Time is precious to me.. I hate to be kept waiting unnecessarily because of inefficiencies or long queues.. The thought of my baby waiting for me makes me want to get things done chop chop and anything that gets in the way of my mission will piss me off.
Was at the bank waiting to exchange the SG50 currency notes. The second class citizen in front of me (blue ic) would not give up when the bank officer told him this period is only for SC to exchange notes, that he should come back in October. The guy kept asking the same question and saying the same thing 'but I received information that we can change now... ' while the bank guy repeated that it was a generic mailer and this period is meant for SC to change notes.. Meanwhile I was getting pissed with the idiot who just dun get it . Then finally the bank guy said he will check with his colleagues and he was about to disappear into the back room. That was the final straw for me. Wtf- the answer is no and the idiot dun give up while the bank guy try to his mgr to help and waste more time?!! So I spoke up and told the guy that's the rule .. Can't change means can't change.. My tone was not good (since I'm pissed) and I pissed him off. We got into a quarrel but I stopped myself and so the conflict ended relatively fast. But I was still boiling mad because - during the quarrel he raised his voice and was louder than me. My voice sounded mouse-y and flimsy , I wished I had insulted him more by being sarcastic like calling him second class citizen (though he din insult me), hb said I should hv asked 'u FT one how come u dun get it' and i felt I could hv thrown a lot more arguments to him to 'win my case' (these came up on hindsight after I cool off.. Am just not good at thinking on the spot esp when arguing with people)..
Anyway, kudos to UOB staff who handled the situation well. I was worried the security guard will come and haul me off. Instead , the uob staff got his colleague to serve me while he got his mgr to come and repeat the same thing to that idiot. As I was leaving, I heard mr idiot asking the mgr 'so what time on 1 October should I come'
I admit it was wrong of me to butt in rudely hence provoking the idiot. But my thinking is, mothers rule! Dun waste our precious time u idiots!
Tuesday, September 08, 2015
Friday, June 05, 2015
Rude staff and unapologetic replies from local big organizations
The offending companies are Tangs and Singtel.
Incident 1- tangs vivo
Went to the cashier to pay for my item - a small bowl that costs $8. I passed the cashier the money and my tangs card to get rebate. Immediately she said "item below $10 no rebate!" Felt like I was being snapped at. Maybe I was being too sensitive. Maybe she was saying it factually. I looked at her face. She was black faced. Great service Tangs! The service staff seem like a Singaporean Chinese.. I imagine if it had been a Filipino staff, she wld have said 'sorry mam, the card cannot be used for items below $10' with an apologetic smile.
Incident 2- Singtel
I had cancelled my home tel in Jan 2015. As the quarterly subscription had been paid in advance, I had a credit of $20+. Was expecting them to refund into my credit card since the monthly bills were automatically charged to my card but nothing happened. Finally it's June and I made the effort to write to them to ask abt my refund. The reply was factual - to provide bank account and no apologies were offered. What's this? They quietly sat on my money and when I ask why they did not refund me after so long, there was no apology. They did not want to look bad and hence the tone of the reply was plain neutral. Terrible . Poor ethics and values! They are quick to take our money (advance payment for subscription) and there are penalty charges for late payment. They should give me interest for the slow refund! I think I'll drop a note to IDA.
Incident 1- tangs vivo
Went to the cashier to pay for my item - a small bowl that costs $8. I passed the cashier the money and my tangs card to get rebate. Immediately she said "item below $10 no rebate!" Felt like I was being snapped at. Maybe I was being too sensitive. Maybe she was saying it factually. I looked at her face. She was black faced. Great service Tangs! The service staff seem like a Singaporean Chinese.. I imagine if it had been a Filipino staff, she wld have said 'sorry mam, the card cannot be used for items below $10' with an apologetic smile.
