Had a bad experience here that has driven me to write my first Yelp.
Stopped in here today accompanying my mother who needed to make some copies and fax some papers. She finished up her copies no problem and we approached the copying/shipping/faxing service counter and are told by the clerk "you can check out over there," as he pointed at the regular cashier.
Dear old mom informed him that she needed a fax and he said we'd have to wait for him to finish with whatever he was doing, which looked to be trying to figure out how a copier works. Then a minute or two later he takes a phone call and I'm beginning to get irked here. He has time to pick up a phone and have a conversation for several minutes but can't bother to help us with a quick little fax.
After waiting about 5 minutes the clerk apparently pressed some sort of bat signal because then a couple of other clerks crawled out of the woodwork asking if we needed help. Why didn't he do that in the first place?
The first one to arrive started the faxing process, then just left and didn't come back, leaving our faxed materials in the fax machine behind the counter. Waited about 5 more minutes and mom finally walked back behind the counter and retrieved the faxed sheets and bill herself.
We then checked out with the regular cashier(who is always helpful and on the ball btw) and left.
I'm sending links to this review to the store manager and Office Max Corp. headquarters. I'm not sure if the store has security cameras but all of this took place between 10am-10:15am on Monday morning, 05/20/2013.
This should go without saying, but this is the sort of service that drives business out of brick and mortar stores and into buying exclusively online. After this experience I'm strongly considering diverting all business away from Office Max, including buying supplies not only for myself but also for the business where I'm employed. I prefer to spend my money online an get home delivery and better prices, or at brick and mortar stores that make me feel like I'm a human being, not some kind nuisance money giving robot. read more