Sometimes you have those moments where you actually ask yourself "Did that really happen?" While in the middle of a mystery shop yesterday, I happened to have fallen asleep while waiting on sales associate to approach me within a dressing room at a high end retailer. The guidelines of this store state that the shopper has to wait a minimum of 5 minutes (though no more than 6 minutes) within the dressing room in order for the associate to check on you. During this time, I happened to have nodded off until a sales associate finally knocked on the door at the time of the fifth minute.
The rest of the shop turned out good, yet I thought that this type of occurrence was rare for me. I've always found the five minute rule for this shop to be interesting as it is, since you are literally counting down the minutes passing by on your watch/phone while doing absolutely nothing. As I wiped the drool off of my shirt upon leaving the dressing room, I had to ask myself the question that I'm asking forum members "Has anything like this ever happen to you?"
Disclaimer: This was my 7th shop of the day amid temperatures above 100 degrees, so I was somewhat fatigued at the time of this shop.