All are familiar tasks for the private investigator whose life can be immensely exciting and well paid, too.  But sometimes it’s routine, involving long hours sitting in cold, dark places, late at night, in the middle of winter, just hoping something, however small, will happen to at least show your current clients you are actually still working on their case.

These are the kind of tasks you might be assigned to as a private investigator.

1     Someone who suspects their partner is cheating on them asks the private investigator to follow the alleged adulterer and take pictures and notes to prove or disprove those claims.

2     *  A solicitor asks the private investigator to deliver court summonses and other legal documents while his delivery clerk is on holiday. 

3     *  An elderly lady asks the private investigator to locate the whereabouts of her son with whom she lost contact more than twenty years ago.

4     *  A major supermarket store asks the private investigator to pose as a mystery shopper to investigate staff efficiency, store layout and product availability.  The manager knows this is best done by an outsider, preferably someone with good observation skills, rather than staff investigators who could be biased and may even be viewed as spying on other employees. 

5     *  Another supermarket suspects one of its checkout assistants is short-changing customers and asks you to pose as a mystery shopper to investigate.

6     *  Someone reports a petrol attendant in a motorway services area is working a scam with lorry drivers, whereby the driver signs for more fuel than is pumped into his vehicle. Driver and attendant share the amount overcharged from the cash register. You are asked to pose as a driver and report back on whatever deals you are offered.  But the company has no idea who is guilty of pilfering so you might have to visit the station several times to ensure all shifts are covered and that no one, even the prime suspect, is victimised.

7     *  A department store a private investigator to work as a store detective during the absence of staff security personnel.

8     *  The parents of a youth who swears he is being blamed for a crime he did not commit ask you to investigate the background of those they consider genuinely responsible. 

9     *  A lady calls saying her son has been abducted by his father, an overseas  national, might engage a private investigator to check his whereabouts and bring him home.

10   *  A man is claiming damages against his employer, alleging an accident on duty has rendered him housebound.  So a private investigator might be placed on surveillance to investigate whether the man is telling the truth or, as others suggest, he is moonlighting for another company. 

11   *  A vehicle finance company asks you to turn up late at night to repossess a car on which the borrower has defaulted.

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