DON'T SUPPORT THIS WINGSTOP! GM COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOU OR YOUR BUSINESS
Placed $39.03 order plus 20% tip (assuming good service) on the Wingstop app on Friday evening, December 18, 2020 at around 10:15 pm for delivery from my local Wingstop (Battlefield Rd-Springfield, MO) location just .8 miles away because I didn't want to have to get out. BIG MISTAKE! Again, let me say, it was the WINGSTOP APP through which I placed my delivery order, NOT the delivery vendor's app. My local store took no responsibility for an unfulfilled order; blamed it on their DoorDash delivery vendor and did very little to even attempt to make it right. They said they had no way of reaching any DoorDash representative. Most disappointing, their largely absent General Manager (GM) didn't really seem to care at all about any of it.
Here's the story: $4.99 drink was not delivered. Called local store; said they couldn't do anything about it; apologized drinks were not delivered. Asked to speak to manager. Asst Manager, D'Angelo, said he couldn't deliver drinks stating the missed delivery item was their delivery vendor's (DoorDash) fault. Manager didn't seem concerned even after I mentioned my food was getting cold (while on this 16 minute phone call) while he tried to figure out what to do. He offered to refund drink price. I told him I wanted the drinks; that's why I ordered them. He said he didn't know how to reach delivery vendor to have the rest of my order delivered and no one in the store could make a delivery. I gave him the two text phone numbers I received and the name of the deliverer, Taylor, and urged him to contact those numbers to reach DoorDash. He called me back and said he could not and credited my account $10 and suggested I "write a review for Google, Yelp or whatever online service I wanted to use." The other two men in my party laughed at the poor handling with one saying "that's why I told you we should order from Buffalo Wild Wings--better food, better service."
I asked for follow-up from the General Manager (GM) and was told she would be in the following day. The next day I called the location. Beth, Assistant GM, took my call and told me she was informed of the situation from the previous night; she had made NO ATTEMPT to reach out and call me although she had my phone number. When I learned she was NOT the GM, I asked to speak directly to the GM thinking the GM likely has revenue accountabilities and would not want to alienate a seven year customer--never asked for a manager here before. But, I was terribly wrong! Beth informed me the GM isn't onsite often; Beth said the GM comes by randomly for just a few minutes a couple of times a week and is very difficult to reach. I asked Beth to have the GM call me the next time she was in.
Three days after this event, Tracie, the GM, called me. Her response was uninspiring and clearly indicated how little she values customers or their future business. As soon as I identified myself, her first remarks were she was familiar with the situation and she would have done just as D'Angelo did. She never asked what happened and wasn't interested in my experience at all. When I asked if she'd like to know what happen, her response was "if you want to 'drone on' for 15 minutes, then go ahead." Frankly, she was dismissive of me as a seven-year customer but how would she have know that, she didn't even ask. Appalled by her frigid response, I suggested maybe I should post my experience publicly as her Asst Manager recommended and stop doing business with Wingstop on Battlefield Road in Springfield, MO. She said "that would be fine; go ahead."
The store should have made every attempt to get the drinks delivered when I called in. Instead, they blamed their "unreachable" delivery vendor for an order placed on their own WINGSTOP APP. At minimum, my full order should have been refunded w/ an apology for the poor service. At best, the Asst Manager could have refunded the ticket and had the complete order re-delivered or a gift card sent out for the purchase price of the order. read more