CUSTOMER SERVICE - I live in Chicago, IL and made a 30 minute drive to Highland, IN to get gas to avoid the city tax charge. I like coming to Highland as there are many stores, restaurants, gas stations, etc. on Indianapolis Blvd. I have been to this Walmart a few times in the past just to get a few items as I usually order my groceries online using Peapod but unfortunately, they are no longer in business in the Midwest area so I came here to grocery shop on Monday, March 9, 2020 around 11 a.m. which is an off-peak time.
This is a Super Walmart so they have a huge selection of grocery items to choose from, I'll give them that. My cupboard was bare so I had alot of groceries to get. When it was time to check out, I saw that there were only about 4 lanes that were open and all the lanes had long lines. I left the line and went to customer service asking if they could open up another line. The sales associate said "this is all the people we got". Since I found this to be an unacceptable answer, I asked to speak to a manager. She pointed to self check out and told me to look for a person with a yellow smock on. I go all the way over there, no person with a yellow smock was there. I go back to customer service, let the same associate know and ask her to call a manager. I waited and waited and no manager ever came. However, when I went back to wait in line I later see two women with yellow smocks by the bathroom area just hanging, talking with one another instead of managing the store.
By the time I got to the front of the line 25 long minutes later, a young man cashier was friendly and started ringing up my groceries. An elderly lady behind me was just as frustrated as me because she only had a few items and had to wait a long time as well to be checked out. When the cashier got to the end of my groceries he told me he had to get a manager to ring up my alcohol because he was underage. I knew then that this was going to be a problem. He called for a manager, no one ever came. He had to leave his station to go and find someone and was gone for a little while. The woman behind me told me how ridiculous this was and I agreed. The woman in line behind her expressed that she used to work at this Walmart but left due to the mistreatment that she received. That told me alot. Finally, a manager named ALLISA (sp?) came over. She asked me "how are you doing?" and I told her "I've been better. These lines are way too long, we've been standing in these lines for a long time. I called for a manager and no one ever came. She told me "there is nothing that can be done if employees call off. I stated that "there is something you can do, you can hire more people". I didn't get that full statement out before she totally turned around and had her back to me while I was speaking which is totally disrespectful. She started talking to the cashier. I said to her "I'm speaking to you and turn your back at me and you're a manager, that is rude!". She was like "I hear you" and kept her back turned. I asked for her name and she nonchalantly told me. She didn't seem to care about my issue, finally turned back around, wished me a good day and walked off.
I have attached my receipt which shows I spent $285 at this grocery store. That's alot of money to be given many levels of disrespect and horrible customer service. This needs to be addressed. Word of mouth goes a long way and my words concerning this establishment currently are not positive. I also noticed on my receipt that there has not been a store manager hired for this store as it says: TBD which stands for "to be determined"
I hope Corporate gets this review and can address this. Good paying customers deserve to be treated as such, much less just a regular human being.
Side Note: Pharmacy experience at this store is stellar. Staff was helpful and friendly on the phone and in person when I had an important prescription to fill that most stores didn't have after coming from the emergency room at the hospital. I picked up the prescription on 12/4/2019. read more