What is with people Today?
So I want to pose this question to all, to get your opinions.
Why is it that when you do business with someone now a days, and that person says they will call you back they Never do?
Perhaps it is because I am from California and have lived there for most of my life and now live in Texas, but it seems like no matter what I do, or what I buy the person I am dealing with will say that they will call me back, and I end up calling them back days later.
And what excuse do I get for them not returning my call? "You were on the list of people for me to call" What list? Where was I at on the list? The bottom, and when were you going to call me, just this side of never?
Even when I offer someone a free couch, in good shape they still do not call me back. I am buying a Fifth wheel and yet still no call back from the salesman regarding the final price, I had to call.
Perhaps I am too impatient, but after two days hey call me especially when you said you would call me later that day, 2 days ago.
OK my wife is calling me so I gotta go, but lets hear from you what does everyone else think about this issue.
Am I too impatient or are people getting lazy?
It's called "A Lack of Customer Service".
Customer service is a thing of the past. The problem is over the years we've come to expect and accept less and less from those we do business with, and that includes everyone from the President of some companies to waiters and waitresses. It seems that they have no idea what good customer service is.
How many times have you walked into a fast food restaurant and waited at the counter because the teenagers and young adults are too busy having personal discussions at the top of their lungs, or playing grab *** with each other, the the idiot who is supposed to be the manager on duty is no better. Yet, they see nothing wrong with their behavior.
Then there are personal cell phone calls while you're waiting for service.
I can go on, but you get my drift. In short, everything is more important than paying attention to your customer.
Recently my wife and I went out to have lunch at a local restaurant. The hostess sat us quickly, but it took a while for the waitress to get to us. After 6 or 7 minutes, I took out about 10 one dollar bills and placed them on the table, and I explained to the waitress that that was her tip. Each time she screws up, I'm taking a dollar away. I then took one dollar away for having to wait so long for her to even acknowledge that we were sitting there.
At the end of the meal, she made a 6 dollar tip. She screwed up my order, and she screwed up my wife's drink, and she also messed up my drink order,
"Shaken, not stirred". ;)
Based on 18%, her tip should have been about $8.00. Had she been perfect, I would have given her all $10.00. Her lack of professionalism and customer service cost her $4.00 of her tip.