Was cleaning out my old MS forms...

and I can't believe how many places that I used to shop are no longer shopped (and if they are I don't know who shops them)--I loved the Ollie's shops, Arbys, and "hearts on fire diamond" shops.....Just to name a few. I can't believe how many I used to do also......This drawer really needed cleaned out.....

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I get that same feeling when I drive down the street and remember all the places I shopped before the recession. Many of those store fronts are still vacant, many have become other businesses and many of the buildings have been completely demolished.

I feel the same just from last summer. Market Force used to have a good dozen clients in my area that they offered me, sometimes to the point that I had to tell schedulers "no, I'm sorry, I already have four of your shops today and tomorrow both". Now? Nope. Just the ones everyone knows, plus a local Southern chain that I bet all the Southern shoppers know. They offered me a shop from a new client last night and I just about fell off my chair.

I don't shop for MF.....but I was never a HUGE fan of FF anyhow......

I just found Arby's today

I started on MF at the advice of the friend who got me started in mystery shopping. At that point I was working second shift and eating a LOT of fast food, and her philosophy was "well, you might as well get paid for it, and they're good learner shops." I didn't actually get started until I moved, but I used shops as a way to learn my way around Houston--the MF clients are, after all, everywhere. And now, well . . . . they do a shop for a Southern chain that actually uses real meat and has amazing service, and if I'm going to indulge I might as well get paid for it.

I have found Arby's, but the shop is waaaay different from when I used to shop it for another company. I used to think it was funny to dine inside, then go around the drive-thru, asking "can you tell me what is on the regular roast beef sandwich?" and get a look from the employee at the window because I had just ordered said sandwich inside. I'd get decent bonuses and no one cared if I took my kid (a baby at the time) along. The only shop I have found now involves a trip through the drive-thru, parking and going in to visit the manager. Bah, humbug.

heartlandcanuck Wrote:
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> I have found Arby's, but the shop is waaaay
> different from when I used to shop it for another
> company. I used to think it was funny to dine
> inside, then go around the drive-thru, asking "can
> you tell me what is on the regular roast beef
> sandwich?" and get a look from the employee at the
> window because I had just ordered said sandwich
> inside. I'd get decent bonuses and no one cared if
> I took my kid (a baby at the time) along. The only
> shop I have found now involves a trip through the
> drive-thru, parking and going in to visit the
> manager. Bah, humbug.

This post would be great on the 'Who thinks up these scenarios posts lol'

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I missed a few places too, like Purdy's chocolate, Wok Box and some more. I spend too much time here instead of signing up with more MSC

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