Attention service desk: Two, Zero, Zero"
I hate Vons/Pavilions, ALL OF THEM, for this annoying message your hear CONSTANTLY on their loudspeaker:
"Attention service desk: Two, Zero, Zero".
This is a message to the service desk (the butcher or the baker or the florist) that someone is on the phone. But why do they have to announce it? Why can't they transfer the call to the right department and the phone will ring there (they do have a phone otherwise that message will not make sense). If they are available, and they should be available, they answer and if they are not available for some reason (they are in the bathroom or they are serving a client) then the phone will ring until someone answer or the caller decide to hang up. But at least they won't annoy the entire store!
Hey Vons! You are annoying all the customers in your store just because some jerk sitting at home in his underwear wants to ask a question, which I'm sure is a stupid question.
Why do they have to drag all their customers to the fact that someone made a phone call to the store?
It happened to me more than once that I left the store because of this. "Attention service desk: Two, Zero, Zero". Every 30 seconds? Attention service desk: Two, Zero, Zero"....Attention service desk: Two, Zero, Zero".
And why don't they answer? What are they doing? Each time I look the employees are at the bakery, are at butcher. The flowers I don't know, but if there's little traffic there, then remove the phone.
Sometimes I'm in the store and I will buy only the one or two items I wanted and get the hell out, instead of staying and saying to myself since I'm already here I might as well buy also this and that, but because of the annoying, irritating environment I don't! I just buy what I wanted and get the hell out. And sometimes as I said I leave the store without buying anything. I go to Ralph where they don't do this annoying thing. Vons/Pavilions is not the only store in the city. And Ralphs outnumber them ten to one.
There are very few Vons/Pavilions. One in West Hollywood, One in Beverly Hills, One or two in Culver City (Sepulveda and Jefferson) and one in Santa Monica. That's it. For the West side.
But in these areas there's plenty of Ralph. There's three on olympic alone. There are several on Wilshire there's one in Westwood, One or two in Culver City. Just google "Ralph Los Angeles" and compare with "Vons/Pavilions in Los Angeles" and see for yourself. So leaving a Vons/Pavilions to go to another supermarket is easy.
I told a friend that I left the store without buying anything because of their annoying "Attention service desk: Two, Zero, Zero" and she said "Oh, I did that too!"
"You did?"
"Yeah this is super annoying. And it doesn't stop!"
"I know it's going on and on."
Another friend told me that he knows two people who feel the exact same way.
And I see on the Web that many people are asking what the hell is that Attention service desk: Two, Zero, Zero".
Here is a link and one person who works there said :
"Personally it reminds me too much of the DMV and it drives both customers and employees crazy for the most part." Indeed, indeed. Employees and/or their unions should refuse to work in such an environment until they stop this annoying behavior.
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Safeway-always-announce-Attention-service-desk-two-zero-one
For the life of me I can't understand why Safeway/Vons/Pavilions will do such a thing; they try, as all business do, to satisfy their customers not chasing them away. This is ridiculous! Who is in charge?
Perhaps they should ask themselves why so many Vons stores closed. I understand mergers and closing stores that are not profitable but ask yourself why is it not profitable? Why are people not coming to your store but goes to other stores? I am not aware of Ralphs stores closing or if they did, it just a few. Vons on the other hand closed left and right.
There is no reason to go to a Vons/Pavilion. Therefore I am starting a boycott of all their stores. read more