Incident 2- Singtel
I had cancelled my home tel in Jan 2015. As the quarterly subscription had been paid in advance, I had a credit of $20+. Was expecting them to refund into my credit card since the monthly bills were automatically charged to my card but nothing happened. Finally it's June and I made the effort to write to them to ask abt my refund. The reply was factual - to provide bank account and no apologies were offered. What's this? They quietly sat on my money and when I ask why they did not refund me after so long, there was no apology. They did not want to look bad and hence the tone of the reply was plain neutral. Terrible . Poor ethics and values! They are quick to take our money (advance payment for subscription) and there are penalty charges for late payment. They should give me interest for the slow refund! I think I'll drop a note to IDA.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Irritated with HSBC
I have applied for numerous credit cards from different banks over the years. All their procedures are more or less the same. Until I encountered HSBC. First they sent me the phone banking and credit card PIN without notifying me that I have been successful in my credit card application. This alarmed me. What if the cards had been delivered wrongly, and the person who received it used it? I waited for the credit cards to arrive subsequently. Instead, after a few days, I receive a letter to ask me to submit XX documents (the usual payslips, photocopy of NRIC etc) to support my online credit card application. Now that pissed me off. At the point of my online card application, I had already uploaded and submitted all these documents. If they did not receive it , its their system screwed up. I will not resubmit.
I called HSBC card centre, and it turned out that the letter was delivered late. It was a standard letter generated on the day I applied for the card, but it did not get sent out until 2 weeks later. Stupid system. And Yes, my credit card application has been approved, the card is on the way.
Before I got the card, I received an email (oh gosh, the card took so long to come, when all these other procedures have reached me) telling me to click on the link, key in something to activate my card. So I did. It din work. I tried the telephone way. It din work either. (something wrong with the T-pin they sent me) GRRR..... In the end I had to go thru the operator to activate the card.
Finally I received my card, and I made a transaction (so that I would be eligible to receive the free gift). A few weeks later, I got a statement telling me I have a debit balance of $XX in this card. SO? Shouldnt I be getting the credit card statement telling me how much to pay, by when, together with enclosed envelope etc? What is the point of this stupid composite statement? Called the HSBC card centre to check. I followed the (numerous) telephone instructions - press 1, press card number #, press 1, press...
And then I hit a dead-end. Just press 1 for .. (something not relevant). Hey, all I want to do is speak to an operator to answer my simple (yet not standardised) question ! I press *0, it worked. I got the operator pretty fast, and my query answered.
Maybe I'm getting old, and just cant adapt to new things. Hence I am seriously fed up with HSBC, in a short span of two months, i had called them 3 times to complain. i shall cancel my card next year.
Just keeping my fingers crossed that I will get the free gift as promised in the brochure. Otherwise I will have to update this entry
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Know Your Weakest Link
Recently my MIL used diapers from NTUC fair price brand for my baby. The day she started using, by the 3rd piece that she changed for the baby, my baby suddenly develop a rash in her groin area. (For that, we got a scolding from FIL for buying cheap diapers).
Again, this was the case of me stocking up when the product was on sale. I had bought 4 packs when it was on sale. Receipt was thrown away since I bought these months ago. So I called up NTUC customer service hotline. The customer service officer (CSO) was impressive. He spoke very well, smooth, assuring and well-articulated. He said he will call me back after he spoke to the NTUC branch near my house so that I can bring the diapers there for refund. He called me back pretty soon, and pretty much resolved the issue. All I had to do, was bring the diapers down, get exchange for anything of the same value.
