I went in earlier today to get some questions answered about saving money on my existing Verizon wireless account. I had talked to customer service over the phone that morning and had some lingering questions, so I decided to stop into this store location on my way home to talk to someone face-to-face. I'm sorry I did. The sales guy saw me come in and disappeared into the back for a few minutes without acknowledging me. I though it was a bit odd, especially since there was only one other customer in the place, and she was being helped by another employee. After waiting, sales guy comes up to me and apologizes for making me wait and asks how he can help. I told him I had questions about my plan and he said we could have a seat and talk about it, then quickly turned and walked over to his desk and mumbled his name while his back was turned. Since I didn't catch his name, the only identifiers I have is that he had gelled-up Elvis hair and an arrogant demeanor. But whatever, some people just don't jive when they meet, so I set aside my displeasure at his rudeness and took a seat.
After that it got worse. Every question he asked me, he interrupted my answer, trying to hurry me along. When I told him that all I really wanted was to see if there was any way I could save some money on my plan that would be comparable to what I would be saving with competing carriers, he all but rolled his eyes. He explained to me very condescendingly that the plan I wanted was "special" and I would have to go to a corporate store to get it. But then without making eye contact, and very tongue-in-cheek, he said that they would "hate to lose such a high calibre customer like me." Ok, bro, so you hate your job and hate catering to the customer's every whim and you can only make it through the day by being a sarcastic jerk--I get it. So find another job then. I came in with questions, that's all. I didn't even want to switch carriers because of the hassle, but now I am seriously considering it simply because I'm so sick of dealing with schmucks like you at every Verizon store. It's not just you, it's a systemic problem with their customer service.
And for what it's worth, I AM a superior customer. But thanks to you I'm now a dissatisfied superior customer. read more