repetitive narrative
I hear your annoyance and it has been explained that perhaps different narrative areas are used for different purposes. Nevertheless, I am in total agreement with you! Luckily there are not that many companies that require that sort of repetitiveness. I must admit, however, that my favorite shop in a long, long time was a freeform narrative of a restaurant visit with only a couple of statistical questions. The instructions were basically to tell the story from the beginning to the end of a restaurant visit. It really felt wonderful and freeing to be able to 'tell the tale' as if I were talking with a friend. Of course I covered the usuals--quality of greeting, atmosphere, service, food presentation and quality, quality of departure, etc.--but it also allowed me to discuss the teamwork and the responses of other customers. There was a minimum of 500 words, if I recall correctly, but about 1300 words nicely covered the visit and was a joy to write.
The grocery store shops are the worst! 2 different chains, 2 different MSC's but same report format. At least 3 sentences about each department employee you interacted with (and of course you are required to interact in every department) then recount every thing at the end. Not worth the money to me anymore!
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> I hear your annoyance and it has been explained
> that perhaps different narrative areas are used
> for different purposes. Nevertheless, I am in
> total agreement with you! Luckily there are not
> that many companies that require that sort of
> repetitiveness. I must admit, however, that my
> favorite shop in a long, long time was a freeform
> narrative of a restaurant visit with only a couple
> of statistical questions. The instructions were
> basically to tell the story from the beginning to
> the end of a restaurant visit. It really felt
> wonderful and freeing to be able to 'tell the
> tale' as if I were talking with a friend. Of
> course I covered the usuals--quality of greeting,
> atmosphere, service, food presentation and
> quality, quality of departure, etc.--but it also
> allowed me to discuss the teamwork and the
> responses of other customers. There was a minimum
> of 500 words, if I recall correctly, but about
> 1300 words nicely covered the visit and was a joy
> to write.
There is a music store I do with a report like that. The question require no comments, then just type it all at the end.
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> I hear your annoyance and it has been explained
> that perhaps different narrative areas are used
> for different purposes. Nevertheless, I am in
> total agreement with you! Luckily there are not
> that many companies that require that sort of
> repetitiveness. I must admit, however, that my
> favorite shop in a long, long time was a freeform
> narrative of a restaurant visit with only a couple
> of statistical questions. The instructions were
> basically to tell the story from the beginning to
> the end of a restaurant visit. It really felt
> wonderful and freeing to be able to 'tell the
> tale' as if I were talking with a friend. Of
> course I covered the usuals--quality of greeting,
> atmosphere, service, food presentation and
> quality, quality of departure, etc.--but it also
> allowed me to discuss the teamwork and the
> responses of other customers. There was a minimum
> of 500 words, if I recall correctly, but about
> 1300 words nicely covered the visit and was a joy
> to write.
There is a music store I do with a report like that. The question require no comments, then just type it all at the end.
I did not apply for a job sent to me...Bar Integrity with 8 customer drinks written about, prefer starting time 9:30 PM, $10.00 fee, top that!!
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I did a shop today (well yesterday.. Its after midnight) and it was the longest report I ever had to do. The report was so repetitive and it required about 10 narratives, the report just asked the same thing over and over and over again. I have the biggest headache right now and i'm hoping my report gets accepted without them needing any other clarification.
God Bless ICC/DS because their reports are never like that. At most, I've seen 2 sections requiring 2-3 sentences and then the final narrative.
Most are "pick the answer" and then write 3 paragraphs.
I love shopping for them, I would do just about anything for them for that little bit of work.
Most are "pick the answer" and then write 3 paragraphs.
I love shopping for them, I would do just about anything for them for that little bit of work.
Greg it means purchase and return. Two trips to the same store, either on different days, or after a certain amount of time has elapsed on the same day (usually 5 to 30 minutes). I feel really stupid doing those. I just did one recently because it was a good fee. So one minute I say, "oh yes, my little nephew could certainly use this jacket." I leave the store, return in five minutes and say to the same sales clerk, "oh you will never believe this. I just called my sister to tell her about the wonderful jacket I found for her son, and she tells me SHE just bought him a jacket today, so I will need to return this one."
Because I have worked in retail for so many years, I hate returns. Where I have currently worked for the last 10 years, we sell candy. People receive a gift that perhaps isn't to their liking, nuts and chewy instead of soft centers and come to exchange it. Hey this is food! Have they no idea that we have to throw it away? Sorry to go off on a tangent here, but returns are not my favorite thing, but you were just asking what P/R meant, so there you go.
Carol
Because I have worked in retail for so many years, I hate returns. Where I have currently worked for the last 10 years, we sell candy. People receive a gift that perhaps isn't to their liking, nuts and chewy instead of soft centers and come to exchange it. Hey this is food! Have they no idea that we have to throw it away? Sorry to go off on a tangent here, but returns are not my favorite thing, but you were just asking what P/R meant, so there you go.
Carol
Carol, yes, returns are the pits and I just don't take them...except for yesterday they gave me another fee for the return. Had to buy fragrance and return...I said I wanted to try a new fragrance, need a change, we found one then came back and said, I'm a little unsure, I need to return, having lunch with friend, will be back and buy my usual....oooh!! Poor Salesgirl!!!!!!
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I do P/R shops at locations I know I will return within the allowed time to return the item. I also try to do it within the same paying cycle of my credit card. The main point is, I never give a lengthy explanation for the return. I changed my mind, period. If they ask is anything wrong with the item, I say no, period. Sometimes you get a very nosy sales person. At the third question I just smile and do not answer. By then the return should be processed and I leave. Thank you and good bye.
Wish I could be that detached, Pat, but too many years of retail are built into my core. Worked one very well known clothing retailer where pay was only on consignment. Return policy is very liberal, so of course there are returns all day long. You just cannot believe how rotten you feel when you come to work and find out there have been returns since your last shift. So you have been sitting at home minding your own business while losing money. It takes you half of the day just to get out of the hole and back to a zero. Shopping casually and then returning (unless of course is an assignment), I consider to be cruel and messing with people's livelihoods.
The repetitive reports for Ellis apartment shops is the one that gets to me. I do a lot of work for them but the reports are horrible. I can not resist the $30 a shop though. I do not think that I will ever get use to there reports.
ICCDS is very strange. They go hot and cold. I get an email, express an interest and do not hear anything. The same thing will go in for a month; the following month, I express interest and get all the shops. I won't do any $12.00 shops, especially a purchase and return. I often wonder if anyone ever had a problem with one of those shops and could not return the item.
I do have the fantasy of purchasing the item and when I go to return it, having it declared a knock off. I haven't heard of it happening, but with all the knock offs around, it wouldn't surprise me terribly to find a good knock off in the store that had been 'returned' by another customer. And it would be just my luck to have selected that item to purchase.
After exchanging an email or two with the scheduler, it could make for an interesting report!
Kittybrat, yes, I have had your experience with ICCDS....use to do those p/r returns, I changed to stop sending and now forget about them, haven't worked for them in months...but, going back to their low pay, who cares!! They are a nice Co and yes, the reports are a breeze. I doubt if you'd buy a "knockoff", they know the fabric and special hiden giveaways and can always tell a knockoff...would be too embarassing.
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