I was at RONA on February 6, 2015 at ~7:30 pm and I completely regret the fact that I was ever there. I was in the area & decided that I'd pick some windshield wiper fluid up. Upon entering this store, there were absolutely no shopping carts in sight. As such, I proceeded to continue to go into the store.
I mosied around the store & found an empty shopping cart in an aisle. When I proceeded to take it, a staff member informed me that he actually needed that cart. I then apologized and he told me that there were carts up at the entrance way. When I told him there weren't any, he didn't reply. Completely unhelpful.
In any case, I then walked towards cashier and luckily, the windshield wiper fluid was there! However, bad news is, I wanted 8 jugs and my little 2 hands weren't able to carry them all. Another individual was there at the time but she's had back surgery in the past and really shouldn't be lifting anything remotely heavy. I then informed the cashier who then told me (again) that there were carts up front. I then told her (again) that there weren't any at the entranceway and I'd appreciate it if someone could help me carry these out.
~3 minutes later, a woman by the name of Georgina comes out huffing & puffing and snarkily says (AGAIN) that there are carts out front. At this point, I seriously wanted to scream at everyone but instead, I kept my cool and informed her that I couldn't see any up front. Before I could even finish my sentence about how I'd appreciate if she could help me, she grabs 2-3 jugs, rolls her eyes, shakes her head, and storms outside. As we were heading to my car, she must have noticed that there were in fact no carts at the entranceway and she then said in a completely unapologetic manner, "It was busy today so there wasn't time to restock the carts." The other individual with me then commented on how it wasn't actually that busy in the 15-20 minutes we were there and Georgina snapped, "WELL WE WERE THIS AFTERNOON." As I was opening the lock to my car, Georgina slammed my jugs of windshield wiper fluid down on the slush and then picked it up and slammed it into my trunk & stomped away. I then wished her a good night and with her tail in between her legs, she wished me a good night too.
In retrospect, I really wish I had filmed this whole thing because Georgina's attitude was completely appalling. I am so disgusted with her rudeness because I work in a customer service industry where I'm expected to be professional and courteous at all times, whether or not I agree with the client. So if I'm expected to put on a good face at all times, I don't know why she felt like she could lash out on people. I get that people have bad days and maybe this one was a bad day for her; but as an employee who works in a customer service industry, I certainly know that if I was EVER this rude to ANY of my clients, I'd not only feel like the most horrible person in the world, but I'd get in some serious trouble for that.
So a couple things in conclusion:
a) It is NOT my job to be making sure that carts are well stocked at the entranceway. I really could care less if you guys were busy in the afternoon because I clearly came in the evening when there was no one. In that 15 minutes I was there, SOMEONE could have gone out and restocked the carts because there were seriously 5 customers walking around the store at that time.
b) I get that it was a cold night and no one wanted to go outside but that is not an excuse to be rude about helping someone move their stuff out. An hour prior to going to RONA, my wonderful staff were helping my clients move 30 lb dog-food bags out to the parking lot into cars in that frigid weather with big smiles on their faces. My staff are clearly way more awesome than yours, RONA of Scarbs.
c) Lastly, Georgina's heinous behaviour was completely unacceptable. Her eye rolling, huffing & puffing, and disgusting snarky comments completely ruined my night. While I never wish upon anyone to lose their job, I sincerely hope that management puts her through some SERIOUS, crash course remedial on how to deal with customers properly because she is in dire need of it. read more