Not true if your usual male dining companion doesn't meet the age requirements - we're both just a couple years too old. Plus taking someone with you will definitely put you over the reimbursement amount.

That being said, I was in utter shock last night: I actually found two local Any Age/Any Gender shops available on their board! They were both late night on the same weekday, so I applied for and got the one nearest me.

I don't know about other areas, but it might be a good time to check the board for those. They are literally the only gender and age variation that works for me, and I never see them. I've turned off their email notices, so it really was a surprise to find some of them.



sportofficial Wrote:
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> Not necessarily no wings for you....they shop that
> particular restaurant with different
> scenarios....they have those with no age /gender
> requirements. If you feel comforatble you may opt
> to that one alone. And if ur a female you can
> always have a male companion with you when the
> scenario calls for it.

jwolpert Wrote:
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> If you want an answer you can try emailing Donna
> Goodwin, who is the GFK scheduling manager. I also
> know she reads this forum so maybe she can chime
> in and shed some light on your situation. In fact,
> I think it would benefit all shoppers to better
> understand what happened.

Jwolpert,

I really appreciate your confidence! Unfortunately I cannot comment on any shopper's personal information as we have an ICA with all of our shoppers. Plus honestly even if the ICA were not in place, I would not comment specifically as I have just never found that it helps. I have watched many discussions on forums and known "the rest of the story" and watched how people have been fried, feathered, and hung when the accuser was truly the one at fault and the "rest of the story" was tragic. I wish that it were not so. And as you can see I do still come to the forums because I do believe that the tragic stories are the minority and there is much to be gained for our whole community in these open forum discussions.

What I can say generically is that everyone who has known me for the 11 years I have been in this industry can attest that I deal fairly with all our shoppers (even the ones that have called me all sorts of names ). Abstractly speaking, we have never removed anyone for requesting a bonus as many of you are the recipients of those bonuses (sometimes big bonuses) and can attest to that.

I am sorry that I could not speak more directly to your query but I hope this helps!

Thanks!
Donna

Donna Goodwin
Scheduling Manager | GfK Mystery Shopping | Consumer Experiences North America
GfK Custom Research, LLC | 401 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor | New York, NY 10016
Mystery Shopping Website: www.gfkmysteryshops.com