I also learned the hard way years ago to never, ever leave a receipt in a bag. I actually take a photo of it immediately when I get to my car just to be sure. I'm sorry! People can be downright evil, on the other hand once I did a shop and was in a rush. I had to do valet at an upscale mall and I put my stuff down on a shelf just down the way from the valet and forgot my stuff from the shop on the shelf! I went back 10 minutes later screeching into the valet area. He was calm as a cucumber and told me to go to customer service. Do you believe some nice person (customer I assume from the mall) actually brought my stuff to the customer service and left it there. I identified the contents and left totally amazed. It can go both ways. I was sure my stuff was gone and how would I have explained to the scheduler.

Why are you shocked? I would expect the bag to get stolen...I would also expect someone to call animal control for a dog left unattended in a locked car..especially if it was even mildly warm outside...my friend left her dog in the car when she went to a supermarket--happened to be an animal cop shopping that day....they had her paged and gave her a verbal thrashing...and could have done more..like fined her or even taken the animal...not to mention cars have been stolen with pets inside....

How do you fix it? You learn from it...make get a small foot locker to put things in...or leave the dog home and arrange for a dog walker if needed would be the appropriate thing to do.

and yes, you also risk someone tampering with the food...not to mention..the food could spoil sitting on the roof of a car..even on a cool day...and you could get food poisoning...

or other wild animals could try to get at it....one day I was out with my cat and he disappeared...i looked along the curb (he usually doesn't wander) and across the yards...there was no sign of him...I looked up...he was on the roof of a car licking the rain water!

also, sometimes pets are just stolen..by someone who wants a pet..or to be abused...

prince Wrote:
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> Glad you were at least able to do a reshop. I
> have learned to take a picture of the receipt as
> soon as possible after leaving the location.
> Hopefully, I never lose my phone.


I have lost receipts in the past & I started taking pictures of them while in the checkout line, this was for overnight work for my per diem, as a merchandiser when I stayed overnight out of town. This was before I became a mystery shopper. I now take a picture and use Camera Scanner to get a PDF of the receipts as soon as possible. I used to upload them to Google drive while stopping at a free WiFi place. They changed the way they up load. Instead of doing it Fifo (first in first out) they do a batch up load. Everything at once. It really sucks when you are in a store and take ten or fifteen pictures then have to wait for 20 to 30 minutes for them to upload on a slowwwwww WiFi connection.

An off shoot bit of advice - Teach your dog to not eat ANYTHING until you say he can. He won't eat poison. Or your snack. A mechanical cure for d.ogs who get into the groceries is the mousetrap on top of the goodies. My little dog goes with me

Cettie - I love your title. I used to have a snack delivery van, low-powered and top mileage and got tired of the bumper riders. I had the following put on the back of the little van: Be Advised: I am a witch. Injudicial agitation will prove perilous to perpetrator.

One time I took our dog with us to a wooded area for a nice afternoon walk with my little nieces and nephew on a fine autumn day (like today!). The sun was out and although there was a still a chill to the air, the day got warmer as it went along (up to 64 degrees).

On the way home I decided to quickly stop by the local supermarket and grab hamburger meat for a nice cookout to finish the day. Took the kiddos in with me, left pup in the car in the shade, had the windows cracked.

I'm minding my own business, get my item, return towards the car and noticed a couple of women dancing around the vehicle. One of them was screaming - SCREAMING at me how horrible I was for having my dog in the car. I was stunned. I was so surprised and said that I had only gone in for one item for a few minutes and showed it to her. Well, she was beyond agitated and screaming how she had already called the police. I said that was fine by me.

The policeman came and listened to what the woman had to say, turned to me and I explained what was going on. Of course the dog was just fine and sitting there with a big grin on his face waiting for us to enter. I opened the door and showed the policeman the coolness of the car, and how the airflow was good.

He just smiled, shook his head (because the crazy woman had left by now) and said that I was fine - no problem. He apologized about the inconvenience and we both left.

I don't leave my dogs in cars anymore. That lady was way over the top, but there are a lot of well-intentioned folks out there who probably wouldn't hesitate to harass anyone with a dog in their car.

One time I had a pet skunk, fixed for both reasons. She was delightful to have, nice and friendly. I could just see having her in a car with some of the busy bodies that are around now.

My idiot story is that I returned home last night later than I had indended from a grocery shop due to snafu with a shop earlier in the day. I did not photograph my receipt right away because it was one of those ones that prints 5 miles long with the survey info. I was trying to multitask by starting dinner and doing reports, so I neatly cut my receipt in 3 and laid it on my counter to photograph. When I returned with my smartphone I realized it had stuck it squarly in a puddle of chicken juice and was trying to furiously fire off shots before the receipt was consumed. 1st shot, finger in the way, 2nd shot the flash of the slimy chicken water made it unreadable. I finally got a legible photo right before the ink blurred completely which unfortunately had the shadow of my dumb head in it. Thank you Market Force for verifying my receipt anyway so I will get paid for the chicken that nearly screwed me out of my reimbursement.

Kathee70, that is a great idea that I am going to start using right away! No more lost or mutilated receipts!