So on that very evening, i went down. Unfortunately at the store level, it's a different story. I followed the CSO's instructions - look for chief cashier, tell him CSO has spoken to him abt my issue. The auntie cashier whom I spoke to buzz the bell, and upon knowing I wanted to exchange the diapers, asked for receipt. Unfortunately for me, the chief cashier had gone home. The guy-in-charge did not seem to know about my issue, which means there was a communication breakdown as the chief cashier did not inform him. Both auntie cashier and the guy-in-charge were not too pleased that I had no receipt to exchange. They also grumbled that the diapers were old stock (cos of the packaging). Isit my fault? The receipt was superflous anyway, considering that these are your inhouse brand diapers. And the auntie cashier pointed out that I should have exchanged the items within 2 weeks. So if these diapers were purchased two months ago, having a receipt would again, not make any difference since its defintely past the deadline for refund/exchange. One more point to add was that the receipt was printed on thermal paper. The ink would have faded after a few months. Oh and I had to stress to her, I was STOCKING UP. My baby finally grew big enough to use size L recently.. In the end, the guy-in-charge let me do the exchange because I could 'quote names' (I had to repeat the CSO has spoken to chief cashier). The guy-in-charge scanned the item, and was able to determine the price (so what do u need the receipt for????) So while I got my exchange, the total service level there sucks. The duo were reluctant and unhappy about my exchange. Almost to the point of blaming me. I had to point out to them, I haven blame you for your lousy product which gave my baby a painful rash that lasted a few days!
The bottomline is, your impressive customer service hotline was ruined by the store's personnel.
Again, this was the case of me stocking up when the product was on sale. I had bought 4 packs when it was on sale. Receipt was thrown away since I bought these months ago. So I called up NTUC customer service hotline. The customer service officer (CSO) was impressive. He spoke very well, smooth, assuring and well-articulated. He said he will call me back after he spoke to the NTUC branch near my house so that I can bring the diapers there for refund. He called me back pretty soon, and pretty much resolved the issue. All I had to do, was bring the diapers down, get exchange for anything of the same value.
So on that very evening, i went down. Unfortunately at the store level, it's a different story. I followed the CSO's instructions - look for chief cashier, tell him CSO has spoken to him abt my issue. The auntie cashier whom I spoke to buzz the bell, and upon knowing I wanted to exchange the diapers, asked for receipt. Unfortunately for me, the chief cashier had gone home. The guy-in-charge did not seem to know about my issue, which means there was a communication breakdown as the chief cashier did not inform him. Both auntie cashier and the guy-in-charge were not too pleased that I had no receipt to exchange. They also grumbled that the diapers were old stock (cos of the packaging). Isit my fault? The receipt was superflous anyway, considering that these are your inhouse brand diapers. And the auntie cashier pointed out that I should have exchanged the items within 2 weeks. So if these diapers were purchased two months ago, having a receipt would again, not make any difference since its defintely past the deadline for refund/exchange. One more point to add was that the receipt was printed on thermal paper. The ink would have faded after a few months. Oh and I had to stress to her, I was STOCKING UP. My baby finally grew big enough to use size L recently.. In the end, the guy-in-charge let me do the exchange because I could 'quote names' (I had to repeat the CSO has spoken to chief cashier). The guy-in-charge scanned the item, and was able to determine the price (so what do u need the receipt for????) So while I got my exchange, the total service level there sucks. The duo were reluctant and unhappy about my exchange. Almost to the point of blaming me. I had to point out to them, I haven blame you for your lousy product which gave my baby a painful rash that lasted a few days!
The bottomline is, your impressive customer service hotline was ruined by the store's personnel.
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
A Spate of Bad Customer Services
The world is imperfect, hence I am active again with complain stories to share. Seems like companies these days are getting stingy, they do not offer freebies upfront.
First incident: Mouldy Milk Powder
Opened a brand new can of Friso Formula Milk (no 2) and found a visible speck of mould inside. As I do not have the receipt, I could not bring it back to exchange, so I called Friso customer care. The person was apologetic enough, but would not accede to my request to get a full refund, or replace with a bigger can of Friso no 3 (I had too many cans of no 2, and a similar size no 3 was cheaper.) In the end after much negotiation, she came over to pick up the faulty can, and replace with a small size of no 3 , 2 t o3 vouchers and a can of friso-crème cereal. The vouchers were $18 each, but could not be combined, so they could only be used to offset subsequent purchases.
