Flash Wrote:
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> It depends entirely on the type of location. If I
> were doing flooring as a regular customer, I would
> be noting prices, product and availability on a
> note pad from my purse or pocket. Grocery stores
> all the customers around you have their shopping
> lists. In a bank, I as a regular customer would
> take notes on what I was told if it wasn't on a
> brochure presented to me, and likely I would take
> additional notes on the brochure. As a shopper,
> the behaviors are no different. I do actually
> have a small notebook in my purse that has room
> sizes, window sizes and other data including the
> paint swatches for my home in case I run into a
> sale somewhere on something I need. I have been
> on shops and pulled out my 'house' notebook
> because I found a great sale on something that was
> needed but needed to fit.
>
> Obviously you don't want to do something unlikely,
> but I have taken notes on the order slip inside a
> catalog I was supposedly going through while
> having a quick lunch. I have had a spiral
> notebook and a text book as if I was studying and
> taking notes while having lunch. I have made
> notes on paper napkins in a restaurant setting
> which I then shoved in my purse, as if something
> from the conversation with my companion I wanted
> to remember for later (or if the napkins were
> cloth, have hauled out an envelope from my purse
> to write a note on before shoving it away).
>
> But notes need to be just that. A quickly written
> reminder, and anything more extensive frequently
> needs to be done during a retreat to the
> restroom.
>
> I do like 'hiding in plain sight', and a quick
> note I think does that. Certainly extensive
> texting could be a give away, just as extensive
> note taking could be in many circumstances.
okay, thanks. that's very clever.