I had my laundry picked up at my apartment and delivered after washing. Yesterday, I stressed to the pick-up guy that I didn't want my clothes to be left at my door but delivered personally because anything will get stolen or messed with that's not nailed these days.That's the least thing one expects when they're paying 80 bucks for 3-4 bags of laundry. He said he'd make a note of that. This morning, the phone rang, I was in bed, I got up, but I didn't catch it. The message said the Wash It Kwik driver would be there shortly. I waited and waited, and then opened the front door to check on my cats. Lo and behold, the laundry was there without the driver ever ringing the bell or knocking on the door despite the previous agreement.
When I talked to the owner about it, at first he was apologetic, but then, in the rapidly growing fashion of how business owners behave these days, he moved the ball in my court by trying to convince me how nobody else BUT ME minds leaving the laundry at the door. He also suggested that the delivery girl didn't want to meet me personally because the previous time I was in my underwear (actually, a pair of long athletic cotton or silk shorts that would be perfectly fine in a gym). I said, "That's crazy! Am I supposed to dress up for each and every delivery person?" I explained how the accumulation of temperature in these apartments affects the way I dress and how other businesses' delivery personnel or neighbors had never complained about it. If this girl feels threatened or if her delicate nature is offended by a 63-year-old guy in shorts, she shouldn't be in that line of work or she should have asked for someone else to do the delivery. The owner, for lack of a better argument, then lied and accused me of "cursing" even though absolutely no curse words were uttered. When I said that next time I'd do some comparison shopping regarding the delivery procedures before I ask for Wash It Kwik services, he suggested I stop doing business with them, which I wholeheartedly agreed with.
Another example of information inconsistency at this place of business: when I called a few days before to establish the latest time the driver can make a pick up, I was told it was 3 p.m. I called around 2:30 yesterday, and they told me it was too late for that day. When I pointed out what they'd told me initially, they relented and sent a guy out.
In the 1980's, The New Yorker magazine had an emblematic cartoon about the changing views of bringing up children and respecting elders. This young mother is getting her son ready for his first day of school, and she's saying, "And, remember, Andy, don't let your teacher mess with you!" This same attitude has creeped into almost every facet of American society as that generation of kids has become adults. Instead of saying to me as a wronged customer, " I'm sorry, sir, I'll try to get to the bottom of who dropped the ball regarding your specific request, and I'll reprimand the person(s) responsible", the Wash It Kwik owner was defending his employees with the lame excuse of, "Everybody makes mistakes." I will do everything in my power to dis-recommend this business. read more