So I just walked into Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Hillside, NJ and I can't believe my experience. Furthermore, I can't believe that this is the type of person that works for Enterprise now. My friends, my family, and myself, have rented from this branch along with many other branches of Enterprise in the Union County/Essex County area for years. I always tell people to choose Enterprise and anyone who knows me can confirm that. In fact, I was once an intern for this this company so I know all about its customer service policies and that is why I always recommend them. As a customer in recent years, I have been let down time and time again but I have continued to rent from them because I am loyal. This morning, however, was more than a customer service failure, it was a human failure. This morning, I was not a customer - I was a member of the community who walked in and asked if I could have windshield wiper fluid. I was driving on Route 22 E during this snow storm and suddenly ran out of wiper fluid, since I could not see much I didn't realize I had just passed a gas station. To be clear, anyone with $4 bucks in their pocket can afford wiper fluid so it wasn't about me not being able to afford it or not "wanting" to buy it or being lazy, I just needed help and was admittedly desperate. As a former employee, I knew they kept wiper fluid there and simply asked for some and offered to PAY for it if necessary. RODNEY TORRES, the employee who took my request asked if my car was a rental, I said no, and he therefore sarcastically and rudely responded NO. He said they cannot "give me wiper fluid." I responded and said with a baffled tone "so I can't see out of my car if I crash you are okay with that?" He then said with a disgusting tone something along the lines of "You can walk yourself back over to that gas station and buy yourself some because we pay for it you can buy your own." Keep in mind I offered to PAY for the one they had if I could, but lets be honest its wiper fluid, what is the big deal if it can help someone be safe, someone who was right there in front of you asking for a hand. Like I said before, I passed a gas station and didn't notice it, obviously if I saw it I would have just gone there. I guess I thought I would find kindness from enterprise employees. It wasn't about money it was about principle and clearly for him it was more important to be cruel than to be kind in that moment. He wasn't even able to be kind enough to at least kindly answer the question. Even if their policy obligates him to say no to non-customers, why not say that to me kindly. He is clearly a disgruntled employee and I was clearly at the wrong place at the wrong time and was the recipient of his wrath. For me, the point is that, whether I am customer in that moment or not is irrelevant. I am a person asking for help and could have been a customer one day. what if this was my first experience with enterprise? This person who works for this company outright says no? What kind of society do we live in where a grown man cannot help a young girl out in a situation like this? I did not ask him to shine my shoes or anything that would deserve that kind of response, I asked for wiper fluid. I was not a customer today but I have been and I would have been again and again if it were not for Mr. Torres. In fact I was planning a trip to upstate NY this weekend and needed to rent an SUV, if I go, it certainly wont be an enterprise rental. I will never recommend Enterprise to anyone again, my mother rents 8 times a year, every year to move my sisters in and out of their dorms, well NO MORE. My aunts, my friends my cousins, they travel constantly and rent from enterprise due to my recommendation, well NO MORE. This is not the first time Enterprise has let me down but it WILL be the LAST. Anyone who reads this can make their own decision on whether to rent from them or not, just beware, you may not have an optimal experience because as both a paying and non-paying customer I've been slighted. read more