RUDE & DUMB STAFF
I had a bad experience with this location over a year ago and I had sworn to not back here and always visited other near by Jamba Juices. The staff never smiled at any of their customers and were rude. Today, I was in a hurry to get to my 1:30 meeting and so decided to go to this location hoping staff has changed, service has improved, etc....but alas, I was pissed off again. Here is what happened:
I told my collegue that I was going to Jamba Juice and he requested that I pick up a smoothie for him as well. Now, I printed a coupon, that my friend had told me about, which would get you a 16 oz smoothie for a buck if you were to buy any smoothie for the regular price. She had told me that you can get as many regular smoothies, and the JJ she went to gave her a 16 oz smoothie for a buck for each of them.
Ok, so you now have the context. I tell the staff that I've this coupon (which I printed) and that I'd like to get 2 smoothies for the regular price and wanted to confirm if I can get 2 16 oz smoothies for a buck each with the coupon. One of the guys (who appeared to be the manager) said quite rudely actually, "No, you can only have 1 per transaction." So, I asked if I can create two different transactions as the second regular smoothie is for my collegue. The guy said, "You friend will need to be here for that." What??? I'm really pissed, but in the interest of time I decide to brush that off and go on with my order although I say to myself that these people are not getting my business ever again.
I get an original size Strawberry energizer for $5 and Mango-go-go original for $4.40 and with the 16oz smotthie for a buck, that would make the total, $10.40. I quickly did the math in my head. Now the person at the cash register says I've to pay $10.70. When I explained the math and asked why am I being charged .30 more, she said there is nothing she can do about it as the computer is doing it that way. The woman explains to a guy next to her, "The total is $10.70 and she says she should be paying $10.40, basically she doesn't want to pay 30 cents...." (I'm really annoyed by now) The guy jumps and tries to do some manipulation but isn't able (neither of them is able to figure the Math - might want to attend that Math class, you've been missing, uh?) so he says in a very patronizing manner that he'll cover the 30 cents. By this time, I'm extremely pissed off at the entire staff...but I just say that it doesn't matter, you don't have to cover the 30 cents for me, I'll pay $10.70. The smoothies were ready while they were trying to figure the math out and I hadn't even paid for it by then, so I decided to pay whatever that the "computer" was telling them and just get the hell out of there.
BOTTOMLINE: all Jamba Juices offer the same moothies, but not all of them offer a pleasant experience to their customers and strive to keep their business. This Jamba Juice on El Monte definitely has rude and dumb staff, so skip this place and go to a different location for a pleasant customer service, speaking of which I highly recommend the JJ in Sunnyvale opposite Palm and pretty much all the ones in San Jose, all these have sensible managers and staff. read more