Second incident: Unused referral discount
Bought stuff from iherb.com and was given the option to key in referral code at the check out. One of my ex-colleagues was probably a member, but I did not bother to ask her. Subsequently then I knew abt the $5 discount for first-time purchase with the referral code. So I emailed them:
Hi, I first knew about iherb from a friend. When I chose to buy from iherb recently, I was given the option to indicate referral. However I did not want to bother my friend, and went ahead to purchase my items. I was not aware that I could have gotten $5 off my purchases had I key in the referral code.
I would very much appreciate it if you could still extend the $5 discount off for this purchase. As I have shared items in this order with another friend, the $5 purchase will help to offset delivery fee and hence we need not think about how to split the delivery fee. This will give us an encouraging and positive purchasing experience with iherb.
On a related note, iherb website states that "International Airmail (available to selected countries): As low as $4.00 for the first pound! This option applies to orders valued up to $80.00, and weighing 4 lbs (1814 grams) or less." Strangely, my order (within 4lbs) was billed $6.00. While I still paid for it, I'm not very satisfied with the inaccurate cost info.
I hope to hear from you positively on these.
No luck. Their response was short, generic and did not really address my point. Or maybe they intentionally overlooked the shipping fee issue.
Dear Customer,
Thank you for contacting iHerb Customer Service.
Due to the mechanized nature of our order system, once placed, an order cannot be altered in any way, nor combined with another order for shipment.
Thank you for the courtesy of your patience and understanding with this tradeoff for our low prices.
We appreciate your shopping with us!
Third incident: Late delivery and expired coffee
Bought 2 nespresso machines from Reebonz.com. One machine was bought by my boss using my account. Both machines were supposed delivered late. I was quite unhappy about this and wrote to complain. Then I discovered that the coffee capsules that were provided with the nespresso were expired! Outrageous. Here’s the correspondence
Me - Mon, Nov 7, 2011
I ordered 2 nespresso Krups on 28 oct and the preferred delivery time was sat 9am - 1pm.
Order 158519 finally came on sat night (5nov), while 158499 has yet to be delivered.
Your late and non-delivery is unacceptable. Was unable to contact the customer service as it is long weekend.
Pls contact mr XXX regarding order 158499. It has been a great disappointment to have to wait so long for the nespresso, not to mention the inconvenience of having to make sure someone is at home in case it is delivered.
Very displeased with your unreliable service . Totally not trustworthy!
Reply from Reebonz:
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Thank you for shopping with Reebonz.
On behalf of the courier, i would like to sincerely apologize for this incident.
#158499 had been dispatched to the courier as of the 31st of October. It had been scheduled for a delivery on the 5th of November, Saturday. As advised by the courier, a delivery attempt was made on the 5th of November, at 2134 hrs, but there was no one available to receive it. The item has since been delivered on the 7th of November at 1149hrs.
I certainly understand the frustration in having to wait for a failed delivery and i would like to once again apologize for all the inconvenience caused. Your feedback is extremely valuable and we will highlight them to the respective courier for a review. Your gracious understanding for this matter is greatly appreciated and we hope that it would not dampen your confidence in shopping with Reebonz.
Me - Wed, Nov 9, 2011
Hi,
is this all you are offering for the inconvenience caused? Our gracious understanding for the trouble we took to wait at home, and it was delivered when finally the person was not at home? That was my boss whom I highly recommended the purchase from reebonz! The unreliable delivery service caused him much inconvenience. I had to be apologetic for your problem.
I just found out that the capsules that came with the nespresso machines have EXPIRED. This is unacceptable. The coffee is being consumed by my family, including my sister-in-law who is heavily pregnant. Can you imagine the consequences. Again, how many times must I apologise on reebonz’s behalf? Please replace the capsules asap. I wish to close this incident and get it over with. The whole thing has been one big frustrating mess!
They did replace my coffee capsules in the end. But during the reply correspondance, the staff sent an email wrongly to me. This email was meant for the nespresso supplier. It was pretty insightful.
Hi ___,
I have another customer who received an expired set of capsules. His order number is #16__50 and he actually made a complain on Facebook.
