Mystery Shoppers
February 20, 2008 by arnoldthemethodical
Sitting at home yesterday and waiting for a call from the work agency that never came.
I thought I would be pro-active and search the Internet for other avenue’s of gainful employment.
Some things just jump out at you when you are surfing; and this is one I just have to share with you.
I had tears running down my face with laughter.
The aspect of it all that made it funny was that I was looking for the ideal job, not realising that some smooth American marketing guy was lying in wait for me.
OK! I don’t really know if it was an American, but most of the crafty and real clever marketing strategies usually are.
Please click on the link to biotrax below and read this page top to bottom.
http://www.biotrax.com/mystery_shopping.php
So in conclusion I can advise all of you working in (I don’t believe I’m going to say this)
‘Customer focused role’s’
If like Mr Black in that excellent series Black Books you like abusing your clients but fear the mystery shopper grassing you up to head office; then there are a few tell tale signs to look out for.
1) Green skin
2) Client rushes into toilet frequently
3) Hair falling out in clumps
4) Twitching of the face muscles
5) Or perhaps orange perspiration
If you see any of these signs be kind and professional.
Remember you can always roll your eyes and tut-tut the next customer.
Heres a good customer for you from Black Books
Your’s blog it nice.
Hmmm, be careful, Arnold - I note that your one response so far indicates that those fiendish “Make money while you surf” people are on to you (and do not appreciate irony…or grammar).
Mystery shopping can be very exciting. I used to mystery shop used car dealerships for motoring magazines. The proprietors, as dodgy a bunch of ne’er do wells as you’ll ever come across, had their own special brand of customer relations, ie “me mate’s outside with Towser and ‘e wants a word wiv you, alright”. (Towser being his bull mastiff, bull terrier, pit bull, etc.)
I don’t think it’s a reality Biotrax want prospective mystery shoppers to know about, though.