My "secret" job

I was lucky enough to have a "secret" job for two months. I landed a total of 4 secret assignments in July and August. Nothing more since then though.

My title was "secret shopper". In this job I had to go to designated shops as an undercover "inspector". It was my duty to inspect the shop premises, to evaluate the customer service and to assess the products being sold at the shop.

Lucky for me, I was sent to Amorino Ice Cream shops. So I got to buy an ice cream and be paid for it...
The Amorino brand is a high end ice cream product here in Europe. It is an Italian company but is still very small. There are outlets in only a few cities. Barcelona has 3 thus far.

Amorino outlet

The ice cream

There are 8 pages of questions that have to answered about one's "secret visit" to the shop. Such as : were there serviettes on the counters, were the counters clean, were all the ice cream flavours on the website actually available in store etc etc. It is a lot of work for a mere 25 euros of remuneration... Sometimes I had to go to the shop three times just to answer all the questions on the list...

I had to buy an ice cream and ask several questions to assess whether the staff were clued up and knew their products too. I had to take photos of the ice cream I bought - as proof that I really did do the assignment. The ice cream was excellent. Sometimes I had to buy the largest kind the shop sells. So it was really a ice cream feast!!

In the end it turned out to be a lot for work for 25 euros but work is work. Take it or leave it. I have not been contacted to do any more assignments since August so I guess it is not my secret job any longer... No more free ice cream for me!  Well it is cooling down a lot so ice cream is not exactly the order of the day now...