Mystery Shopping Your Way To A Free Lunch
I signed up for mystery shopping a while ago but eventually turned off my account after being besieged by mystery shopping opportunities by email.
Thanks to unemployment I have reactivated my account. It’s quite silly because I could be earning enough money to buy lunch by going to a job each day. Instead I am getting real joy out of a free lunch with a tidy $7 profit. I also get to try new things. Although in the case of fast-food-mystery-shopping on Monday it wasn’t as exciting as I had hoped. But I am repeating the experience today (with a different meal combination).
I was quite excited about my first mystery shopping experience which involved going into a store and trying on a clothing item. I carefully rated the customer service I received. An unfortunate side effect of this though, was that I found that for the next week I was rating the service I got in every shop. I even found myself thinking that I wished I had a rating form for one shop – so very rude!
But it’s very easy to be critical. On my last assignment I was a little more considerate towards those working in the store. I remember my days of working to put myself through Uni and sometimes serving customers all day does your head in. I found that whilst most people are polite and some even friendly, there is that constant percentage of people that range from rude to downright obnoxious. Unfortunately they are the ones that drag behind you as you go home for the day. So I still give good feedback now but I make sure I am also a lot more understanding.