I am writing this review regarding an APPOINTMENT made yesterday afternoon. I have to say, I've waited less walking in vs. making the appointment.
First off, the appointment was made in the morning online. Since we've experienced a long wait time before, we assumed it would be a good idea to set the appointment to avoid all that. We arrive right on time and of course, they're busy. Everyone there was being attended to so at least we knew we were next. A couple minutes later a gentleman approaches us and we let him know our name and that we have set an appointment. He "checks" us in. We're sitting there waiting and people just start piling up. Again, I'm not worrying because duh. We made an appointment and we've been checked in.
30 minutes later, they are ALL still busy. I see a few employees on break and one walking out. From a management standpoint, I don't understand why they would let people leave when they were clearly backed up. I looked up and saw the queue on the TV and there was 4 more people after me.... But that's besides the point. I see a couple that walked in and within 5 minutes they were helped.
Waiiiiit a minute. So the appointments don't even matter? It's due to the nature of what you're coming in for? At this point, no one has even apologized for the wait or acknowledged us for sitting there for 45 minutes. Finally, the gentleman who checks us in says "You guys are next alright?" I respond quickly with "Are you sure? We've been next for about an hour now. I really wanna know if it's beneficial to even make an appointment because this is how long it would normally take for a walk in." He says yes, but obvi complete BS.
Few minutes later, a lady comes up and is asking for our name at this point I think, finally we're getting help. NOPE. She tells us "OOOH, im just checking you in. I'm headed out to lunch and we're just seeing what everyone is coming in for! From there we figure out who to help." 1)The communication in the store is terrible. Your teammate checked us in from the beginning and checked on us literally a few minutes ago. What is going on with this store? 2)I clearly don't want to hear that you're headed for lunch when this store is jam-packed. I thought it was rude that she mentioned it because are you asking me to feel sorry for you? 3)I understand that they want to help people who just want to make "quick" purchases, but the guy who bought a bluetooth took give or take 20 minutes and we bought a new phone in 11 minutes. So hmm.. instead of assuming, maybe check in your customers by who got in there first.
An hour and some minutes later, we finally get helped. Guess what? Our whole transaction took 11 minutes. Which is why I am so upset. They knew our appointment was to upgrade our phone and they ASSUMED we would take forever and a day for this. What they should do is follow who made an appointment then go by walk-ins. I could understand Unfortunately, this is the closest AT&T store to us... so I guess we have to deal with it. Well actually, my boyfriend can go alone. No way will I step foot there. The 2 stars are for how quickly we were able to get the phone, but part of that was because we were ready as well. I hope they work on this appointment thing because no one wants to wait an hour... especially if they made an appointment and can see their name on the TV queue.
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