I do not believe Karl knows what the left hand is doing. His computer does deactivate talented valuable evaluators.
I was deactivated and after a few years I was reactivated.
I will not give the names of the clients but the schedulers had me on speed dial when a shopper who had no business going into an area where they were unprepared flaked the shop. The shoppers did a "drive by" and kept on going for fear of their personal safety. Newbies should drive by when they feel "over their heads"
I often told the schedulers I would be deactivated if I go back to a location too soon. The schedulers were heart broken when they attempted to assign me to shops and found I was deactivated.
Shoppers get a cultural shock when they see what they signed up for. I drove into locations and men and women would greet me and "ask for change" (panhandle). Females obviously on drugs and in need of dental work, clean clothes and a bath would offer themselves. The managers would not interfere with that activity but did lock their restrooms and remove self service items from outside the counter in many of the locations. Police chased a car into a lot, cuffed the motorist and took him away. They ignored the panhandlers and "ladies" who were not worth arresting for misdemeanors. I can not tell you how many times I was asked if I was buying or selling drugs.
A person like myself is aware of the risks. Locals are prisoners in their homes. Most do not go out on the streets. The news is filled with incidents where innocent children and people involved in the criminal activity are injured or killed. The billboards and public service announcements ask that the violence be eliminated but I go down there into the area and do not drive past. I am worth the money that the schedulers bonus. The shops are offered last minute when they can not be included in a route to share the costs of the shop and the schedulers cover the cost of a single shop when they are desperate. I would not take the shops at regular pay but I do "visit" just to know I can still be believable if the scheduler really appreciates my efforts and ability and pays reasonably for it. It is an adventure.
Why do I take the shops? Because of my "checkered past" I have experience in mingling with people from the executive board rooms to the ghetto. In some areas even the locals have sense enough to go home and be prisoners in their own homes for fear of going out on streets where the law enforcement is unable to maintain law and order. I have to dress the part and use the correct vehicle when I shop at the upper end of the economic scale or when I play the part of the local customer in the ghetto area. That was all taught to me by "handlers" before I worked the streets and on the job when I was on the streets. We had to let the panhandlers and "ladies" do their thing as long as they did not cross the line. I take the upper level assignments for the same reason. I can drive the very expensive vehicles and eat the $150 lunches in restaurants where the menus are read from left to right because I am believable.
I do write my posts with the idea that clients are reading them. This particular chain is focused on speed of service. Most people know you can not cook and serve a particular food item in under two minutes. It amazes me how the company can pull a precooked food item out of a greasy drawer microwave or grill it and serve it as "fresh". They are selling convenience but when there is an alternative the customer goes elsewhere for a properly prepared food item. The nightly business news said this chain's figures are off from last years totals. It is because this chain's competition offers "fresh" fast food cooked for a reasonable and appropriate length of time. Still the chain does serve "billions and billions" because they are "in the right place at the right time" and few wants to compete in the locations that are truly an adventure.
I was deactivated and after a few years I was reactivated.
I will not give the names of the clients but the schedulers had me on speed dial when a shopper who had no business going into an area where they were unprepared flaked the shop. The shoppers did a "drive by" and kept on going for fear of their personal safety. Newbies should drive by when they feel "over their heads"
I often told the schedulers I would be deactivated if I go back to a location too soon. The schedulers were heart broken when they attempted to assign me to shops and found I was deactivated.
Shoppers get a cultural shock when they see what they signed up for. I drove into locations and men and women would greet me and "ask for change" (panhandle). Females obviously on drugs and in need of dental work, clean clothes and a bath would offer themselves. The managers would not interfere with that activity but did lock their restrooms and remove self service items from outside the counter in many of the locations. Police chased a car into a lot, cuffed the motorist and took him away. They ignored the panhandlers and "ladies" who were not worth arresting for misdemeanors. I can not tell you how many times I was asked if I was buying or selling drugs.
A person like myself is aware of the risks. Locals are prisoners in their homes. Most do not go out on the streets. The news is filled with incidents where innocent children and people involved in the criminal activity are injured or killed. The billboards and public service announcements ask that the violence be eliminated but I go down there into the area and do not drive past. I am worth the money that the schedulers bonus. The shops are offered last minute when they can not be included in a route to share the costs of the shop and the schedulers cover the cost of a single shop when they are desperate. I would not take the shops at regular pay but I do "visit" just to know I can still be believable if the scheduler really appreciates my efforts and ability and pays reasonably for it. It is an adventure.
Why do I take the shops? Because of my "checkered past" I have experience in mingling with people from the executive board rooms to the ghetto. In some areas even the locals have sense enough to go home and be prisoners in their own homes for fear of going out on streets where the law enforcement is unable to maintain law and order. I have to dress the part and use the correct vehicle when I shop at the upper end of the economic scale or when I play the part of the local customer in the ghetto area. That was all taught to me by "handlers" before I worked the streets and on the job when I was on the streets. We had to let the panhandlers and "ladies" do their thing as long as they did not cross the line. I take the upper level assignments for the same reason. I can drive the very expensive vehicles and eat the $150 lunches in restaurants where the menus are read from left to right because I am believable.
I do write my posts with the idea that clients are reading them. This particular chain is focused on speed of service. Most people know you can not cook and serve a particular food item in under two minutes. It amazes me how the company can pull a precooked food item out of a greasy drawer microwave or grill it and serve it as "fresh". They are selling convenience but when there is an alternative the customer goes elsewhere for a properly prepared food item. The nightly business news said this chain's figures are off from last years totals. It is because this chain's competition offers "fresh" fast food cooked for a reasonable and appropriate length of time. Still the chain does serve "billions and billions" because they are "in the right place at the right time" and few wants to compete in the locations that are truly an adventure.
