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vince Wrote:
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> i once did a fine dining restaurant shop (last
> summer) with a guest, but won't do one ever again
> unless it is solo, as far as i'm concerned. it
> was great food (a really excellent meal at $75 for
> two people). i invited my good friend whom i've
> known for 20 years, because we have always enjoyed
> visiting new restaurants together. my friend was
> always asking me about my mystery shopping, being
> genuinely glad for me that i had found this new
> field of work. he keeps asking me, even today, to
> invite him again to more restaurant shops. he had
> a great experience.
>
> but he almost blew the shop for me. i told him to
> generally be quiet. just smile and be polite.
> that should be the easiest thing in the world,
> right? let me do all of the talking. just act
> naive and don't say anything, but hello when
> greeted. maybe comment about the weather. i'll
> take care of the rest.
>
> when we arrive, my friend immediately takes charge
> of the place, becoming the best friend of the
> manager. he acted like he's the shopper with the
> authority to evaluate the employee service,
> although not saying that we were shopping them.
> of course, he wasn't writing the report. he was
> just tagging along with me. he totally attracted
> attention to both himself and me, so that we would
> be remembered forever. then he orders the waiter
> around, not giving the waiter a chance to speak.
> eventually, near the end of the restaurant shop,
> he tells the waiter that we are required to order
> a dessert, but just to wrap it up for him so that
> he could give it to his wife and not let it go to
> waste. his stomach was full and he loved the
> food.
>
> then the shop report had 70 detailed questions
> with maybe 15-20 paragraphs of narrative. it was
> the most excruciating narrative that i had ever
> done, because it was hard to detail the
> experience, when my friend barely let the waiter
> talk. although the meal was one of the best that
> i've ever had, and the reimbursement was $75, i'd
> rather do without the mental stress, and eat a
> turkey/bologna sandwich with mustard, pickles and
> jalapeno peppers on generic wheat toast. it costs
> about 50 cents, but it is stress free. therefore
> it tastes better.
what company did you shop for