So, I stopped by after several days of having to put air in one of my tires. I knew the tire had a slow leak in a patch previously put in place as I had it checked out approximately a week before at a different place, but did not have time to wait for a repair/replacement that day. It all started out at around 7:50am. I thought I would be clever and beat the crowd. There was one gentleman in front of me and we were allowed to wait inside until 8:00am, when the doors officially opened for business. At 8:00am, I spoke with an employee who took my information. I explained the situation with my tire and that I wanted to have it replaced. He said, "O-kay, we will take a look at it", then started to walk away. I stopped him and asked if maybe we might need to discuss price. He told me the leaking patch could likely be repaired by drilling a larger hole and revising the repair. I SHOULD have known to just walk away at that point. I again asked about tire prices. After we figured all that out, I waited. I watched a skeleton crew stand around and/or move displays outside, another employee get the cash register ready, while another guy turned on the T.V. and watched X-men for a few minutes. At exactly 8:30am, they started pulling cars in for service. At 8:45am, I asked if there was any idea as to how much longer it would be. I assumed there were people with appointments who would be in line first (and I was also told this); however, after listening to the employees previously discuss said appointments (between 8:00am - 8:30am) and how one did not need to be finished until noon, while another was not due for pick-up until 4:00pm, common sense dictated to me the walk-in customers could be attended to without interfering with repairs on the vehicles which were scheduled. The guy went to the service area, came back, walked right by me, then asked another customer who had just arrived if he could help him. In the middle of his talking to the customer, he looked at me and said, "He is getting ready to pull your car in right now" (What a coincidence :-/ and what an unbelievably RUDE gesture to both me and the customer to which he was talking). Once my car was pulled in for service, I watched the mechanic take my wheel off and roll it to a place out of my view. I turned away for a few minutes, thinking my tire was being changed. When I eventually turned my attention back to the service area, the mechanic was airing up a tire on the opposite side of the one needing repair. Approximately 2 minutes later, I saw my car being pulled out of the service area and over to the place where customers can get in and drive away. The time period in which all of this took place was entirely too short to have allowed for a new tire, and all that is entailed, to have been mounted, etc. I asked the mechanic as he came in the door, "So, what did you end up doing?" He said, "I had to put air in all four tires". I asked him about the tire for which I had originally came in. He proceeded to tell me it (and all of my tires) was/were low on air pressure due to the outside temperature. I asked him if he had taken the tire off the wheel. He said, "No", but that he did take the wheel off the car and rolled it in water to look for air bubbles." He said that is how he knew it (and the other tires) just needed air. I proceeded to provide the same information I gave initially, regarding the previous patch and having to air up my tire daily. He was baffled. I guess he was not informed properly... or, did he just not read the information?... What did he think was supposed to be done?... Did the paperwork given to him say, "Just check the front, driver's tire and see if there is a problem?... I made a specific request, but am sure I was just pacified by the unmotivated group of individuals I encountered. I recommend the 'upper echelon' go in as secret shoppers, a multiple number of times, so an accurate determination of the quality (lack-there-of) of service can be determined. Additionally, perhaps some simple time management, people skills, customer service (unfortunately, you cannot teach common sense) training is in order. One would think at 8:00am, when there are cars left for repair prior to opening and other patrons are filing in at a steady pace, there would be a full crew with which to start the business day. And, anyone with half a logical mind would think perhaps a manager and one employee would start the day at 7:30am; to get cash registers and outside displays ready for actual business to start at 8:00am. But instead, I literally waited an hour to have someone put air in my tire! UNBELIEVABLE! Additionally, I will have to use personal leave time to compensate for my late arrival to work (which I would have been fine with had the repair I requested been performed). Obviously, I will NOT be patronizing this business EVER! *To the business agent who reads this - Do not send me a generic apology message. FIX your staff and operating procedures! read more