Awkward.
If someone recognizes me and says they saw me a while ago, I pull up the asian card. "That's racist of you. Is it because I'm asian and all us asians look alike?"
Banker "My humble apologies, ok, let me tell you about the checking accounts that we have to offer"
Banker "My humble apologies, ok, let me tell you about the checking accounts that we have to offer"
"No, I told you I am a medical transcriptionist at City Hospital, do I look like someone from the IRS? Why would the IRS want to audit your bank anyway?"
“Oh God. I could never imagine working for the IRS. What a nightmare that must be.”
If the question is “are you a mystery shopper?” (Aside from that person being absolutely stupid to ask) I would go with a puzzled “uhh no..? Wait. That’s a real thing?”
If the question is “are you a mystery shopper?” (Aside from that person being absolutely stupid to ask) I would go with a puzzled “uhh no..? Wait. That’s a real thing?”
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Seriously, nobody cares that you're offended.
Seriously, nobody cares that you're offended.
I have been asked if I was a mystery shopper in the past and I responded, "What is that?" with a very puzzled look on my face.
This is just too funny to be true, and yet it just happened! I tried to post the following:
On one of my very first mystery shops (10 years ago), I was asked if I was a spy. It never even occurred to me that "spy" might be synonymous with "mystery shopper." I was reading WWII espionage thrillers at the time and was thinking "real" spies. I said, "I might be..." When I recounted the story to my husband, he laughed and pointed out that the CSR was asking if I was the mystery shopper. Oops! I've never made that mistake again, but then I've never been asked if I were a spy again, either!
When I hit the "reply" button, I got the following notice:
"Possible hack attempt detected. The posted form data was rejected."
Maybe I really AM a spy and I don't even know it!
On one of my very first mystery shops (10 years ago), I was asked if I was a spy. It never even occurred to me that "spy" might be synonymous with "mystery shopper." I was reading WWII espionage thrillers at the time and was thinking "real" spies. I said, "I might be..." When I recounted the story to my husband, he laughed and pointed out that the CSR was asking if I was the mystery shopper. Oops! I've never made that mistake again, but then I've never been asked if I were a spy again, either!
When I hit the "reply" button, I got the following notice:
"Possible hack attempt detected. The posted form data was rejected."
Maybe I really AM a spy and I don't even know it!
Not too long ago I was approached by the Manager in my grocery shop who was always friendly every month I did it. This day he says to me in a loud aggressive voice, "I know your the mystery shopper" yes I know it.....I kept my mouth shut being in a bit of shock (what now), He continues saying, you never shop here except today we are expecting the shopper. I didn't admit it, got out of there and reported it. That's the one store I am banned from and it's fine with me. Guess out of 11 years of shopping, it's gotta happen once, and once was enough.
Live consciously....
I think JASFLAMT's answer is great but I think I'll try DavePi's response next time.
Recently, I was doing a teller shop. Two months before, I did a sales shop with the branch manager. The teller shop day, I walked in to the branch and to my left was the branch manager's office. There were 3 women in the office (branch manager and 2 others). As I walked to the line, the phone rang for one of the tellers. He listened to the call, looked at me, said OK then called me to his window. No required greeting, only asked did I want a deposit slip or withdrawal slip? One of the other women (besides the branch manager) came over to the adjacent teller window to hear the interaction. He handled my deposit, then gave me incorrect information. I wrote it up in the report and decided not to do the branch again.
An auditor? Heck, I didn't even finish high school.
An auditor? No, but my ex- ran off when one. I hate auditors.
An auditor? No, I can't even keep my checkbook straight.
An auditor? I thought you were going to ask if I was single.
An auditor? How'd you know I used to work as a night auditor at a crappy hotel when I was in school?
A spy? Yeah, sure. My Uncle Vladimir sent me. Good grief. But he doesn't know that I am really a Double-0 and work secretly for Her Majesty.
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An auditor? No, but my ex- ran off when one. I hate auditors.
An auditor? No, I can't even keep my checkbook straight.
An auditor? I thought you were going to ask if I was single.
An auditor? How'd you know I used to work as a night auditor at a crappy hotel when I was in school?
A spy? Yeah, sure. My Uncle Vladimir sent me. Good grief. But he doesn't know that I am really a Double-0 and work secretly for Her Majesty.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/28/2018 04:08PM by Rousseau.
I was doing a phone shop for Bestmark a couple of days ago when the salesperson said "I would love to show off our inventory to you if you are in the area and not a secret shopper." He mumbled the last four words or so and hence I didn't reply but when I heard the recording, it was clear that he said it. The shop wasn't used for evaluation purposes but I got credited.
AND why do they need to say that even if they know it. I would assume that any smart salesperson would do an extra nice job on those calls knowing that they are being evaluated.
AND why do they need to say that even if they know it. I would assume that any smart salesperson would do an extra nice job on those calls knowing that they are being evaluated.
There have been times where they didn't ask but I was sure that they knew, but they didn't do what they were supposed to do so they must not have been aware after all.
A few weeks ago I was doing a cell phone shop that had just started and an employee from another store came in and handed the associate a name badge. She pulled out a Sharpie and wrote her name on it, and as she was putting it on her lanyard, said, "Phew! I lose points if a mystery shopper comes in and I am not wearing a name badge. Now tell me again about what you do on your phone?"
A few weeks ago I was doing a cell phone shop that had just started and an employee from another store came in and handed the associate a name badge. She pulled out a Sharpie and wrote her name on it, and as she was putting it on her lanyard, said, "Phew! I lose points if a mystery shopper comes in and I am not wearing a name badge. Now tell me again about what you do on your phone?"
Once I was asked (not on a shop) if I was a "secret shopper" and I was like "Is that when you go shopping and have to keep your purchases a "secret" from your spouse because they think you already have enough shoes?"
I was grocery shopping this afternoon and spotted a woman carrying an IPad and some kind of smaller
device. She was pulling out boxes of crackers and scanning the price. I wondered if she was doing a price audit? Thought about asking her but that wouldn’t have been the right thing to do, right?
device. She was pulling out boxes of crackers and scanning the price. I wondered if she was doing a price audit? Thought about asking her but that wouldn’t have been the right thing to do, right?
Susie shopping the Columbus Ohio area and outlying communities.
She was probably a vendor for the product. I am a merchandiser and I often see Keebler or other company reps completing their store visits. They are rotating stock, checking dates, etc. and often use electronic devices during their visits.
I was doing a shop at Costco where I had to buy multiples of a product and take a pic of the display. I did it three times in a week and a half but they had scheduled 4 or 5 shoppers each day at the same Costco I did them at with no rules as to when during that day we did it. The last time I went to do the shop a customer was at the display taking a pic and purchasing 3 of the product. I asked her how she liked the product since she was purchasing so many at once and she told me she was getting them for her mom. I was pretty sure she was there for the same job I was and my curiosity got the best of me. So I asked her if she was on a job. She said no and looked at me funny so I shut up. But if you are reading this thread Costco shopper, HELLO from another shopper in your neighborhood.
Sandyf, the secret code phrase is, "The chicken sleeps alone." (from a different thread)
Yeah, like DavePi, I will pull the Asian card if someone asks. That'll mess them up, I'm not even a little bit Asian! I can envision the dumbfounded looks of confusion already!
I was doing a price audit recently and I spotted another person with an ipad scanning prices as well. My first thought was, did they accidentally send two people to the same location on the same date?? But I didn't say anything to him. Hopefully it was just a vendor after all!
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