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May 23, 2023 05:09PM
Seems like 1x or maybe 2x each year, Del Taco uses a Sassie MSC to evaluate a new product. It's out there now. I see NO pay. I'm sure there will be clowns willing to do these for NO pay just like they do the Raisin Canes for no pay or the Dave's Hot chicken for NO pay.
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May 24, 2023 04:06AM
I have to go to Georgia to go to a Del Taco, so doesn't matter, won't be any for me.
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May 24, 2023 11:17PM
I guess that makes me a clown. I was out of town for work and needed lunch. Easy report with nothing out of pocket.
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May 25, 2023 10:19AM
I discovered my liking for Del Taco before I started shopping. That's a good thing!

@Morledzep wrote:

I have to go to Georgia to go to a Del Taco, so doesn't matter, won't be any for me.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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May 25, 2023 07:47PM
Honny,

I love Del Taco, when i lived in CA it was my go to fast food place. You simply can't get a good quesadilla with green sauce anywhere else.
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May 25, 2023 09:26PM
IMHO, the food in this shop is horrible and not worth the trouble.
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May 25, 2023 11:29PM
Not sure the food is horrible. I can think of worse places. It's just nothing to get excited over for ZERO pay.
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May 27, 2023 04:55PM
I accepted one of this assignments a few days ago and I couldn’t agree with hbbigdaddy more. I placed the required order and the Team Member didn’t suggestive sell a combo. I enjoyed the food. But it certainly wasn’t worth the time it took to read the instructions, complete the assignment, fill out the report, not to mention the drive there and back, all in return for a single taco OR a single burrito. In the future, I’ll skip this work until or unless they’re adequately compensated. In the meantime, more for anyone else, knock yourselves out

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May 29, 2023 12:45AM
I'm not a fan of any MSC that penalizes the shopper for an employee failing to upsell. It's not fair to the shopper and I'm sure there are shoppers out there who will say they were upsold even if they were not because they want the combo.

It's a flawed approach from the beginning. They should just ask you if you were upsold or if you had to request the combo meal yourself. I guess a shady shopper could lie there too if they didn't like the employee who served them, but I think the probability of lying would happen more in the case where the employee did not upsell.

I remember doing the hot dog place back in 2005 or 2006 with that company that focuses on HP shops (based pit pf Sam Diego area). I was not upsold and I was penalized. I told them how unfair it was, but they didn't care. I don't even know if Weinerschnitzel is even shopped anymore, nor do I really care or miss it. I still occasionally wonder how many hot dogs they have to sell in a day to stay in business.
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May 29, 2023 07:03AM
I remember Wienerschnitzel shops, I'm kind of wish Wienerschnitzels were here, but I'm kind of glad that they aren't because Alabama can ruin anything.
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May 29, 2023 10:42PM
I remember years ago reading on this forum shoppers discussing whether Del Taco or Taco Bell was the best Mexican restaurant in town. I could not believe my eyes and my Mexican food loving stomach groaned in sympathy. I also remember visiting relatives back east who took me to their best Mexican food where the beans were from cans and the tortillas were frozen imports. I guess home cooked Mexican food has become ubiquitous by now even in many smaller towns in the country. I do not know how those chains survive in my city. I think the high schoolers eat there all the time but we have street vendors everywhere that serve up delicious home made tacos for $2 each loaded with carnitas or whatever else you want. Fast food! No report. Quick service and they even have folding chairs out in the street.
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May 30, 2023 04:54AM
I remember working in downtown L.A., and going to get those real tacos at lunch. Everyone in the office was older than me and they always got an ice cold beer with their tacos. I was old enough to drink, but scared I would act the fool when I returned to work. But, one day I gave in and my eyes were opened.
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May 31, 2023 02:30AM
Whenever my west coast company would get east coast visitors, the plant manager would would take them to Wienerschnitzel for lunch. With the 3 hour time difference, no one could do any work.

@Morledzep wrote:

I remember Wienerschnitzel shops, I'm kind of wish Wienerschnitzels were here, but I'm kind of glad that they aren't because Alabama can ruin anything.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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June 02, 2023 07:21PM
@hbbigdaddy wrote:

I'm not a fan of any MSC that penalizes the shopper for an employee failing to upsell. It's not fair to the shopper and I'm sure there are shoppers out there who will say they were upsold even if they were not because they want the combo.

It's a flawed approach from the beginning. They should just ask you if you were upsold or if you had to request the combo meal yourself. I guess a shady shopper could lie there too if they didn't like the employee who served them, but I think the probability of lying would happen more in the case where the employee did not upsell

This is true. It is a poor practice. There is an MSC with a new client in my area where they are doing this very thing. It also doesn't make sense to me. Why would they only want the dessert evaluated if you are asked about it?
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June 02, 2023 08:39PM
I haven't reviewed the Del Taco shop specs, but I agree, why not just offer a reimbursement amount that covers the upsell and ask if you were upsold or not. I have done shops for another company with another fast food place, and if you were just offered to upgrade from a small to large, you didn't have to take the upsell, but you got to reward the employee for a successful offer with a $5 amz gift card and a little certificate. I enjoyed those, the employees did too.

I personally didn't take the upsell - they offered you a large beverage instead of a small, and I don't really drink pop/soda or sugary drinks, so I don't need a gigantic 44 oz beverage, I'm fine with 20 oz.

@JimmyP wrote:

@hbbigdaddy wrote:

I'm not a fan of any MSC that penalizes the shopper for an employee failing to upsell. It's not fair to the shopper and I'm sure there are shoppers out there who will say they were upsold even if they were not because they want the combo.

It's a flawed approach from the beginning. They should just ask you if you were upsold or if you had to request the combo meal yourself. I guess a shady shopper could lie there too if they didn't like the employee who served them, but I think the probability of lying would happen more in the case where the employee did not upsell

This is true. It is a poor practice. There is an MSC with a new client in my area where they are doing this very thing. It also doesn't make sense to me. Why would they only want the dessert evaluated if you are asked about it?
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