I'm Active Duty Military and rent cars quite regularly. I'm very familiar with the process and have had several bad interactions with most major rental companies. This was not one of them.
This was hands down the best experience I've ever had and it's not even close. I showed up and was immediately greeted by Jonathan Meehan. He was professional, courteous and direct, he introduced himself as Jon, shook hands and made solid eye contact showing he was involved and I wasn't just another customer. It's the day after thanksgiving and he immediately asked how my day was, intently and sincerely unlike most people who deal with customers all day. The conversation was unforced and engaging. He thanked me for my service twice, and couldn't have been any more welcoming or respectful. The guy has upper management written all over him. Not a doubt in my mind If I was an unhappy or disgruntled customer he would have been able to easily and fluently articulate, counter and navigate a conversation argumentative in nature with minimal to no confrontation.
Being enlisted in the military you are forced to talk and work with a lot of people. My job is to literally evaluate subordinates on qualities including courtesies, professionalism, communication, and Jonathan is what I try and teach my employees to act like and project to the public.
Today's visit to Enterprise and this single interaction put them atop of my list of rental car companies. read more