You know when you're in mystery shopping mode when:

You are having dinner with family at a restaurant. You automatically took food photos before eating it and remembered that you are not out on a shop.

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When you stop at a gas station, purchase something small, and ask for a receipt. Forgetting you don't need a receipt, it's a personal purchase.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.

When I walk out of the store muttering "blonde female 25ish no jewelry.

...when you time how long it takes to serve your drink, app, entree, and check backs.

When you call your scheduler to beg for an extension on a report and note the date, time, number of rings, greeting and tone of voice used.

Looking for her/his name, then at home checking the receipt to see if name is there. Checking watch for timings,
having a bad experience and wishing it were a job.

Live consciously....

You start to "see" everything out of habit. Are the doors or windows smudged? How long did it take for someone to visit the table or bring a drink? Is there debris on the sidewalk? Is everything clean inside?

My husband even does this now, since he accompanies me on restaurant shops. We joke about it.

Also, I am now annoyed if I need to visit a car dealer and someone is not paying me to be there.

...when you do the teller transaction at your bank (not a shop) and you furiously look for the name tag.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

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