@Flash wrote:
Your first obligation is for your own safety. This may just be a location you should avoid.
@bgriffin wrote:
Also that wasn't a lottery scheme. Unless by lottery scheme you mean people begging for money so they can buy lottery tickets and hope they get their way out of the ghetto. All you have to do is politely tell them you don't have any change and that you're are working. That has gotten rid of all but the most obnoxious for me.
@mshelliep wrote:
I did several gas audits earlier today. One was in an inner city area that I shop a few times a year. While I was taking pictures a man came up to me and asked me for change. I didn't have any change on me as I was furiously snapping pictures while the pumps were mostly empty. I took all of the required pictures and went back to my car to take notes. The same guy came up to my car and asked me again for change. The only cash I had was for the audits. I told him I didn't have any change, but I did have an ice cold drink (from my inside purchase ). I asked him if he would an ice cold drink? Obviously he must have thought I meant something different because I handed him the Sprite and he said," Uh, Oh, No thanks!" I went back to my notes. I looked up and noticed he was collecting change from anyone he could and then going to the back of the store (outside)to give an older guy the money. The older guy was going into the store and buying lottery tickets.
I am now waiting on a pump where a car has been sitting for 15 minutes. No one gets out, no one pumps gas. They just sit with music playing. I'm growing impatient. There was no way I could get any type of pump picture. About that time another car pulls up on the other side of the pump. A guy gets out, stays on his phone the whole time, walks over to the stationary vehicle, gets in the BACK seat, after 2 or 3 minutes he gets out of the car (still on the phone), gets into his car, and both cars drive off.
What are my choices for safety? 1. Don't do gas audits? 2. Be more selective of the area? 3. Get some type of mace or other protection?
What does everyone else do? I'm sure I can't be the only one with weird or dangerous things happening while shopping.
@ChrisCooper wrote:
I went on a Subway shop that was inside a gas station convenience store. The entire food counter was behind bullet-proof glass. There were lots of dings in the glass, so apparently it was necessary.
@cindy55 wrote:
Drug Dealer MS
Were you greeted?
Were they knowledgeable about their product? Offer samples?
Did they try to upsell you?
Did they make you aware of their customer loyalty program?
Did you feel like a valued customer?