In the past two weeks, I have had two restaurant assignments at 2 different franchises.
The first meal was a dud because my poor, starving guest (mky husband) was presented with a dish that I would not feed to my dog.
The biggest problem was that even though it looked unappetizing, because it was supposed to have a meat sauce on it, and there wasn't any visible meat, I asked if they had given him the right dish.
When I was told it was a Bolognese sauce, I asked for the meat to be added to the dish.
This was done, but still the food was absolutely inedible. (My dish was great).
I went home and happily reported on the bad experience without thinking about the consequences.
The next day I had an email stating that my assignment had been rejected because I had returned the dish.
I had not!
All I had asked was that the same dish had meat put onto it so that at least my guest could eat something.
When I disputed the decision I was told that I had not gone by the rules and I should know how to conduct these type of assignments.
Yesterday, I went to another restaurant that, unknowing to me, had just opened. Needless to say, the service was awful, the wait times were ridiculous and the food was horrible.
I am afraid that because I had questioned why I had not received the salad that should have been included with my meal, this job may be rejected too.
So, not only was I grossly overcharged for my meal, but it may also be thrown out on some 'technical' issue.
Surely other shoppers must have had similar experiences.
Did you just shut up and not point out that there were issues with your meal or did you do what you would normally do as a guest and let the restaurant know that something was not right?
I'm thinking now that doing a restaurant assignment may be too risky in the future.