The customers who received an expired set of capsules are:
#1____9 (The replacement set is still with me)
#15___9 (The replacement set is still with me)
#15___3
#16___0
Please kindly advise if we are able to provide a replacement for #15___3 and #16___0. Thank you~
First incident: Mouldy Milk Powder
Opened a brand new can of Friso Formula Milk (no 2) and found a visible speck of mould inside. As I do not have the receipt, I could not bring it back to exchange, so I called Friso customer care. The person was apologetic enough, but would not accede to my request to get a full refund, or replace with a bigger can of Friso no 3 (I had too many cans of no 2, and a similar size no 3 was cheaper.) In the end after much negotiation, she came over to pick up the faulty can, and replace with a small size of no 3 , 2 t o3 vouchers and a can of friso-crème cereal. The vouchers were $18 each, but could not be combined, so they could only be used to offset subsequent purchases.
Second incident: Unused referral discount
Bought stuff from iherb.com and was given the option to key in referral code at the check out. One of my ex-colleagues was probably a member, but I did not bother to ask her. Subsequently then I knew abt the $5 discount for first-time purchase with the referral code. So I emailed them:
Hi, I first knew about iherb from a friend. When I chose to buy from iherb recently, I was given the option to indicate referral. However I did not want to bother my friend, and went ahead to purchase my items. I was not aware that I could have gotten $5 off my purchases had I key in the referral code.
I would very much appreciate it if you could still extend the $5 discount off for this purchase. As I have shared items in this order with another friend, the $5 purchase will help to offset delivery fee and hence we need not think about how to split the delivery fee. This will give us an encouraging and positive purchasing experience with iherb.
On a related note, iherb website states that "International Airmail (available to selected countries): As low as $4.00 for the first pound! This option applies to orders valued up to $80.00, and weighing 4 lbs (1814 grams) or less." Strangely, my order (within 4lbs) was billed $6.00. While I still paid for it, I'm not very satisfied with the inaccurate cost info.
I hope to hear from you positively on these.
No luck. Their response was short, generic and did not really address my point. Or maybe they intentionally overlooked the shipping fee issue.
Dear Customer,
Thank you for contacting iHerb Customer Service.
Due to the mechanized nature of our order system, once placed, an order cannot be altered in any way, nor combined with another order for shipment.
Thank you for the courtesy of your patience and understanding with this tradeoff for our low prices.
We appreciate your shopping with us!
Third incident: Late delivery and expired coffee
Bought 2 nespresso machines from Reebonz.com. One machine was bought by my boss using my account. Both machines were supposed delivered late. I was quite unhappy about this and wrote to complain. Then I discovered that the coffee capsules that were provided with the nespresso were expired! Outrageous. Here’s the correspondence
Me - Mon, Nov 7, 2011
I ordered 2 nespresso Krups on 28 oct and the preferred delivery time was sat 9am - 1pm.
Order 158519 finally came on sat night (5nov), while 158499 has yet to be delivered.
Your late and non-delivery is unacceptable. Was unable to contact the customer service as it is long weekend.
Pls contact mr XXX regarding order 158499. It has been a great disappointment to have to wait so long for the nespresso, not to mention the inconvenience of having to make sure someone is at home in case it is delivered.
Very displeased with your unreliable service . Totally not trustworthy!
Reply from Reebonz:
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Thank you for shopping with Reebonz.
On behalf of the courier, i would like to sincerely apologize for this incident.
#158499 had been dispatched to the courier as of the 31st of October. It had been scheduled for a delivery on the 5th of November, Saturday. As advised by the courier, a delivery attempt was made on the 5th of November, at 2134 hrs, but there was no one available to receive it. The item has since been delivered on the 7th of November at 1149hrs.
I certainly understand the frustration in having to wait for a failed delivery and i would like to once again apologize for all the inconvenience caused. Your feedback is extremely valuable and we will highlight them to the respective courier for a review. Your gracious understanding for this matter is greatly appreciated and we hope that it would not dampen your confidence in shopping with Reebonz.
