If there was any way to leave a NEGATIVE 5 star review, this would be one of the few, and only times that I have ever gone to the extent to express myself. So this is very legit and sad ... so listen up....
First, let me clarify that this is not about Sonic corporation - we love their food and drinks. This problem is with this specific location and owner.
I do not know how this owner-franchisee has managed to stay in business with the horrendous customer service, and extremely poor training that this Sonic location provides. He has received nonstop complaints from students, parents, and teachers in this area, and he never changes or does a single thing to improve.
Our organization, family kids, and I, all really love Sonic food and drinks. So this is not a complaint about general Sonic products. It is specifically about THIS location & THIS owner .... and its horrendous employees and management team. It's very important to know the difference. And it's sad that corporate Sonic doesn't have a discipline program to get this franchisee in line.
Over the last year, they have made many mistakes with filling orders, honoring mobile orders, forgetting items in the food bag, refusing to provide condiments as paid for or required by corporate policy, & on and on. Little mistakes that keep adding up one by one by one. It's like death by 1 million paper cuts.
Every business makes mistakes and stuff happens... That's not unusual. But it's how you handle them that makes all the difference and keeps customers happy and coming back. This location does the reverse.
Every single time we have tried to get a manager to address the issues, but are usually met with a very nasty response or disrespectful behavior. One time the rep said they would call the manager and we sat in the car and waited 15 minutes and no one ever came out. When we went knocking on the window, they claimed that there was no manager currently working. Hiding or lying is what they did! How unprofessional...
One horrendous employee we have had multiple issues with and filed multiple complaints about is named Mario - he takes the cake every time. He is rude, nasty, and belligerent - and that's an understatement. Many different people have complained about him. Yes, somehow he still employed. We don't know how this guy is still employed after being so nasty and disrespectful to customers. One teacher guest that they must be related to the owner and it's a mercy job or something lol
Things got so bad that several parents and teachers and even students started complaining to Corporate. So over the last six months Corporate has been inundated with complaints after complaints about this location. So what does Corporate do?
Unfortunately, nothing..., Corporate has a very poor response procedure and all they have done is "forward the messages to the franchisee owner," who happens to be absentee or incompetent, and never responds. You would think that after so many complaints, someone would say we need to train our employees to provide better customer service. Nope. Not at all.
So if you are one of the lucky ones that can tolerate bad customer service, constant screw ups, and disrespectful treatment and behavior... You can keep coming to THIS Sonic. In the meantime, our group will continue to try to make a difference and change the dynamic of this particular Sonic. we will continue to file complaints and take the time to drive to the other Sonic that has better customer service. We figured enough complaints will one day inspire them to care and to change.
And this is only a small summary of what's been going on with this Sonic over the last year... read more