Article: Mystery Shoppers Check on Customer Service.

By Cathy Jett, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 2--Shannon Decoito used to treat her husband to free meals at Logan's Roadhouse near Spotsylvania Mall.

And she got paid to do it.

The restaurant chain wasn't interested in the Spotsylvania County woman's opinion about the food. They wanted her observations about their operations.

Was DeCoito greeted courteously? Did her order arrive in a timely fashion? Was the bathroom neat and sparkling clean?

She answered those ...uestions and more as a "mystery shopper"-someone who goes incognito into all sorts of businesses to check out ...

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