Blue and yellow stations

Yep, another gas station post.

I only started doing the blue/red ones last year and they were taking so long I determined never to start the yellow ones. But now that I'm much faster, I might as well branch out! Those of you who do both - what is different about yellow as opposed to blue? What do I need to not forget to do?? Thanks!

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Many more photos because there are several areas inside the store that need pics, including BOTH restrooms if there are 2. Many more questions about the store's inventory (what types of foods and groceries are sold? Does it have a restaurant? ATM? Etc...) each pump with a negative issue needs a second pic. In-store reimbursement is higher but not by much as convenience store prices are high. Safety vest is mandatory rather than "recommended." There is a reward letter that needs to be printed for the cashier if they mention a certain thing. Each has a unique code number for that location only so there's a whole lot of printing but you'll almost never need to use those rewards because the cashiers almost never say the thing. If you're handy with Paint/Photoshop, save one reward letter, erase the code leaving the space blank and print out a few that way. Just write in that station's code, if needed, on site.

The yellow ones take about 50 percent longer - both to do and to report. More pictures, more observations, more data entry.

I'm not sure which you are asking about, blue and yellow are simple, if it's the V ones. If you're asking about the seashore orange and yellow ones, they are much more time consuming and difficult to report.

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Thanks all - a lot more work for 50 cents more!

@MsJudi wrote:

I'm not sure which you are asking about, blue and yellow are simple, if it's the V ones. If you're asking about the seashore orange and yellow ones, they are much more time consuming and difficult to report.

Blue is one brand. Yellow is a different brand. Light blue & yellow is yet another brand and then there's the orange and blue seashore. Oy vey! So many color coded brands, right?

So if the station is completely out of gas but is still open you still shop. But if there are, say, 20 pumps, that means 40 pics JUST on pumps! One regular pic and a second on each one because it's not working. Upload. Rinse. Repeat.

I've been doing them for years now, and the yellow take about 15 minutes longer. However, now with Sassie, they ALL take longer. You can't really take pictures directly because the website is too slow with too many clicks. 20 minute shops are now 30, 30 are now 45. I cut way back on these. The only nice thing, you can no longer load 2 pictures per question as recommended, so that cuts a lot of picture taking.

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