Kathee70 Wrote:
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> Then use the mall wifi to
> fill out the reports while you relax with a cup of
> coffee. Finish the remainder mall shops and
> stations and go home. Have dinner and fill out the
> rest of your reports.
Not specific to gas station audits, but now that I finally have a device (chromebook) that I can do this with, I *LOVE* being able to do the quick & easy reports on the road. Nothing left to do when I get home!
Even the reports with more narrative... I enter the date/time/receipt stuff, names/descriptions, and do all the yes/no or drop-down choice questions... then make like a bullet-point list of all the key points in the narrative section... click the "Save for Later"... and when I get home I'll just finish out the narrative.
SO much better. Now, I just need a portable wi-fi thingie, so I don't have to always find a Lowes, Target, McD's, or something.
> Once you get into the groove of these audits they
> are easy. <snip> there are ways
> to maximize your time and get into a routine.
Having a one-page cheat sheet, as others have suggested, is the best. I make one for all my frequent shops. All the key points and required photos ~ customized to the way your brain processes stuff and the way you like to take notes and remember stuff.
But yeah, do a few and they'll become second nature, and therefore, much faster and easier. Not just the shops but the reports too. The first few are always the worst as you feel like kinda an idiot as you keep trying to figure out if you're getting everything.
> Know that I feel for you and just keep thinking of
> that HUGE check you will get to pay bills with.
The *best* motivation for persevering.
> Make a cheat sheet, big enough to put 5 station
> names on. <snip>
I like the multi-location cheat sheet idea!
> Be careful to keep
> checking the updates as they can and have changed
This. Not doing this can really screw you. :/
> Email these pictures to yourself with a title you
> will be able to determine that this is the
> location. This way when you enter your reports you
> will be able to separate the pictures easier.
Also, I take a photo of a specific thing in my car between each shop, when doing multiple locations of the same place on the same day. A quick visual to know where the sets of photos for each location begin and end.
> Now set your clip board up for the next station,
> taking a picture of the official sheet for your
> first picture and off you go.
Just think about where you lay your clipboard down while traipsing around getting photos. I left mine on the hood of my car once... and when I returned a bird had shat on it. :/ Shoulda opened my car door and laid it on the seat.
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