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Funny Bad Customer of the Day:  Sandwich Shop | USA
(I handle our catering and delivery orders at my store. A customer wants her check split between two credit cards. The second card number doesn’t work. Unless it’s fixed before the driver leaves, we cannot send a receipt with the driver. The customer doesn’t answer when I call, or return my call before the driver leaves. The customer later calls, but she never got my message, and actually would like to place another order for the next day. I finish up with the order for tomorrow,before bringing up today’s order.)
Me: “While I have you, I actually called earlier and left a message. We had an issue with your charges today. Did you receive my message?”
Customer: “Oh? No, I’m out of my office.”
Me: “No problem, ma’am. We had a small problem with one of your card numbers; whoever you spoke to may have copied it down incorrectly. The driver will be unable to bring you a physical copy of the receipt today, because we were unable to charge the card before he left. We will still be able to split the payment, and fax over a copy of your receipt for your records after he returns.”
(We go over the card numbers, and she gives me the number I needed. Whoever copied it added an extra zero into it.)
Me: “Thank you, ma’am. When our driver returns, I can fax over a copy of this receipt.”
Customer: “Can you e-mail the receipt?”
Me: “We can’t really e-mail receipts. They don’t show up in our system for a few days and we don’t really have a professional method of e-mailing them.”
Customer: “Well, I don’t really have a fax number right now. Can I just call tomorrow with a fax number, and you can do it tomorrow?”
Me: “Sure, if that works for you, that’s fine.”
(When the driver returns, I split the payment and everything is fine. The next day, my coworker talks to the same woman on the phone when she calls to give us her fax number.)
Customer: “I’m very upset. I had to go through a lot of trouble to get my payment split yesterday.”
Coworker: “Unfortunately, our system isn’t designed to split payments, so it’s a little involved to make it work. I’m sorry you had so much trouble; what actually happened?”
Customer: “Well, I just wanted my payment split between two cards. It’s not difficult!”
Coworker: “Splitting a payment is not a normal function in our system. I’m sorry if you had some issues yesterday, but it seems to have worked out fine in the end.”
Customer: “Yes, well—”
Coworker: “I mean, was anything else wrong with your order? Was it late, or was the food not good?”
Customer: “No, it was on time. The food was fine.”
Coworker: “Did we forget anything with your order? You seem to have liked it enough to order with us again today, which we of course were happy to see.”
Customer: “Well, no, nothing was wrong with the order.”
Coworker: “So it was just getting your payment split that was a problem?”
Customer: “I was told that I could have my receipt e-mailed to me.”
Coworker: “I don’t know who you spoke to, but we aren’t readily able to e-mail receipts. They don’t show up in the system for a day or two and faxing them is really the fastest way to get them to you.”
Customer: “Well, this has just been such a hassle. I’m going to want to speak to a manager about this problem.”
Coworker: “Well, I am a manager, ma’am. What is it that I can help you with?”
Customer: “Oh… Well, that girl that I spoke to yesterday about this, she just really didn’t seem like she knew what she was doing at all.”
Coworker: “From what you’ve told me, she did everything exactly as she was supposed to do it. As I’ve said, splitting payments is not a normal function on our system.”
Customer: “I don’t know about that. She just seemed all over the place and unorganized. I think you really should talk to her about getting her act together.”
Coworker: “Well, ma’am, I really cannot see anything that she did incorrectly that I would need to speak with her about. Your order’s payments are accurately in the system, and split right down the middle. Is there anything else that I could do for you?”
Customer: “No, I guess not. Thank you.”
Coworker: “Thank you, ma’am. We’re happy that you enjoyed your lunch these past two days! Have a great day!”
(Later, I fax over her finalized receipt, with everything charged just the way she wanted it. I haven’t heard back from her yet!)
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