Me - Wed, Nov 9, 2011
Hi,
is this all you are offering for the inconvenience caused? Our gracious understanding for the trouble we took to wait at home, and it was delivered when finally the person was not at home? That was my boss whom I highly recommended the purchase from reebonz! The unreliable delivery service caused him much inconvenience. I had to be apologetic for your problem.
I just found out that the capsules that came with the nespresso machines have EXPIRED. This is unacceptable. The coffee is being consumed by my family, including my sister-in-law who is heavily pregnant. Can you imagine the consequences. Again, how many times must I apologise on reebonz’s behalf? Please replace the capsules asap. I wish to close this incident and get it over with. The whole thing has been one big frustrating mess!
They did replace my coffee capsules in the end. But during the reply correspondance, the staff sent an email wrongly to me. This email was meant for the nespresso supplier. It was pretty insightful.
Hi ___,
I have another customer who received an expired set of capsules. His order number is #16__50 and he actually made a complain on Facebook.
The customers who received an expired set of capsules are:
#1____9 (The replacement set is still with me)
#15___9 (The replacement set is still with me)
#15___3
#16___0
Please kindly advise if we are able to provide a replacement for #15___3 and #16___0. Thank you~
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Two drinks , Two responses from Two different companies
Recently I bought a 12-can carton of Fuji Apple Sparkling juice drink from Giant. The drinks were discounted as they were expiring in another 4 months. Unfortunately, the taste had 'expired' before the actual date. There was an unpleasant and chemical taste in the drink. Having thrown away the receipt + we tried about 4 cans to see if the whole batch was like that, I thought we would not be able to get refund from Giant. So I went to Pokka's website and emailed them this complaint, and asked to be compensated with a carton of their green tea instead. Lo behold, they replied, and were very polite and apologetic. They arranged a date to pick up the Apple drink and also delivered the green tea. Ok , I am appeased.
Another day, another drink - Bought a bottle of chrysanthemum tea at ZTP. This was their self-brewed kind. We have bought from them numerous times, as the drink was thick and cheap ($1). This time was not our lucky day though, the chrysanthemum drink was diluted - only a faint fragrance of the chrysanthemum, plus lots of sugar. Enraged, I went back to the shop to 'feedback'. The guy reluctantly allow me to change for another bottle, all the while saying that they brewed the drink for hours, hence the taste should not be diluted. The other bottle turned out to be the same, just as diluted. Still not happy, I went into the shop where all the sales assistants were gathered and chatting as there were no customers. I told them that the drink was still diluted and not that I want any exchange. Another guy tried to appease me by saying maybe they did not brew long enough. I left.. but on hindsight, I should hv argued that chrysanthemum doesnt need hours to boil for the taste to be there..obviously they cut the chrysanthemum portion or added too much water, but its not politically correct to tell the customer that. Hmm... still very unhappy over this incident. Definitely will boycott them.
Another day, another drink - Bought a bottle of chrysanthemum tea at ZTP. This was their self-brewed kind. We have bought from them numerous times, as the drink was thick and cheap ($1). This time was not our lucky day though, the chrysanthemum drink was diluted - only a faint fragrance of the chrysanthemum, plus lots of sugar. Enraged, I went back to the shop to 'feedback'. The guy reluctantly allow me to change for another bottle, all the while saying that they brewed the drink for hours, hence the taste should not be diluted. The other bottle turned out to be the same, just as diluted. Still not happy, I went into the shop where all the sales assistants were gathered and chatting as there were no customers. I told them that the drink was still diluted and not that I want any exchange. Another guy tried to appease me by saying maybe they did not brew long enough. I left.. but on hindsight, I should hv argued that chrysanthemum doesnt need hours to boil for the taste to be there..obviously they cut the chrysanthemum portion or added too much water, but its not politically correct to tell the customer that. Hmm... still very unhappy over this incident. Definitely will boycott them.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Petty Customer Service Policy
I am a loyal customer of Ya Kun . I love their coffee, and they have consistently delivered. I have no complaints on the food/drink at whichever Ya Kun branch I go to. Unfortunately, one Sunday, my brunch was spoilt by the Ya Kun coffee lady at my favourite Mt Faber Safra branch.
