This review is for the store located at;
Cypress Towne Center, 25821 US-290, Cypress, TX 77429
..to purchase a desk & hutch. A large purchase. Apparently this store is not on the radar yet. Or, maybe it was removed because it was so terrible.
I entered the store and was greeted by a young man.
"...how can I help you?"
"My wife and I were here last week and we have decided to purchase the desk we saw on sale."
"...OK, the furniture is in the back area." And he pointed the way.
I thought he was following me. No. After about 10mins I walk back to the front of the store and encounter the same person, standing by the door, rocking on his heels. I walked up to him and just stared at him.
"...did you find what you were looking for?"
Seriously?
"Yes." We started walking back to the furniture area once again.
"...which one do you want?"
"This one." pointing to a desk.
"...oh..hmmm.... I dunno.. I don't think we have this one."
Then another store employee showed up.
"He wants that desk? OK, I'll go in the back and check.."
"...Wait, wait, I don't think we have that desk in stock."
"That's OK, I'll go back and check anyway."
"...No, really, I don't think we have it in stock."
I keep quiet but I'm thinking..JUST LET HIM LOOK!!
"...oh alright, l'll go back there and check with you."
After some mumbling in the back they both show up.
"...no we don't have it just like I said."
Now what?
"So what should I do..?"
"...well, you could order it on-line and have it shipped to the store but that will cost you $50 more."
"Fifty dollars more! Why? Other stores have things shipped to their stores for free. No shipping charge."
"...well, we're NOT other stores. That's all I can tell you. You can speak to our manager if you want."
I went to the front and asked for the manager. A lady, Lara, with her back to the store, cutting bits of paper with scissors, turned around and walked up to me at the counter.
"...Who told you to come talk to me?"
Seriously, that was the first thing out of her mouth.
"I..umm.... some dude.. about this high, short hair.."
"...was he heavy set? .. White guy? ...has some tats..."
"What is this? A homicide investigation. He's one of YOUR employees. How many people do you have here anyway?"
She started talking into radio thingy.
"Who ever was helping this guy in the furniture area needs to come up here and help him...no..no...I'm busy. You help him." She turns around and walks back to her papers.
So here comes the "..no we don't have it in stock.." furniture dude again. Crap.
He flips a computer screen around and tells me to fill in the customer order information. I pull out my reading glasses and fill in all the information.
"...ok, you see, when I hit the enter key, it's going to tell me we can't order the desk because the system thinks we have a desk in stock....but we don't."
"What does that mean?..."
"...well, basically, I'm not going to be able to order the desk because the system thinks we have the desk..but we don't..so...we can't order the desk."
At this point, I'm getting VERY frustrated.
"Look! I don't work here, I don't know how any of this has to do with me. That manager over there cutting paper should be over here talking to me! I'm NOT an employee here, I don't work here, I'm just a customer who WANTS TO BUY A DESK!!"
Here comes Lara the manager again. She looks bugged, never addresses me, talks to me, or even looks at me.
I tell her,
"If you don't have the desk, AND you can't order the desk, then tell me which store HAS THE DESK AND I'LL GO PICK IT UP!"
Lara tells the clerk to start dialing other stores and then goes back to her paper cutting.
What a looser.
The clerk called another store. They were out too. Before he could dial another store I left.
As I got to the door another store clerk stopped me. He was an Asian dude caring a stack of printouts. Probably the store replenishment guy.
He said,
"..this computer system is all messed up. We can't order anything. In fact, just a few minutes ago, I had to tell another customer to go home and order the item he wants from home. That's how bad our system is..."
Wow. Enough said. Not only does this store suck but the entire company is circling the drain. read more