No notes or cell phone, and you must remember 4 names and times.

HaveARayDay · 2012-08-25T05:12:16+00:00

A company has indicated in their grocery shop instructions that you cannot take notes in the store, or use a cell phone to talk or text. You must also remember 4 different associates names and take timings at the deli counter, meat counter, customer service, and check out. You are to make your notes when you are away from the store. Are they kidding??? Sincerely, H.A.R.D. at work

No notes or cell phone, and you must remember 4 names and times.

September 05, 2012 05:20PM

techman01 Wrote:
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> go to the restroom

Techman, if it is the local grocery store chain I am thinking of and I have shopped before, there are signs posted on the front doors stating, "NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS." This makes it real difficult, I used to take someone with me to help remember times, names, description and opening comment for two of the departments. I also had him use my phone to take any notes I needed.

We shopped all of the departments together, he was more of my "back-up memory" for two of the specific areas and note taker for everything else I wanted to comment on.

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