I like my kopi C extra milky, and Ya Kun charges more for Kopi C. Having paid up, i went to request more milk from the coffee lady. She added a few drops, and I stared at her, she sulkily responded 'Any more I would have to collect money'. WTF?! I have been there on numerous occassions and the other coffee lady always accede to my request generously with a smile. What is this? U think I am trying to get more bang for my buck by asking for more milk? Its just a matter of preference that I like milky coffee! Totally pissed.
Hubby helped me to send a complaint letter to Ya Kun, they responded very courteously. But to be fair, I responded to them again with details of the incident for greater accuracy. This time, their response was different:
Thank you for your additional information and your patience as we look into the matter you have raised. I am glad to let you know that the matter which you had brought up to our attention had been handled with.
Firstly, we would like to clarify that we practice the No-Questions-Asked, Return and Exchange policy where customers could exchange any unsatisfactory quality of food received for dine-in. However, we do charge another 20cents if customers are asking for more evaporated milk for their own preference, as this is to be fair to customers who are paying for the standard amount of evaporated milk.
We sincerely apologise for this terrible mistake caused by the previous brewer who did not follow our company policy, which leads to a misunderstanding between you and the staff involved. We also acknowledge that she did not handle the situation well when she should have taken her initiative to explain the situation to you. We have spoken to the outlet-in-charge regarding this matter and he has taken disciplinary actions against the staff involved. She has been warned for her rudeness towards customers and been advised to handle similar situations with prudence. We have also emphasised the importance of customer service to all staff at the outlet.
We sincerely apologise to you once again for our oversight in allowing such slip up in our service quality to take place in our outlet. We appreciate the time you taken to write to us and we sincerely hope for your continuous support for Ya Kun. To express our gratitude and apology, please accept the vouchers which we wish to send you. If you could email us back your address, we will mail the vouchers to you shortly.
We seek for your kind understanding in this matter and please rest assured that we will continue to improve ourselves to be of better service to you, our valued customers.
Once again, we thank you for your time and we look forward to serving you again soon.
WTF? Flimsy excuse masked under a web of politeness. This was my reply to them:
Dear ___,
First, I would like to add that it is not "a terrible" mistake by the kind (customer-oriented) coffee lady who previously acceded to my additional evaporated milk request with no charges.
Second, I would question your policy to charge extra."'To be fair to customers who are paying for the standard amount of evaporated milk" - How many customers are going to complain that they do not get extra milk for paying the same price? If you are worried that without this policy, many customers will come forward to ask for extra milk, then let me ask you, how many customers ask to have extra milk at all in the first place? How many are as crazy as me to like extra super milky coffee?! Another reason why this excuse doesnt hold - look at mixed vegetable rice stalls. They dun charge for extra rice, neither do they discount for asking less rice. In the same context, if customers order kopi C with less milk, where is the discount? Or Kopi with less sugar? Where is the discount? This is a very petty company policy. What are you worried about? People will bring bottles and ask you to fill up with milk? It is not as though we are asking you to publicize in the outlet 'We do not charge for extra milk' , which understandably, may encourage people to ask for extra.
Lastly, we are not unreasonable customers, we understand and accept your company policy. I'll just make sure I bring my own evaporated milk next time and buy kopi O from Ya Kun.
Where is your brain?! I loved the cynical ad posters in Ya Kun, they showed intellectual humour. Now they are proving otherwise.
Update: Turned out that my reply to them was deleted in the process of sending, and what they received was a blank email with just my signature. Blah! What a waste of my exciting response. The customer service assistant was smart enough to re-apologise despite seeing a blank email from me. And again requested us to provide an address for them to mail us a voucher. Alright, we'll keep it as that. But will I go Ya Kun again? I'll say, probably much less than before. That place holds less than fond memories after all these issues.
