If I could give them zero stars I would. This place needs to go out of business and put us all out of their misery. The employees are rude beyond belief. If I would have treated customers the way my wife and I were treated today when I worked retail, I would have been fired on the spot. The worst thing about it was the fact that the so called manager, Tommy, was the rudest of the three people we encountered in their misnamed "customer service" department.
We ordered a Christmas gift online from them. For obvious reasons, I'm not going to say what it was, but it was expensive enough to reward us over $100.00 in Kohl's cash. In the app, it said that if it was not picked up by December 6, it would be returned. So we go in, and the girl whose name I'm not sure about, asked for my wife's phone number. She couldn't find the item under that number, so she told us it must still be processing. My wife showed her where it said it would be returned tomorrow, and she said they would "probably" extend it, since it was processing. We kept telling her that didn't make sense, and we didn't want to lose the gift, because they were the only ones that had it. She repeatedly told us there was nothing she could do because it was still processing. I ask for someone who could do something, like definitely extending the date, or ensuring it actually was still processing. This went back and forth for a while, and then she decides to ask if we had our email. We found the email, only to have her tell us that it didn't actually say the order was placed. We finally found something on the email, and she typed that in the system, and, lo and behold, it's there, and it's scheduled to be returned if not picked up tomorrow. I asked to speak to a manager, and at this point, the other employee at the desk, named Tyler, decided to walk away from the customer he was dealing with and insert himself in the situation repeating everything the girl had said and arguing with us all over again. I asked if he was a manager, and when he said no, I told him to step away, and that it didn't concern him. He kept going even though he had left another customer standing there, and a line was building up. I told him again that we had asked for a manager, and that he needed to go back to what he was doing. At this point, he paged a manager again, and went back to his customer. When Tommy, the person claiming to be a manager showed up, Tyler decided he was the one who needed to do all the talking, and wouldn't let either my wife, me, or the girl who was actually waiting on us say anything. At this point I had to get loud and again tell him to stay in his lane. So Tommy now turns to the girl to find out the issue, and she tells him, leaving out a number of key points, like how she didn't want to do anything beyond looking up the order by phone number. My wife interrupted and filled in the missing pieces, but Tommy obviously didn't care, and just told us they couldn't do anything. By now the item was on the counter, and I just said that I was leaving, but they didn't have the receipt, and was not going to be accused of stealing it when I left. That started round two, where they told me it was taped to the box, which it wasn't. Finally we discovered the warehouse guy had shoved it in a hole in the box. By the time I left, I was about to have a stroke.
So, what could they have done better?
1. When she couldn't find it by phone number, offer other ways to search for the order. I've been in IT for 30 years. I refuse to believe any system only allows for one way to search. Worst case, go back there and physically search for it. We did this all the time when I worked for Circuit City and Montgomery Ward.
2. Stay in their lane. Tyler was not involved, and made the situation 100 times worse with his arrogance and blatant ignorance of the facts.
3. Tommy needs to listen to the customer. I don't need him to repeat the same BS the girl, and God's gift to customer service, Tyler, and already said ad nauseum. A simple, I'm sorry for the confusion, and we will try to do better next time would have fixed everything.
4. Don't stuff the receipt in a hole in the box. This is a gift. I've got to fished the damn thing out now without damaging the box or the item inside.
What could we have done better?
1. Anticipated the stupidity of a system that doesn't allow for multiple search keys, and printed our order out.
2. Shopped at a store where the employees have a clue.
3. Picked a different gift.
4. Canceled Christmas this year and told my family there will be no presents because the Kohl's grinch sent them back.
Seriously, this was about the worst retail experience I've had. I am never going back. read more