The "store manager" needs to learn a lesson in customer service. After spending an hour and 45 minutes on the phone with customer service the night before and doing EXACTLY what they told me to do the next day-I go on with a brand new Verizon iphone 11 I bought at Best Buy (they had a deal Verizon would not match) I explained this to Cust Serv the night before and she said go buy the phone there, then take it to any authorized Verizon store-this was the closest one so I went. I asked a store associate if he could help me activate my phone. He was unsuccessful. He explained I would have to call customer service and they would walk me through how to do it. I don't understand why that would be my obligation-and not theirs. I asked to speak with the manager-surely I'm not the first person in history to buy a phone somewhere else and bring it in for activation. The manager was so rude and clearly very green-at one point he stated he was 20 years old-so you get what you pay for-no customer service skills, extremely rude and clearly coming from a background of entitlement not appreciating someone who has spent 15K over the last decade with Verizon between service and hardware. He said there was nothing he could do to help me and he claimed he offered me a solution already then started to raise his voice. Hey kid, next time, drop the attitude and call customer service for the customer! Be proactive, go above and beyond to show appreciation for a loyal customer who just spent another 1,000 on hardware. Instead I ask him why he is raising his voice and he said because I've already provided you a solution-false-you created more work for me and less work for you. That's all you did. Whoever owns this store should reconsider having this child as a store manager. Maybe get someone with real life experience who appreciates the customer. He deflected and placed the blame on Best Buy saying they should have activated it-I explained Verizon customer service told me to get it activated at a Verizon store afterwords. Keep in mind, I never once raised my voice, I stood there calmly, to be fair I did say the word shit in regard to "this is the shit you put a loyal customer through as a company" but not directed to him. Of course sensitive little child "store manager" tried to act like it was derogatory at him and acted as if I was irate-aka his scapegoat to avoid actually having to solve a problem instead of deflecting it onto a system, Best Buy, or me. Nonetheless-I left and went to the Verizon location on Kipling-walked in and in 3 minutes the store associate (not a store manager) had my phone up and running. Talk about a relief and also just reinforced the incompetent "store manager" at the first location. Laughable. Go to another Verizon store if you want to get something done. Several people stood unhelped, while others employees didn't even acknowledge or assist them-its called multi tasking, and people appreciate being helped or at least you signaling you see them before they walk out of your store. I would imagine the staffing is a result of ownership underpaying young kids to do the work of mature adults and this is what you get when you approach business that way. You've got a lot to learn kid, read a book on customer service and stop being a lazy deflecting waste of space. You belong a few doors down flipping burgers when Five Guys opens up-not managing anything but beef and toppings. read more