Howdy. I’m Meg. I started doing shops around late July of this year, so I’m new to the biz and new to the forum as well.
I started shopping partly because I needed a viable option to fund supplies for restarting my very small jewelry design and greeting card business. Side hustle for my side hustle, if you will. Before that, I was a freelance illustrator who hated doing freelance illustration and struggled to cobble together enough walking around beer money to validate doing it.
Traditional 9-5 and even gig work is kinda out of the question for me right now, due to becoming progressively more disabled. Even most remote work is too dicey, given the unpredictable nature of my autoimmune disorder. So, I would say falling into mystery shopping has definitely been a great thing!
I can’t do shops that require standing for longer than ten or fifteen minutes so no counting potted plants for me LMAO but I do a lot of restaurant shops, online/phone shops or shops where I can find a chair. And I love doing it. I’m a people person, so I can turn on that ol’ Gemini charm and glib my way in and out of a shop before anyone is the wiser.
I’m glad to find a place to talk shop (pun ignored), so it’s nice to meet everybody!
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