidelines, realize that your finger slipped and you self assigned the wrong one--and it's not as bad as you feared.
"finger flub" -- doing the same thing and self-assigning a 10-foot pole shop.
"finger flub" -- doing the same thing and self-assigning a 10-foot pole shop.
Chuck-E-Cheeseburger: Tossing an entire (less one bite) burger in the garbage.
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