Geauxcj -
I started as a shopper on 10/1/11. I lined up several jobs between the 7th and 10th with Market Force Blue.
October 6th my adopted dad died unexpectedly. My husband and I were devastated. "The Old Fart" was Native American and DH & I were the only "white folks" at the services.
I did not email my schedulers. I did the jobs, but I was a wreck - and my reports were late - over 24 hours for each report. I received several emails about "late reports" (understandable). I wrote back and told the companies what happened. Believe it or not, MF sent me a letter, a very NICE letter and they apologized for their "late report notices!"
In December I came down with bronchitis-turned-pneumonia. I had to cancel a week's worth of jobs with several companies. They were all very understanding, especially when they heard me on the phone.
In January - Sat. the 7th, my future daughter-in-law's dad died from his battle with cancer. Since my son was out on National Guard for the weekend, we went up to the house to help my DIL. I had to emergency reschedule or cancel my jobs with Merc, MF (how many deaths, I'm thinking I'm screwed sounds like an excuse ya know?), and two others, AF and RG - they were all AWESOME!
Emergencies happen, believe me, I felt like a schmuck calling and asking if I could re-schedule (or emailing as the case for MF). Only one I couldn't reschedule, had to cancel.
Keeping in contact with your schedulers is the #1 priority.
My husband - for some really odd reason - does not like to do this!
geauxcj Wrote:
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> I need to reschedule all of my shops for this
> weekend (4), due to a family member that passed
> away. Are they generally good about these type of
> situations? It was a lot of money for me :-/
> I hate thinking about money and shops right now,
> but I need to make sure I'm not kicked out of 5
> companies when I get back.
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