Last week I was in a 'home decor' store. I stood in the assigned department for a minute, wondering when I could expect to see an associate. All of a sudden, this gorgeous 6'4" adonis came around the corner, wearing a bandana. He looked like a film star, not a handyman working in a handyman store.

I was not surprised when I saw he had a young girl tagging along behind him, but I could see he was irritated by her being around him while he was trying to be professional. He actually took his job very seriously and ticked all of the 'ok' boxes in in my report.

He managed to get the cling-on girl to leave his side, but within a minute, another young girl came along and started to undo his apron - while he was still attending to me. He once again got irritated with her and she too disappeared. In another short while, another young girl came and stood by his side, wanting to have a conversation with him.
Throughout his interaction with me and despite the 'interruptions', he never once got out of his stride and gave me his best service.

I wish I could have given this whole story in my report, it was just so funny, but it would just not look professional for anybody concerned, so I gave him a glowing report while missing out the details of all of the cling-ons, that I am sure are still following him around the store like lemmings.

I fully expect to see him in the movies in the next few years, once he realises how gorgeous he is.

I was beginning to wonder if there was something wrong with me because nothing funny has ever really happened--until today. While parked in a ff lot between the WI and DT portions of the shop, I noticed someone had dumped a bunch of bird seed next to the curb. Three or four good-sized mice kept jumping in and out of the bushes just on the other side to eat it. Then along comes this cocky little squirrel who chased them away with one swish of his bushy tail.

I know it's nothing nearly as dramatic as Cettie's body in the bushes, but it just struck me as funny. I can't wait to see if they ask me for more details about it from my report.

Well as long as we're telling animal stories, I was doing the DT portion of a McDonald's breakfast shop. This poor crow with only one leg lands next to my car. Feeling sorry for the bird, I taste my hash browns to make sure they're hot and then toss the patty to said crow. Unfortunately, the patty hit him/her and he/she fell over onto its side. Fortunately, the bird got right back up and flew away, with an entire hash brown patty, minus one bite, in it's mouth! Wish I had video.

I'm not sure if this story is any competition for bird assaults with deadly hash browns but it's close.

I was shopping a local zoo here, asked questions of some zoo personnel and then went into the gift shop to do the basic retail evaluation. Upon leaving the store I noticed a crowd of people milling around, all looking on one direction. Lo and behold, it seems a goat had gotten loose from the petting zoo section. It was love at first sight, at least on the goat's part of the equation, it spotted a face in the crowd and was instantly smitten. Running full blast at it's love-object, it cared nothing for the lowly humans in it's path. Alas, be still my heart. I was it's target and it cared nothing that I was already spoken for. Figuring that retreat was the safest strategy I took to my heels and sprinted away. I never realized that adrenalin can cause a somewhat round middle-aged woman to hark back to her high school basketball days and cause her to not only run full-blast down court but to successfully hurdle park benches. By that time zoo keepers caught this love-starved potential suitor and the overall performance was applauded by awe-struck bystanders. That was definitely an interesting report to write up in the "did anything unusual happen during this shop" narrative.

wow,

Shop -

Try this: [www.mysteryshopforum.com]

There's a thread over under "Mystery Shopping Discussion" - not under Companies - about shoppers funniest experiences! It was just started earlier this week.

I so would have loved to have been the Editor reviewing THAT survey!

Have you compiled a book yet about the "Adventures of Cettie"? We've all been anxiously awaiting the release date!!!



Cettie Wrote:
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> I'm not sure if this story is any competition for
> bird assaults with deadly hash browns but it's
> close.
>
> I was shopping a local zoo here, asked questions
> of some zoo personnel and then went into the gift
> shop to do the basic retail evaluation. Upon
> leaving the store I noticed a crowd of people
> milling around, all looking on one direction. Lo
> and behold, it seems a goat had gotten loose from
> the petting zoo section. It was love at first
> sight, at least on the goat's part of the
> equation, it spotted a face in the crowd and was
> instantly smitten. Running full blast at it's
> love-object, it cared nothing for the lowly humans
> in it's path. Alas, be still my heart. I was
> it's target and it cared nothing that I was
> already spoken for. Figuring that retreat was the
> safest strategy I took to my heels and sprinted
> away. I never realized that adrenalin can cause a
> somewhat round middle-aged woman to hark back to
> her high school basketball days and cause her to
> not only run full-blast down court but to
> successfully hurdle park benches. By that time
> zoo keepers caught this love-starved potential
> suitor and the overall performance was applauded
> by awe-struck bystanders. That was definitely an
> interesting report to write up in the "did
> anything unusual happen during this shop"
> narrative.

I have it outlined and am starting to write chapters.

Don't forget, I want a signed first edition

How are these "good score" bribes offered?

LOL...think he was FOS! I am a very skeptical/cynical person as it is, but my theories are always proven when the cell phone sales associate, "magically" has the exact cell phone that I show interest in. ALWAYS!

People lie and bs all the time.


LisaSTL Wrote:
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> Either that or he was FOS and used that info for
> the relationship building part of the sales
> process