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September 12, 2015 02:11AM
I have done quite a few gas station shops, all for the same company. They get pretty repetitive, but I find that it really helps me to have a "standard" write-up, and just change the dates, staff member names, etc. Makes the report writing much easier, and every one of my shops have come back with a 10 out of 10 rating. I'm sure that lots of shoppers do the same thing.

On a different note, I recently had to do a gas station shop, in a location where there were three gas stations at the same intersection. I inadvertently went to the Petro instead of the Shell. I was so used to going to the Petro in my neighborhood, that I guess I went into autopilot mode. Good thing I have a big tank, as I had three gas stations to do that same weekend. Anybody else have the same experience?

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September 12, 2015 02:34AM
It gets real fun when the gas stations are the same brand on three corners of the same intersection, with address digits off by one or two. I have also gone to the wrong location more than once.
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September 12, 2015 02:37AM
Now that I mostly drive the hybrid, I do very few gas stations any more. Over the years, though, there have been shoppers literally make routes of them and be quite pleased with the experience.

Report writing to me is like dealing with an outline once you know what keeps the MSP happy. First this, then that, then the next, then the other. The report is the same but it is not the same, only the outline is. You can get in hot water if the reports are copy/paste with minor alterations, but if it is original composition based on the same outline they can go quickly, cover everything and keep everybody happy.
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September 12, 2015 01:49PM
which Hybrid do you have flash? I recently purchased the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid 2 weeks ago. Was thinking of doing gas shops just to fuel that car.
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September 12, 2015 02:50PM
A 2008 Honda Civic that we bought new at the end of 2007 and I can still get 50-60mpg out of it on a regular basis.
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September 12, 2015 03:47PM
I wish that I could do gas station shops but I did one once and I had to check the restroom, it was an experience that I seriously do not want to ever repeat in my lifetime! If they didn't require that you check the restroom I would grab them in a second!

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September 12, 2015 04:12PM
@reneeturner wrote:

It gets real fun when the gas stations are the same brand on three corners of the same intersection, with address digits off by one or two. I have also gone to the wrong location more than once.
I have not gone to the wrong station but it is hard to stay a mystery during a MS/audit when wearing a neon yellow safety vest when the other gas station across the street is your next MS/audit location. That is the issue I run into.
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