I placed an order through their mobile app last night. The order was delivered incomplete, without the salad I had ordered. I tried to call the store number shown in the app but nobody would pick up. Since they weren't calling me either, only option was to go to the store and find out what had happened with my salad. I took what was delivered with me as a proof.
Once there, a manager came out to ask what happened and went back in to get the delivery manager. This guy comes out telling me that the driver forgot to leave the salad but he had just dropped it off at my house and since it was delivered there was no longer a problem. I expressed how upsetting that was because I was already at the store trying to find out what had happened with my order and the entire purpose of getting the food delivered was defeated by their mistake.
He offered to "do me the favor" of giving me new fries and new chicken tenders, but for me that was not a favor nor was it enough. I asked this guy about three times to speak with a manager that could really help me because I wanted a fresh salad not the one that was just left at my house because it had been probably bouncing around in their car for over 20 minutes. He refused all the three times!!! I pretty much had to raise my voice and demand to speak to somebody else. I felt like I was pretty much begging for something as simple as a salad made fresh again. He finally decided to get someone else.
Yet, another manager came out and told me the same thing than the previous guy, that the salad had just been delivered and they will just redo the food I brought to the restaurant. Once again and very convinced that my request was fair, I explained to the manager that I am a cook and that the salad had been time and temperature abused, and I didn't think it was safe to eat those eggs, chicken, bacon, and wilted vegetables so I was not going to eat the salad left at my house. I also explained to him how both of my fries were filled way below half the container. He responded that probably the eggs were safe to eat but I could be right about the chicken, and that the fries were full when they left the store but they got soggy during the delivery and that's why they shrunk, but you'll see in the picture that even though it is true that their fries get soggy and reduce in size, my containers were pretty empty.
Finally, he decided to agree to make my whole order anew and asked me if I wanted a cookie or more fries. Like if a cookie or more fries would make it up for my time wasted, my car's gas, the bad experience asking to get fresh food, and completely defeating the purpose of avoiding social interaction. I didn't want any of those, so I told him that all I wanted was an apology because none of the three managers I had spoken to was caring enough to apologize for the huge inconvenience. I even tip the driver and spent $28 for an evening ruined. I was asked to wait in my car for my order, the manager came a few minutes later with my order and an additional tea but he forgot the salad dressing so he had me waiting again. He finally came back with the dressing and I left.
When I got home I did find the salad, with just 1 dressing (i had ordered 2) and the "free" tea I got was not tea, it was a lemonade.
What was the need to make things so complicated? I really don't know. I also don't understand how they can be so inconsiderate, disrespectful, and unprofessional. Why not offering an apology, fresh food, and a refund? Are $28 such a huge lost for their business? They have lines of people waiting to buy their food! I am pretty sure that as long as those lines keep forming the bad customer service of this store will never improve and they'll continue to treat people with that cocky demeanor as if they were doing their customers a favor.
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