This company shut off my gas to repair a leak, and when Atmos Energy was unable to figure out how to relight the gas range, I contacted Randy's. Because I live out of town, they asked me to call back before my next visit to schedule the reconnect. When I did, I was given an appointment for a fix that would take about 1 minute: literally turning a hidden valve back on, but no one showed up on the scheduled day and time, and though I called (leaving a message on Irene's voicemail), no one called me back. Despite having been stood up, I was unperturbed when I called them the next day, because I had been told that if I missed the appointment due to my plane being delayed, etc., that Randy would swing by the next day, a Saturday. I felt this was reasonable and considerate. However, when I called on Saturday, Irene answered.
There are several reviews that document how Irene, specifically, is rude and unprofessional. Not only did she tell me, "If they have to come out again, they're going to have to charge," but she consistently interrupted every single time I tried to complete a sentence. This talking over me did not abate, even after I asked her exasperatedly if I could please finish a sentence. Instead, she continued to dismiss my request and concerns, and argue with me. When I refused to let her talk over me and insisted she allow me to get a word in edgewise, she HUNG UP ON ME. I called back immediately and she didn't answer. Incredibly unprofessional.
Only after I left a voicemail, explaining that my next step would be to post an honest, fact-based review of their terrible customer service, did she answer when I then tried once more to call back. She was obviously concerned about the review I might post (understandable, since over and over again people have complained about her lack of professionalism), but despite any damage control she might have wanted to accomplish (she did, after all, hang up in my face for no defensible reason) she continued to argue and talk over me, asking me at one point about completely unrelated things, including asking me if I had left negative reviews against other plumbers who had declined to fix a completely unrelated issue with a jetted tub. This was incomprehensible to me, because although Irene reminded me that I had "begged" her to please ask the owner if he would look at and repair my tub (I had), RANDY'S ROOTER & PLUMBING ALSO DECLINED TO HELP ME WITH THAT PROBLEM, so I couldn't figure out why she was even bringing it up. I finally told her I did not have time to waste arguing with her about irrelevant things, and would Randy be calling me back, or not? She said yes, but no one called.
Instead, this woman then texted me, stating, "I relayed msg [sic] to Randy. I wanted to let you know that I too read your REVIEWS. He will be contacting before the day is over. Thank you, Irene" I texted back, "You are incredibly unprofessional," and she then proceeded to text again, going on at length about having been "manipulated," "bullied," and "shouted at," which is grossly untrue. She then went on to personally insult me: "I would rather be called ARGUMENTATIVE [sic all caps] than an addict," referring to my personal medical history. I had to tell her to stop texting me.
There is a pattern of verbally mistreating customers with this person, but those texts are the most egregious customer service experience I have ever had. read more