I shop here...so can I shop here too?

Post date: 2020-06-29 16:49:58

Would it be okay to perform a mystery shop at a store where I sorta kinda work at?

It's a mystery shop at a grocery store, and I've become fairly familiar with the store and the people who work there because I've started doing grocery delivery services (Instacart / Shipt) way back when the pandemic started. So for nearly 3 straight months I've been "working" there, in the sense that I've been fulfilling orders for these services, but I'm not an actual employee of these service companies or the store itself.

On the one hand I think it'd be ok for me to do a mystery shop with them, because after all I'm a human and I need to eat. I'd just be getting groceries for myself during the shop and not getting a grocery delivery order. I'd wear my normal clothing, as I do when I'm fulfilling orders. On the other hand, since the employees know me so well, my experience shopping them wouldn't be the same as that of a "typical" customer...which is what mystery shopping is about. Mystery shopping companies want to know what the average customer sees and experiences.

So, my question is: would it be ok for my to mystery shop a grocery store where the employees know me really well, where I kind of, but not really, work?

Bonus question: am I more likely to be singled out as a mystery shopper since I've been doing grocery deliveries?

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