I had 3 shops scheduled for today and one for tomorrow. I don't do routes; I historically max out at 3 shops/day. As I was getting ready to leave the house, storms and wind came up, and we were under a tornado watch until 7 p.m. I wasn't going on a nearly 60-mile R/T under threat of tornado.
I self-rescheduled my FG shop for tomorrow, requested a re-schedule from the scheduler on another shop, and saw that my window to shop on the third was open until tomorrow. So I'm doing the three "today" shops tomorrow.
I had a local shop for tomorrow that's not eligible for a self-reschedule. I had canceled two shops from this company a few months ago due to critical illness in the family, so I didn't want to ask the scheduler for the favor. I can do that shop on my way home tomorrow, but I'm getting anxiety over doing 4 shops in one afternoon.
Two of these aren't easy. One is a FG (so I'm not worried about that). I have the cellphone repair shop drop-off part. Seems like it'll be very straightforward if they'll put the logo glass on. But I don't want to have to get into the song and dance about insisting on it if they resist.
The third is a Super Shoes. I haven't done one in a long time, and I seem to remember it wasn't as easy as it sounded. The last is an ATV shop; those can go either way. I did one once where the saleswoman wouldn't shut up, I was there almost an hour, had trouble with my GPS verify, had to do contortions to get a photo of the building, etc. I was so stressed over that one! I did another one where they couldn't wait to get rid of me, and I was in and out in a flash.
I worry I won't be able to retain everything in my brain. Will I forget my Geo-Verify (which I've done before), forget to take the photo, etc.? I'm taking hard copies of the surveys with me so I can park somewhere and fill out what I can. But I've been known to forget something when it's right in front of my face.
How do you all do it? When I read about someone doing, say, 10 gas-station shops in a day, I shudder. I'd be a wreck over that.
I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.