This AT&T location has some of the worst customer service I have ever experienced in my life. I am not exaggerating. I generally take these kinds of visits lightly because I am fully aware of the huge corporate bubble they exist in, so there is not a lot of attention paid to these reviews on Yelp or similar platforms. However, I have to say something if it helps even one person avoid the absolute disaster that is this store's severe lack of customer service and basic retail competency. I am hoping that by sharing this, people will know to never ever visit this location if they can help it.
I walked in on two employees standing with customers. I waited a few minutes and not once did they raise their head to acknowledge my existence. Nothing was happening. I then had to just walk up and politely ask if they would be able to help me today (honestly hoping they would give me some kind of timeline instead of blatantly ignoring me). He said he would be with me when he was done and that was it. I stood there...a bit dumbfounded and asked him if he knew about how long that would be. He said probably 30 minutes. Are you actually kidding me? He was going to ignore me walking in the store until I said something, and then was going to just let me wait for 30 minutes and did not even BOTHER to mention this. I said, well 30 minutes is a long time so I will run an errand. Okay. I came back and the two employees were the only ones in the building and both heads were down on their phones. Again, NOT A SINGLE flinch to the fact that I was there. I asked out loud again, is anyone available? They both looked at me and did not say anything. The one guy kinda made a noise in my direction but no movement. I am not kidding. I then asked if they were ok. I genuinely asked if everything was alright, to both of them, because the way they were acting was extremely unusual and extremely disrespectful to a point that I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. They looked at me, and AGAIN said absolutely nothing. I wish I was making this up. I should have taken how rude he was initially as the red flag to get out of there but I needed help so I pushed through it.
Long story short (and this is just the tip of the iceberg here), he was one of the rudest, most inconsiderate, most blatantly disrespectful and extremely unprofessional people I have ever met in my entire life. He had my replacement phone sent to an address in another STATE, with me standing right there in FRONT of him, and when I called to tell him that I very clearly do not live in San Diego and asked if he could fix this, he said it was NOT his problem and there was nothing he would do. He said I would have to call all these numbers or show up again in person. Mind you, they were 10 minutes to closing. His response felt very much like "oh well that's too bad for you". The cold, hateful, vindictive and inconsiderate behaviour and attitude from this guy was so horrible that I broke down to my partner in tears and confusion. I know for a fact he could have helped me as I spoke with another location about it the next day, but he chose to blatantly LIE and say it was out of his hands, even though it was entirely his mistake. He never offered a single "sorry" or took any amount of responsibility. Zero. He refused to help me after he made the insanely avoidable choice to send my phone to an address that I was not at and then proceeded to treat the situation like a joke. I was beyond kind, patient and understanding. I am still appalled that this ever even happened. I am leaving AT&T because of this experience. Stay far away from here. They do not care about you or their jobs and will let you know. read more