Seven Dirty Words You Can't Say On TV

"Sorry I have to cancel, I went into labor early and had my son."

"No, I can't do it anyway."

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"Noone was there and I forgot to call beforehand."

"Noooooo, it's tooooooo far, sorry"

Isabel
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"Yes, it is, it's 338 miles from my city to Buffalo, NY."

"No, I don't know anybody living there and I'm not going there on business any time soon." (Or ever.)

"No, not even for $11.50!!"

"I won't go there again. The restroom was so repugnant it really ruined my entire day last time."

I'm speechless.

Sneakers speechless? Wow.

I read a more graphic description of that bathroom.

Speechless because you are holding your breath?

"The EMS revived me in the parking lot outside the restroom I just evaluated."

"Oops, My stopwatch fell into the toilet."

"I mapped this out and wound up in an empty lot."

This actually happened to me! I did find the locale after they corrected the address.

"As I arrived the building was being hauled away on a huge flatbed trailer"

Sandra Sue Wrote:
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> "The EMS revived me in the parking lot outside the
> restroom I just evaluated."

This really broke me up!! We're rubbing off on you!!

"It really WAS hauled away, but may I get paid anyway?"
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"You gave me the right address in the wrong town."

Sneakers, that has actually happened to me. I even had to prove to them that the photo from the previous evaluator that they had of the C-store "with a red roof near the highway" in the wrong town couldn't be there because there is no highway through that town. They suggested I call the post office for proof, which I did. The next time I did that assignment, I proved that the owner lives in the "wrong town" and the store is actually at the crossroads of an interstate and a state highway in the "right town". I've noticed that the right address is now attached to the assignment.

One time I took a wireless shop and the address was a house, it was a residential area, when I called ahead to verify the address, the person who answered the phone was so nerves and he sent me to another store in another part of the town, I got paid anyway, even I took a picture, just in case that the company need it.

Isabel

Sometimes the address is in one town, but they use the post office in another town. Re my statement above: I told a scheduler that the wrong town was posted, the next month it still hadn't been corrected, and it still hasn't been. So I guess these were dirty words to him.

I did this shop once before and they were out of business. Can you increase the fee?

"My cat ate the (receipt/ business card/ report/ instructions.)"

"I lost the business card at a video game arcade..."

"I left the top down on my car when I went to the car wash and lost all of my information."

"No one helped me in any of the 3 departments."

Gee, that sounds like Best Buy, Home Depot or Lowes.

I exaggerated a little for effect. It was Staples, and it was only 2 depts. A really easy shop.

Yup, those are easy. I was in two of the three I mentioned yesterday on shops of one product, one department. Both stores I had trouble getting assistance (nearly resorted to tripping associates as they passed) and the assistance I got was not worth minimum wage. Client product company is not going to be thrilled with those results for sure.

I had NO assistance in 2 depts. No one there, and once I saw someone but she turned a corner and was gone. Possible they won't pay me.

"Your client will need be thrilled with these results."

"I had to trip the clerk to get his attention. Is that OK?

I was really specific. After 5 min I was to ask for help. I did but the person could not assist so was going to find someone for me. Nine minutes later no help had arrived so I went to talk with an associate who had been looking away quickly every time I looked her way. As I approached she was obviously having a personal conversation with another associate (unless their manager bit the neighbor rather than her dog). I waited politely rather than interrupt her conversation and she grabbed a passing associate to talk with me because "We are in a business conversation."

Next place I caught the associate returning from the back rooms and while we were talking he turned to another customer who was waiting and in mid sentence broke off to offer her assistance, taking her to the product she asked about. He returned to talk with me and we were just about to get an estimate worked out when his personal cell phone rang. He looked at it, said "Excuse me" and walked away saying "Hi honey . . ." off up another aisle and gone. I left.

Staples?

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