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    I do taste testing for a company here (whom has been hired by Burger King). It amazes me the people that not only get by their screening but try to change the terms to suit their own needs.

    The rules are simple:
    1) The item needs to be something you'd order (or something you wouldn't not eat)
    2) You need to eat the item as-is, you cannot add or remove items from what you're served.
    3) You need to show up on time

    Simple, eh?

    I've seen people take things out then argue with the people who work there that they don't like tomatoes etc.. well, if you don't like tomatoes, then why did you agree to take a taste test for a burger that has tomatoes?

    One kid today said he would never eat at Burger King and argued with the people that he does have a right to take the taste test. Um, the purpose is to see what people who would eat there think of products, not try to get new customers. He even threatened with legal action (good luck with that one).

    People arrive late and demand to be brought in or put in the next group.

    People who get into the room (after being asked TWICE about the item in question) and then claim that they're allergic but still insist on being paid for it.

    I've refused a few before - they've asked me to do coffee (but I don't like coffee). Today's was cool, though, BK's cheezy tots (mmmmm). Yep, I got paid $25 to eat a 6 piece of those.
    Quote Dalesys:
    ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"

  • #2
    Dude I want to be hired to do that...

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    • #3
      Lord my husband better never hear of this
      He would quit his job and just eat burger king.

      Honey I ate 100 orders of cheesey tots and 10 whoppers.HEHEHEHEHEHEH
      Ouch my heart

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      • #4
        Those were fun back in college-land. I could check the building where the taste tests were done. Apparently being done in the building for Home Ec primarily, they had a hard time getting guys. I would usually end up doing 1 per semester. Best one was getting to eat cookies and rating them. Worst one (oddly enough) was eating different flavors of doritos, then having to eat one flavor each day for 10 days, then rating doritos again. It sounds great until you realize I got Jalepeno pepper flavored. By 10 days, I absolately hated them. On the plus side, paid $35. Down side (maybe) I couldn't eat Doritos at all for at least a year afterwards.

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        • #5
          Quoth Aethian View Post
          Dude I want to be hired to do that...
          www.marsresearch.com I don't know if it's just south Florida or nationwide, though.

          Quoth candyshopgirl View Post
          Lord my husband better never hear of this
          He would quit his job and just eat burger king.

          Honey I ate 100 orders of cheesey tots and 10 whoppers.HEHEHEHEHEHEH
          Ouch my heart
          I wish! They limit you to one every 4-6 weeks unfortunately now, though, they give checks as opposed to cash like they used to.

          It's not bad, if you can deal with the annoying people.

          Like the one guy yesterday who answered every question with "well, if I had the money I would" then claim he eats at Burger King "all the time". Then, in the testing room (where you're supposed to be quiet) he decided to stat playing the drums on his desk with the stylus (a pencil with two erasers). While eating, a long line of "mmmmm's" and "hhhhhhmmmmmmmmm" - tons of "food noises".
          Quote Dalesys:
          ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"

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          • #6
            I used to do panel testing years ago. Too bad I never got to try out food though. The only things I managed to try out were cling wrap & heated pain patches.

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            • #7
              There used to be a testing facility near where I worked in Burbank, CA. It was great. Every month, I would go in and get paid for a few minutes work.
              One time, when i was dead broke a few days before pay day, they asked me in for a pizza taste test. For about 20 minutes work, I got 3 free slices of pizza and $75.00. :-)
              "All I've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who out-drew ya"

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              • #8
                I loooooooooooooooove Cheesy Tots. Good thing I have to pay for them, or I'd be eating them at every meal.
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                • #9
                  hey don't like tomatoes
                  (slightly OT) Just wondering.... do you get a choice in that?

                  Just thinking of my mom who can't eat any seeds or nuts (diverticulosis) so... I'd hate to see them tell a tester "Eat this burger" if it had something in it that could make them ill...

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                  • #10
                    Quoth PepperElf View Post
                    Just thinking of my mom who can't eat any seeds or nuts (diverticulosis) so... I'd hate to see them tell a tester "Eat this burger" if it had something in it that could make them ill...
                    I get the impression, and OP correct me if I am wrong, that they know in advance what is being tested. Like Today is Whopper day. So you have a choice to not participate if you would A: not order that or B: Can't eat that.

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                    • #11
                      o goodie. i'd hate to see someone forced to eat parts that would make them sick. (like mom can't even have tomato seeds for example).


                      but yeah... if you agree that you can eat something and then go "but i don't want to eat that"... kinda silly

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