shopperpro

So where was the mystery shopper this week? Shopping for an apartment! I adore most of the apartment shops although the reports can be a bit lengthy. There was also some sandwich shopping, some cleanliness inspections, and some uniform shopping to keep things interesting. I also got a rare night off from the day job and was able to sneak in a visit to a local movie store to buy some movies.

I’ll be blogging in more detail about apartment shopping in the coming week, but suffice to say mystery shoppers in general either love them or hate them. I can definitively state that there is one company that I will never do another one for but on the whole I do enjoy them. Hmm? Why won’t I shop for Company XX? Because the form I had to do was an absolute nightmare. It was six pages long of mostly narrative questions and by the time I finished it I felt like I had given birth to a leasing consultant! I also found the questions a bit repetitive and had my creativity sorely taxed trying to come up with new ways to describe the same dang things.

Due to the glut of apartment shops that I was able to pick up so far this month I am also pleased to report that I am almost to my new year’s resolution to pick up $500 in shop fees per month. It is just past the halfway point of the month and I have earned $450 in shopping fees already with two weeks to go. I am one tired, but happy shopper. With reimbursements the total is over $600. Reimbursements for the current month include a car wash, a clothing purchase, and much food in the forms of subs and pizzas. Not as useful as cash, but I’ll take it!