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October 11, 2011 04:02AM
OMGoodness. Never again. I don't think the restaurant shops are for me. Ha! I went last evening. I filled out the paperwork by hand with my friend and went to bed. I'm not used to being out so late. Anyway, I did a mall shop this afternoon, submitted the report for that and still wasn't done with the restaurant report. Good thing I can laugh about it.
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October 11, 2011 01:32PM
I just did my first sit down, it was the most advanced shop I've done so far but I know I'll be more used to it on the next go-round. It's more work but also more pay, generally :-)
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October 11, 2011 02:38PM
They get easier both on the observations during the visit and on putting together the report afterwards.
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October 11, 2011 05:07PM
Go to a nice restaurant, be served, and eat a good dinner. No shopping/buying
the food, preparing it, or washing the dishes! The more you do, you'll find that the observations become second nature. Completing the reports can still be a pain in neck, but they'll also get easier.
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October 11, 2011 07:21PM
Hang in there! The first one is the hardest, once you get the hang of it they will seem so much easier!
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October 12, 2011 01:16AM
I have been shopping for one month now. The time element of this shop is what threw me for a loop. How can you possibly note the time the drink order was taken, the time it arrived, the time the app was ordered, the time it arrived...and so on? I had my ipod recording app and it was still hard to listen back through a 2 hour dinner. Btw, the food was delish. My friend and I had a good time. The service was pretty bad though. Too bad. If my report is accepted, I'll try again. Thanks all, for your input and encouragement.
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October 12, 2011 01:21AM
Restaurants are high on the list of to each their own. My preference is by far shopping and cooking even if I can't wrangle anyone to clean up afterwards. I find it more relaxing to sit with a glass of wine afterwards than type of every bit of minutiasmiling smiley

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October 12, 2011 01:23AM
Every bit of minutia is right!
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October 14, 2011 03:51AM
llrose Wrote:
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> I have been shopping for one month now. The time
> element of this shop is what threw me for a loop.
> How can you possibly note the time the drink order
> was taken, the time it arrived, the time the app
> was ordered, the time it arrived...and so on? I
> had my ipod recording app and it was still hard to
> listen back through a 2 hour dinner. Btw, the food
> was delish. My friend and I had a good time. The
> service was pretty bad though. Too bad. If my
> report is accepted, I'll try again. Thanks all,
> for your input and encouragement.

I downloaded a stop watch application from the Android marketplace. It has the ability to keep track of limitless "laps". All I have to do is tap the lap button when I need to keep track of the next item. As long as you record the time you started the shop, you will then have a record of all your times.
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