On Nov 11, 2013 (Veterans Day) myself (vet) and my wife was celebrating and we get seated 10 min later no waiter, I went to the hostess and ask for manager then we get a waiter. Manager offer appetizer on house; waiter brought it out and slammed it on the table. Ordered food, got food, started eating and wife noticed hostesses (2) had their cell phones out pointing at us videotaping. Wife noticed it and when they saw her see them they quickly stopped and both of them turned around. It bothered my wife where she got up and went and asked why they were recording us. First they said they was not recording us they were recording the people behind us (there was not anybody there), then they changed and said it was not what you think my wife then said that y'all knew my husband complained because he ask y'all to get the manager then y'all were up here giggling with our waiter then we get our food and now y'all are recording us eating. What did y'all do to our food? They kept saying that it was not what we think but that all they kept saying. We immediately asked for the check (paid for our dinner) then left after only taking one to two bites out of the meal. Out in the parking lot called manager (different one than earlier) told him and I took it he was going to "sweep it under the rug" by his attitude. So I call the next day and ask for the GM (was not there)I did talk to the manager I had previous complained to about no waiter and he remembered us but he had left. I asked him if he had heard of any other issues last night and he said nothing was mentioned. So I informed him and he seemed pretty upset and said that he would find out what was going on and get back with me. A week later nothing from anyone. 10 days later I receive a gift certificate for dinner for two limiting $11 per meal. Sad part is we can't even order what we had ordered that night. So I paid for a meal that we did not eat and because they did something to our food, then they insult us with the gift cert. not even worth what we paid. All we want was to have a nice dinner for Veterans day and it turned out nightmare. Luckily, we busted them before we ate their sabotage to our food and they did not get to record our disgust for their video enjoyment.
Their response to the BBB Complaint:
To Whom it May Concern,
Although we are not proud of any of the behavior that occurred on this day, we sincerely appreciate that it was brought to our attention by Mr. *****.
There are many things we could have done better and differently. As a result of the information provided to us by Mr. Yaws we have since had a meeting with all of our managers in Midland to discuss the events of that day and how we could have handled this differently. We also changed our cell phone policy, as a company, so that no cell phones are in the employees possession while at work.
We appreciate the concern on this matter and are glad we have customers that care about us enough to express their opinion. We believe this feedback has made us better as a company.
Sincerely,
******* *******
Head Coach,
Cotton Patch Café Inc.
I am rejecting this response because: They have constantly lied and sweep it under the rug. I have been continuously told that I would be informed of what was found; right under two months later now; nothing. I was told this by the manager, "area coach" (he was a joke, he called and acted like I was wasting his time) and a person from the HQ. So when they say they set new policy and made changes; bull crap. I was waiting to see their response to this BBB complaint; the way it went determined which way I was going to proceed. I WILL push this incident well out past Midland Texas. Being in the military, I have a lot of friends in the Dallas Ft Worth area. This company does not care about its customers or the military; they have no leadership. This could of been fixed but they just want to sweep it under the rug and not take ANY responsibility for the actions of their employees. Yes, they only crapped on two people but these two people know extremely well how to use social media and have a large contact base. This company could be seen as anti-military. read more