If I could give zero stars I would:
First off, I was totally shocked by my experience at the Avon, OH PBT location, especially based off of the tremendous experiences I have had at every other location I have been to. I recently joined the PBT team at the new Ridge Road Brooklyn, OH location and have since been to numerous other PBT locations including Lakewood, Parma, Parma Heights, Solon, Strongsville, Medina and locations in Louisville, KY. There were many reasons for my terrible experience, but mainly they all revolved around the completely inappropriate and unprofessional behavior by the Manager of the location, Katie. Prior to going to the Avon location for the first time I heard rumors from other friends who tan with PBT and had confrontational, unprofessional and inappropriate experiences with Katie the "Manager." I put Manager in quotes and italics because I think it is a joke that Katie is given this title - coming from a client service profession where customer service is my number one priority, and holding the title of Manager myself, I know what the responsibilities of a Manager are and I can't believe that someone like her is given the opportunity to hold this position. Mainly, the rumors I heard about Katie were that she was rude, dismissive, unprofessional, inappropriate, used pressure sales tactics, bullied her employees and customers and made customers feel uncomfortable and obligated to make purchases and overall provides poor customer service. I can confirm that all of these qualities of Katie are true and present when she works. On the day of my visit we arrived at approximately 8:30pm (the location closes at 10pm) and were not greeted but walked in to a desk with nobody there and Katie standing outside talking on her phone using vulgar language. After waiting a couple minutes to be served, Katie got our information and did not offer to show us any other beds and bossed us around. She was very rude to her co-worker, and gave bad advice on what bed to use which led me to getting burnt. While waiting Katie had Jimmy Johns delivered and ate her submarine sandwich at the counter while talking with her mouth full to her co-worker about the crazy weekend she had which include conversation about doing drugs, getting high, heroine, drinking alcohol, sexual relationships and other innuendoes. Specifically, she discussed how numerous of her friends died from heroin overdoses and that she watched her friends do heroin over the weekend while she got drunk and high. Furthermore, Katie talked about her first kiss, dating life and sexual partners. Also, Katie created an environment that is clearly hostile and made her younger co-worker feel noticeably uncomfortable. I know this is not the norm for PBT, and Katie is an outlier - because the customer service, enthusiasm and overall caring attitude from all other Managers at the other locations has been highly commendable. It boggles my mind how people like Katie hold a job and are afforded the opportunity to manage such a reputable business with the awful attitude, poor management skills and overall inability to act in a professional mature manner. I do not writing these types of reviews, but felt it was definitely warranted. read more