@jlovesnyc wrote:
Don't you hate it when...You apply for a shop that will fit nicely into your route. You wait and wait for a reply from the scheduler to accept it and grant you the shop. You wait and wait and decide that the shop just won't be given to you. So you arrive home after finishing your route shops, and guess what the scheduler decides to grant you the shop AFTER your done with your route. Schedulers, if you happen to read this: actively read and monitor your inboxes. If you don't monitor your inboxes, perhaps scheduling isn't for you.
@catgrannyof5 wrote:
okay, here's a continuation of that scheduler's notice to request a shop change date for your preferred date. After you received an email to inform you that the scheduler can't change the date for your preferred date, the shop comes up on the job board for the dates you wanted.
That's certainly a "shut up" post.@Wonderland wrote:
I've learned to avoid that by taking responsibility of my requests. This way I don't waste my time or the Scheduler's time.
@iShop123 wrote:
That's certainly a "shut up" post.@Wonderland wrote:
I've learned to avoid that by taking responsibility of my requests. This way I don't waste my time or the Scheduler's time.
Not every application has the ability to delete the request. Other requests are made via email, especially when there is a potential large bonus attached. Sometimes it has nothing to do with the shopper and everything to do with an overwhelmed or otherwise engaged scheduler.
@catgrannyof5 wrote:
Wonderland, my original post meant that when a scheduler placed one of those "need to change/different the shop date" on the self-assign page, I wanted to do the shop for the dates that I was able to do shop. For example, the shops dates were 2/14 to 2/16. I requested to do the shop on 2/18 or 2/19 since I was available for those dates. Scheduler emails back stating that they can't extend/change shop dates for the dates I requested. No takers took the shop for the original dates. Now, I already made plans for the dates 2/18 and 2/19. Guess what, the shop dates were changed to the dates I requested. I was not in a situation where I needed an extension for a shop. I was merely requesting to do the shop for a date I was available.
Or a $12 shop is now $3.@Irene_L.A. wrote:
Don't you hate it when, the shops you did last year are now available for half the price.....
@Wonderland wrote:
I've learned to avoid that by taking responsibility of my requests. I'm the IC and I am the only one that knows my full schedule (Schedulers can't read my mind). I have the ability to request and remove those requests at any time. I understand that Schedulers are very busy scheduling, answering questions, phones, etc. If I know I haven't heard back or will not hear back in time, I log in and "cancel" my request. This way I don't waste my time or the Schedulers time.
You have a closed mind and seem to think that impossible situations never happen. In the real world, there are unpredictable things that happen despite the best of planning. If your parent or spouse had a heart attack would you say, "sorry I can't call you an ambulance I'm on my way to work, I can't go to the hospital with you because work is more important?" If there was an accident on the freeway and you are stuck in traffic are you the one who jumps up on the shoulder and tries to pass everybody, because your perfect work history can not be affected? I'd hate to be on the freeway with you in that case.
I rarely miss a scheduled shop, but guess what? I have because I'm human and the world is not infallible. I had a situation where I had a computer cord issue, one of my (above the scheduler), that approves the offers, called me and said on my voice mail, "one of your reports is late, which is not like you".
I'm glad you're not one of my schedulers.
@a171989 wrote:
Don't you hate when schedulers try to get over on you? I had been monitoring a food shop for Market Force for about 2 weeks waiting for them to add a bonus. They upped the shop to $8 from $7.00 but I made an offer for $10 and it was rejected. Last week, the scheduler called and offered me the shop for $4.50! I kindly informed him that it's listed at $8 on their site and I had already made an offer that was rejected. He knew what he was offering was BS because he kept cutting me off and was trying to talk over me. I let him know that $10 was as low as I was going and he agreed. I get it's business but that is some nerve offering the shop lower than what it's listed for online. But after it's all said and done, that's not bad for a place I was going to eat at that night anyways.