The worst Customer Service experience of my life.
Yesterday, my brother and I went to Lowe's in Concord, NC to pick up some items we needed for a home project. After shopping, we headed to the self-checkout counter. When I was ready to pay, a Hispanic woman approached us and offered me a store credit card and said that I would receive a 20% discount off today's purchase. I mentioned that I should open the card on my next visit because I am planning on making a larger purchase. She said, "Get the card today, and I'll give you the receipt so you can get the 20% discount on your big purchase the next time you come in." I mentioned, "I don't have much time because I have to go back to work." She said, "It'll only take 3 minutes." Well, I finally agreed. She pulled a receipt from the register and said, "Follow me." She led us to her computer. She started by asking me the normal questions. My name, address, date of birth, etc. I noticed she was having trouble typing my information in the system. I decided to tell her to let me type itin for you. Because it was taking a long time. After trying a few times I told her I changed my mind. And would have to complete the process the next time I come,e in... That is when the friendly Lowe's Associate got angry. She gave me my receipt to pay. And angrily told me... "You've wasted my time." (The only thing I could imagine was she was going to losing her commission or something like that.) I looked at her and said, Excuse me... You're just doing your job, right? She replied to me in a very angry tone... "Not for people like you. I said to her... Wait.. I'm the customer. You shouldn't talk to me like that.... She told me that I was an indecisive customer. Who made her waste 3 minutes of her life. At this point I was completely outraged with the way the Associate was speaking to me. So I looked for her Name Tag so I could file a complaint. That's when I noticed she wasn't wearing one so I asked her... What is your name? She said... My name is Monica... I was surprised and I told her... Do you have the same name as me? And she said yes and smiled. I then told her I was going to write a review and she said do whatever you want. I have never felt so humiliated. I was so angry and frustrated. This woman was so nasty and rude to me. I've never been so disrespected in any store in my lifetime. I went back to the cashier to pay for the items that I purchased. But I couldn't because I was so upset. I went to the Store Manager to file a complaint with her/him about how I was treated. When I spoke to the Store Manager I explained the situation and I said that the Associate that had taken care of me (Monica). And the Manager says I don't have a Monica that works for me. I said the girl that does your credit card intake is not Monica? She said no her name is Victoria. So not only did she treat me bad but she lied to me about her name also. I was even more upset. This woman was treating me bad and making me feel like I am stupid too. I told Manager about the situation that I went through. I tried to explain myself to her. I told her that I did not want to return to the store because I was so abused and offended by the associate. I was so upset when I was talking to the manager. That when the manager reached over and touch my arm she could see that I was shaking. The manager said that she was sorry that I had to go through what I had gone through. I asked her to write the name of the Associate on the receipt that I had so that I could file a formal written complaint. I know that there wasn't a misunderstanding because the Associate and I are both Hispanic and she was talking to me in Spanish and I was talking to her in Spanish. This rude and impolite Associate... Why did she behave this way with me? Because she saw I was Hispanic? Because she thought I didn't speak English? Or because she thought I was undocumented and she could mistreat me if she wanted too. That I'm not going to say anything out of fear or lack of documentation. I wonder if she treats other Hispanics who visit Lowe's this way?
People like her shouldn't be serving customers.
When I got to my car, I told my husband everything, and he decided to talk to the manager because in our 23 years of marriage, he had never seen me like this. read more