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Shopping with a arm cast

June 08, 2018 09:08PM
I broke my wrist and have a cast on my arm. I have not been shopping since I broke it as it would make me too memorable. I'm mad at myself for not watching where I was going and falling over a flower pot. Has anyone else out there shopped with a cast on? On another subject, I haven't received payment for those Jack-in-the-Box shops I did. Has anyone received their payment? Thank you.
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June 08, 2018 09:36PM
I would not be concerned with wearing an arm cast. I mean I get not being memorable, but seriously most people we shop see hundreds of people a week. You've got to be REALLY memorable before they remember you.

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June 09, 2018 01:50AM
A scheduler called and wanted me to do a particular gas station. I said, nope, don't wanna -- I'm pretty sure all the clerks there know me by now. She said, oh, no, it's been two years since you were there. So I did the shop. I walk in and the clerk says, good heavens, haven't seen you in almost two years! Where have you been?

Same scheduler, different station, haven't been there in two years. I told the scheduler the same thing, and we had the same conversation I walk into the station, and the clerk goes, oh, good grief! Anastasia told me just the other day that if you came in again, to tell you her and her cowboy's gettin' marred (married) in a couple months.

Evidently, being courteous to clerks makes one memorable, as I have never done a revealed audit in either station. Both stations are 100 miles or more from my home.

You don't need a cast on your arm to be memorable, LOL!

(BTW, if you remove the company name from your post, and insert the MSCs name, you might get replies to your question.)

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/09/2018 01:51AM by ceasesmith.
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June 09, 2018 01:55AM
I always worry about being memorable, but then I remember that restaurants I visit on a weekly basis never remembered me before I was a mystery shopper. So I doubt anyone notices me now. Of course, I'm a very quiet person who only speaks when he has to.

As for the Jack in the Box payments, that company always pays on or near the 20th for the previous month's shops. I've never had an issue with them.
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June 09, 2018 04:11AM
I have a physical disability that I think would make me memorable, but I've been doing this for 12 years now and all is well. Don't worry about a cast.
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June 09, 2018 12:13PM
I've completed shops on crutches before and after I had knee surgery. It was a hassle, but the shops were scheduled before my injury.

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June 09, 2018 03:20PM
I remember seeing an MSC sometime back who did grocery shops, and one of the scenarios REQUIRED that the shopper had some sort of visual impairment, like wheelchair, crutches or cast on arm or leg. The impairment could be genuine or put on (to meet scenario requirements). The Client wanted to see if its employees were offering the service needed to customers with various sorts of impairments. Don't know if this shop is still around, but here's one case where your cast would qualify you for a shop. Weird, I know.
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June 12, 2018 05:49AM
FWIW: I am 8 months pregnant and have contemplated the same thing. I figured that I might be memorable while this pregnant (so only 1 visit per site for the next few months), but since this is a "temporary" situation (like an arm cast), this might help me to be less memorable after I have the baby.
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June 12, 2018 11:53AM
Unless your water breaks in the middle of the shop, you will not be any more memorable than the other many pregnant women who shop at the same location.
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June 12, 2018 01:49PM
@ceasesmith wrote:

A scheduler called and wanted me to do a particular gas station. I said, nope, don't wanna -- I'm pretty sure all the clerks there know me by now. She said, oh, no, it's been two years since you were there. So I did the shop. I walk in and the clerk says, good heavens, haven't seen you in almost two years! Where have you been?

Same scheduler, different station, haven't been there in two years. I told the scheduler the same thing, and we had the same conversation I walk into the station, and the clerk goes, oh, good grief! Anastasia told me just the other day that if you came in again, to tell you her and her cowboy's gettin' marred (married) in a couple months.

Evidently, being courteous to clerks makes one memorable, as I have never done a revealed audit in either station. Both stations are 100 miles or more from my home.

You don't need a cast on your arm to be memorable, LOL!

(BTW, if you remove the company name from your post, and insert the MSCs name, you might get replies to your question.)
Reminds me of the time I waited 4 years to go back to this brown bank (the employees never leave!) and this lady stopped dead in her tracks, gave me a strange look...tongue sticking out smiley... and said loudly, "Hey! It's been so long since I've seen you!" and she wondered why I was there (um duh, to try and open an account and not be noticed!) but nooooo...she took me in her office and gave me the "strange stink eye" like she could not figure out why I came back 4 years later to open an account! (made me stop doing those banks for awhile because the only way an employee left is when they died) :0

The green bank was different. I always got a different banker every time! tongue sticking out smiley
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June 12, 2018 02:30PM
I did a lot of shops while I was pregnant. It doesn't seem like anyone complained to a MSC about remembering me. There were a couple times when husband and I were sitting at the bar for the bar portion of the shop and and tease me about not ordering a drink. I assume because he couldn't see anything below my chest, and it's harder to tell when sitting down. I'd say "Oh I'm on a cold medication so I can't drink right now."
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