Email I sent to the CEO of UPS, Carol Tomé:
Good Evening Ms. Tomé,
I hope this email finds you well.
I am contacting you regarding an incident that occurred at the Dearborn Heights, MI location. I was at the Dearborn Heights, MI UPS store today to drop off pre-paid packages. It was 4:55 pm and the store closes at 5 pm. When I arrived, several people were standing outside as the doors had been locked. One lady said she was there for several minutes and the store manager, Stephanie Kolblcz, would not let her in to drop off her prepaid packages. None of us at the door needed any services from UPS. Stephanie finally came to the door and said she wasn't taking anymore people. One of the ladies explained that we just needed to drop off our packages. She said she didn't care and she wasn't taking anymore customers. There was a cart for prepaid packages to the right of me and I literally just had to set our packages on it and leave. I said that I was calling corporate because you can't lock the doors before the store actually closes. She pushed my packages back to me, and said, "Call corporate, I'm not accepting your packages". She took everyone else's packages standing behind me except for mine. The situation verbally escalated as she yelled at me to get to the store sooner and I told her she was wrong and she was causing a problem when there didn't need to be one. I was able to open the door after someone left to put my packages on the cart. She said she's not shipping them. I explained we were all there before it closed and she didn't have that right. I already paid for this postage. She said she was calling the cops because I put my packages inside. There was no reason for her to take that action and I believe she did that because I am a black woman and she thought that it would scare me. I waited for the police. They came and I explained the situation to them. One of the officers said he has had previous calls at this location and has even had a problem with her himself. He suggested that I use FedEx. Another officer asked Stephanie to accept my packages and she refused. He went in and retrieved my packages for me.
I am DISGUSTED at how this "manager" treated all of us customers. To call the cops was unnecessary as she knew she was wrong for locking that door ten minutes or more before the store closed (there were people already waiting outside when I arrived at 4:55). I am fully prepared to take this to the top including to my local news media and social media. I've never been treated in such a manner and I've never had the cops called on me. I told her that I was calling corporate and she refused to mail my packages. That is the gist of it. This woman is certainly not management material. I have been a customer supervisor as well and have never acted in such a manner. I ask that this incident be investigated and that Ms. Kolblcz is terminated as she is not worthy to work at UPS. I will add that I was not cited because the officers asked customers what happened and they advised that Ms. Kolblcz was in the wrong for locking the doors and not allowing us to drop off our prepaid packages. I would like a call back as I have not been able to speak with anyone due to hold times. I consider this an urgent matter and am prepared to contact my local media and advise others of the incident as I am also a small business owner. read more