What was your last mystery shop since shelter in place mandates?

Mine was for an upscale dining shop. The restaurant was not busy. Over 2/3 of the dining room was unoccupied. Our server conversed with us that normally he would be crazy trying to cover the tables he would normally be assigned to. There was one party of 15 people or so celebrating a birthday. Another couple spoke to management before sitting down. They wiped down the table well as her guest was an elderly male. I never got to do the take out shop scheduled for 4 days later as the MSC cancelled it. I have received numerous emails from an MSC looking for a greeter for one of their clients at a retail store. No, thank you!

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Raising Cane’s drive-thru.

I can never get enough of their bland chicken, considering the difficulty of the shop.

Shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado. 33 year old male and willing to travel!

I thought about doing one of those, but the drive through lines at the location near my house are insanely long.

@Tarantado wrote:

Raising Cane’s drive-thru.

I can never get enough of their bland chicken, considering the difficulty of the shop.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt

@Tarantado wrote:

Raising Cane’s drive-thru.

I can never get enough of their bland chicken, considering the difficulty of the shop.

Best chickens.

My last one was a mobile app shop for either Exxon or Sonic 2 weeks ago. Can't remember which one I did first.

There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind

All my shops for the past six weeks or so have been phone calls and online shops. I miss being able to pick and choose from a bunch of restaurant shops when we wanted to go out for dinner. Thank goodness my husband is a decent cook, or I'd be doing dinners 7 days a week.

My last day of shopping i did 5 Circle K convenience stores followed by 2 quick gas station (kiosk) shops and a BJ's Brewhouse carryout shop.

I did two phone shops for tire companies. As far as visits are concerned, 5 mattress shops on the first day of March. It's been barely two weeks and I am thinking "Those were the days".

A gas station audit. I had a Raising Cane's drive thru scheduled for yesterday and they didn't cancel it, so I did it. The line was long but went very quickly. I think they go quickly because chicken is all they sell so they basically ask what combo and what drink.

There's an MSC with shops to check grocery stores for what types of "distancing" signs/implementations are in place in the stores, as well as sanitizing efforts that may be ongoing for customers/cashiers. These are going on now. Since I have to get groceries anyway, I've picked up 3 of them. Hope to get some more next week. It's also interesting to see which chains are doing what as far as requesting distancing in the stores. Some more than others. I also have a phone banking shop to do tomorrow.

Oh yeah, LOL. I completely forgot I did two of those last week. DUH. I did sign up for more but they only assigned me two.

I did a gas station shop. But, more importantly, that Friday, my partner and I went to the Lenten Dinner served at the Catholic Church in the tiny village (population about 300 - plus the local farm and ranch community) east of us.
The dinner was, to say the least, delicious.. IMO, all local church suppers are of the community in which they represent. This one was no exception. Sadly, no music as the local band was staying in and the diocese had mandated this dinner to be their last for the Easter season.
This was before "social distancing" was mandated. Yet, all of us were diligent. We also talked of the threat with other locals. I do not recall anyone "poo pooing" it as anything but a real virus that was disrupting our lives.

Sorry for the digression. I miss that we cannot revisit this year.

Krogers is still having their grocery stores shopped from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. i go during senior time only so I can't do them or I would. Senior times are before 8.

51 gas stations over 2 days. Touched a lot of nozzles but still feeling ok. Maybe The Rona had not yet reached remote locations.

I just returned from Raising Canes. With no line, I was on my way home after only 2 minutes.

Anybody else think that their prices are high for such small portions of "just okay" chicken? I'd never eat there on my own dime.

I did 5 Sonics last but none this week

I did a pet store on Monday and a Raising Canes today. Not a huge fan of their food but I was able to feed my roommate. Also picked up a Field Agent buy & try today as I was in Walmart anyway. Trying to stay in as much as possible otherwise.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Anybody else think that their prices are high for such small portions of "just okay" chicken? I'd never eat there on my own dime.

What??? $8 can feed 1 adult & 2 kids! It still feeds 2 adults now that they're grown.

My last in person shop was a bank inquiry two weeks ago.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Anybody else think that their prices are high for such small portions of "just okay" chicken? I'd never eat there on my own dime.

I'm not sure we can be friends anymore.

I thought they were pretty cheap honestly. I can eat there less than I can at any of the burger places, get more food, and like it better.

There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Oh yeah, LOL. I completely forgot I did two of those last week. DUH. I did sign up for more but they only assigned me two.

I had to call to get the third one assigned to me. I, too, was only able to self assign two shops. We'll see what next week brings with new due dates. I'll call again if I have to.

Sadly, my time out in public has expired. I hope everyone finds things to do that can help them and their families, and can do it safely.

Five Guys

Ralphs aka Krogers today. Very light traffic. All carts are wiped down with sanitizer. I was greeted at the entrance with a 12 pack of toilet paper if I wanted it. I hope the MSC keeps the 8am - 8pm shopping timeframe when things return to normal.

Well, you must know how chains can vary from location to location. Every time I go to RC, it's skimpy. I make better food at home and everyone (well most everyone) knows I am picky, so...there you go. And I hate the burger places in general. I haven't paid to go out to eat in a very long time. They really have to pay me well to go to the burger places, too.

@bgriffin wrote:

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Anybody else think that their prices are high for such small portions of "just okay" chicken? I'd never eat there on my own dime.

I'm not sure we can be friends anymore.

I thought they were pretty cheap honestly. I can eat there less than I can at any of the burger places, get more food, and like it better.

There food is not really that expensive, but it also is not very good. However, do like the toast. I always feel guilty when I eat there because it is also some of the unhealthiest stuff you can eat. I would never go there on my own dime either, and until recently, would only go if it had a bonus to help me try to diminish some of my guilt.

Yeah, I agree. Last time I ate there was in June 2019.

I had one of those O'Charley's certificates on hand last week, and I bought a chicken tenders family dinner with it, OMG too much food. An entire sheet pan of chicken tenders with 2 sides. I chose broccoli and macaroni and cheese as my sides, and got a bunch of rolls, butter, sauces. I froze some of it. It was like $29 for all that and I still had a balance left on the certificate ($35). WAY too much food.

On that note, some of the restaurants are offering a "buy $30 and get $20 free" certificates. This is a great way to keep our favorite restaurants in business. Um, Carrabba's is one of my favorites, O'Charley's is not, but hey. I did like their chicken tenders family meal. I am just not a fan of their dine-in option.

92 gas stations & 1 video car wash over 3 days... about 1/4 bottle hand sanitizer and almost half a bottle of lotion! Feeling perfectly fine and my last shop was 11 days ago so no sickness from all those stations.

I have never shopped raising canes as I don't have them near me. I did eat there on my own dime a few times when I lived in AZ and once when I recently visited Las Vegas. The toast is awesome. The fingers average. The pricing average for fast food.

Shopping Western NY, Northeast and Central PA, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Have car will travel anywhere if the monies right.

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