I like my kopi C extra milky, and Ya Kun charges more for Kopi C. Having paid up, i went to request more milk from the coffee lady. She added a few drops, and I stared at her, she sulkily responded 'Any more I would have to collect money'. WTF?! I have been there on numerous occassions and the other coffee lady always accede to my request generously with a smile. What is this? U think I am trying to get more bang for my buck by asking for more milk? Its just a matter of preference that I like milky coffee! Totally pissed.
Hubby helped me to send a complaint letter to Ya Kun, they responded very courteously. But to be fair, I responded to them again with details of the incident for greater accuracy. This time, their response was different:
Thank you for your additional information and your patience as we look into the matter you have raised. I am glad to let you know that the matter which you had brought up to our attention had been handled with.
Firstly, we would like to clarify that we practice the No-Questions-Asked, Return and Exchange policy where customers could exchange any unsatisfactory quality of food received for dine-in. However, we do charge another 20cents if customers are asking for more evaporated milk for their own preference, as this is to be fair to customers who are paying for the standard amount of evaporated milk.
We sincerely apologise for this terrible mistake caused by the previous brewer who did not follow our company policy, which leads to a misunderstanding between you and the staff involved. We also acknowledge that she did not handle the situation well when she should have taken her initiative to explain the situation to you. We have spoken to the outlet-in-charge regarding this matter and he has taken disciplinary actions against the staff involved. She has been warned for her rudeness towards customers and been advised to handle similar situations with prudence. We have also emphasised the importance of customer service to all staff at the outlet.
We sincerely apologise to you once again for our oversight in allowing such slip up in our service quality to take place in our outlet. We appreciate the time you taken to write to us and we sincerely hope for your continuous support for Ya Kun. To express our gratitude and apology, please accept the vouchers which we wish to send you. If you could email us back your address, we will mail the vouchers to you shortly.
We seek for your kind understanding in this matter and please rest assured that we will continue to improve ourselves to be of better service to you, our valued customers.
Once again, we thank you for your time and we look forward to serving you again soon.
WTF? Flimsy excuse masked under a web of politeness. This was my reply to them:
Dear ___,
First, I would like to add that it is not "a terrible" mistake by the kind (customer-oriented) coffee lady who previously acceded to my additional evaporated milk request with no charges.
Second, I would question your policy to charge extra."'To be fair to customers who are paying for the standard amount of evaporated milk" - How many customers are going to complain that they do not get extra milk for paying the same price? If you are worried that without this policy, many customers will come forward to ask for extra milk, then let me ask you, how many customers ask to have extra milk at all in the first place? How many are as crazy as me to like extra super milky coffee?! Another reason why this excuse doesnt hold - look at mixed vegetable rice stalls. They dun charge for extra rice, neither do they discount for asking less rice. In the same context, if customers order kopi C with less milk, where is the discount? Or Kopi with less sugar? Where is the discount? This is a very petty company policy. What are you worried about? People will bring bottles and ask you to fill up with milk? It is not as though we are asking you to publicize in the outlet 'We do not charge for extra milk' , which understandably, may encourage people to ask for extra.
Lastly, we are not unreasonable customers, we understand and accept your company policy. I'll just make sure I bring my own evaporated milk next time and buy kopi O from Ya Kun.
Where is your brain?! I loved the cynical ad posters in Ya Kun, they showed intellectual humour. Now they are proving otherwise.
Update: Turned out that my reply to them was deleted in the process of sending, and what they received was a blank email with just my signature. Blah! What a waste of my exciting response. The customer service assistant was smart enough to re-apologise despite seeing a blank email from me. And again requested us to provide an address for them to mail us a voucher. Alright, we'll keep it as that. But will I go Ya Kun again? I'll say, probably much less than before. That place holds less than fond memories after all these issues.
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