Okay let me start by saying. I normally ALWAYS try to go to lowes whenever I can.
1. For their political views
2. Always having a veteran parking slot available near the front of their stores.
However, I do feel compelled to share that the Lowes in Brentwood (or is it Antioch?) Had some really bad moments.
A few months back, I was looking for a garden hose (the ones "as seen on tv" the elastic one that shrinks, durable and was 100 feet long) I asked a representative (young Asian slender lady) she said we don't have that, go to Amazon...ooohhkay?!?
So, I shrugged it off and asked another representative and she was able to find it and I went on my way.
A month later, I went to the same Brentwood location, I was looking for a specific "widget" (I forget now what it was) and I ran into the same lady....I asked her, where I could find the "widget", she sarcastically looked at me for a sec, then she looked up and pointed to the large banners and said "thats why we have these things!?!" Alllrighty then.... I immediately ignored her and she went on her way and so did I.
Given it was always this lady I seemed to have a problem with, however, my latest experience was 5 days ago.
I was buying mouse traps, 3 of them. They only had 1 cashier. She called for help several times. No one came. The line was a single line about 17+ people deep. Everyone that looked down the line practically said or had a look or a grumble that signified (aww hells nah!!) When they saw how far the line went.
Multiple Lowes workers walking around aimlessly, right in front of the line, looking at us and kept on walking. Seems like no one cared?!? Did I say the 1 cashier called several times for help??
25+ mins later, spending my life - standing in line a 2nd lady opened up and you can hear a subtle sigh from the line. It was so palpable, that you heard it, like a small sigh or as if, the people in line were holding their breath.
So, although these incidences are w 1 employee and the line was a holiday line, I feel that management should be training employees better.
Maybe its my 15 yrs in retail management, maybe cause I'm getting older or maybe because I was in a rush...whichever it was. I feel that there should be a better way to address customer concerns/questions than to send us to Amazon, or answer back w sarcasm when asked a question.
It sure seems to me that with such a great store, and I do love that store, they could use a lot more "basic" employee training when it comes to handling customers properly and have a protocol like the old Lyckys grocery stores (3 to a line, then they open a new register??)....or maybe they just need to give their employee a snickers bar?? Lol.
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