My whole family used to use Mountain View as their go-to car wash, but we gradually became the last holdouts as everyone else got fed up with the wonky pricing and hit-and-miss quality of the finished work. After what happened to us today, we will be joining everyone else in avoiding this business.
We took our car in for a general wash and shampoo the seats and carpets. The cost $230...okay. It would take about 3 1/5 hours...also okay, since we could leave and come back. Later, husband returned to find his battery dead. They had left all the doors open to help the seat and carpets dry and apparently had not turned off the inside lights, which completely drained the battery after a few hours. Wow...not okay... but accidents happen.
When he let the manager know his battery was dead, he was told they don't give jumps. Then, she let him know they would be closing in 1 1/2 hours. That's it. No acknowledgement they screwed up, no offer to rectify their mistake. The manager showed zero concern about the bad situation they had put him in. When he called to tell me about what happened, I thought there must have been a misunderstanding, but when I drove back to Mountain View, the manager essentially said the same to me.
When we asked the manager for her name, she refused to give it to us, and instead said she needed to talk to the district manager and walked away to make the call. Eventually, she gave us an email address where she said we could send any questions and concerns we had. She also finally told us her name was Clara. I think it is a major red flag when the manager of a business, especially one who works directly with the public, won't give you something as simple as a first, or last, name because it usually indicates they are trying to avoid accountability for something they know is wrong.
I thought about giving a two-star rating because the manager did eventually contact a nearby employee who was able to give us a jump. That guy was everything the manager should have been, but all the way to the end, Clara was such a jerk, so I just couldn't. Even though everyone involved spoke perfect English, she rudely insisted on talking to the employee, who came to help, in Spanish because I guess she thought we wouldn't understand the trash she was saying.
Otherwise, she ignored us, until we were finally getting in our cars to leave. Then, she walked over and just kept repeating again and again and again and again and again, in the FAKEST sweet voice possible, "Thank you." "Have a nice day." "Please come again." In my opinion, her deliberately putting on a show of acting super friendly and upbeat, as she waved us off, was unbelievably petty, and really solidifies how this business seems to have absolutely no problem with screwing over their customers and smiling about it. :( read more