Desiree was hostile toward us, and it is unacceptable in a position that is supposed to be all about making customers feel welcome. We reserved a Chevy Silverado EV a couple of years ago with a small deposit and have patiently been waiting for GM to sort through their supply chain issues and finally produce and have the Silverado EV ready. Finally we got an email telling us the truck was ready and we could head into the local Tonkin Chevrolet GMC store to pick it up. We mistakenly went to The Dallas location, thinking since we live in Hood River our local Tonkin would have the truck. When we arrived a young man greeted us warmly and asked if he could help us. We told him we were there to take delivery of our Silverado EV. He said they only had one in the whole store and as far as he knew it was not reserved but he would double check with their specialist. A few minutes later a woman walked up to me and asked if she could help me. She didn't introduce herself or say that she was there to follow up on the reservation inquiry. She just stood there in a demeanor that can best be described as someone discovering you inside their living room when they don't even know you. I told her we were waiting for the specialist to come over and help us with our reservation for the Silverado EV. She cut me off and said "that's me, you're waiting for me, and I'm here." Not "how can I help you" or any empathy or enthusiasm for customers who were there to purchase an expensive vehicle. Just an angry lady looking increasingly annoyed at us. She made me anxious so I got my phone out and pulled up the reservation email that told us to go into the store to pick up our truck. She hardly glanced at it and cut me off again and said "I don't know anything about that." And I tried to explain that GM had run a marketing campaign a few years ago to run up demand on their electric trucks and that we were super excited that finally after years of waiting our truck was ready. She cut me off again, telling me abruptly that she knew nothing about such program. I tried to show her the email again so that she could familiarize herself with it, and she cut me off, yet again, telling me "yes, you already showed me that but that's the first I have heard of this, so aside from that email that you keep showing me I don't know anything about that. There are no reservations for this truck, so it's not for you." I looked at my email again bewildered by her hostile tone and demeanor and that's when I realized it said Portland Tonkin. I smiled in relief and tried to ease the tension by telling her I just realized we had made a mistake and had come to the wrong store. She did not change her demeanor and instead made sure I knew she was not pleased with us confusing her store with the Portland store. She angrily told me that the two stores had nothing to do with each other aside from sharing a name. I realized there was nothing to do but to leave, this woman was clearly not interested in creating or salvaging a relationship with us as potential customers. As we walked back to our car my parents shook their heads at how rude she had been. Whether she is the owner or an employee that has been there too long, Desiree has clearly forgotten that the customer comes first, especially in the dealer space. read more