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[โ€“] 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)

bad customer service pisses me off sfh. It's becoming a rage trigger for me. I'm weird, off putting and suck at humans and yet I can do this quite easily. You can't? Have you tried not being a lazy shit? seriously it's not fucking hard.

  • Listen to customer
  • Identify issue
  • If issue on customer end, politely point them to how to resolve themselves
  • If issue on your end apologise and resolve or flag for resolution

And no "I understand how frustrating that must be" is not an apology. It's not even active listening in a CS scenario. it's passive aggression

SCENARIO:
"Hey, you delivered this parcel to the completely wrong address. The connote says something completely different to the order wtf? I mean I went over and grabbed it and have it here, but WTF??"

Correct answer: [confirm address with customer] Please let me apologise - that should not have happened. I can see the order you placed had the address you stated, can you confirm where the parcel ended up? Ok yeah that's definitely the wrong address. I'm just gonna flag this with the courier and try and work out what happened. It's probably going to take a while to get an answer from them, is it ok if I email you when they respond? [AND THEN YOU FKKING FOLLOW THROUGH AND TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT REOCCURANCE]

WRONG answer: I can understand how frustrating that must be. I will flag that with our courier. [and then nothing]

CAN YA GUESS WHICH ONE OF THESE IS GONNA ESCALATE? CAN YA???

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I'm trialing new BJJ gyms. One place I emailed with very clear questions asked me to call for a chat. I replied that I didn't realise my email was confusing and requiring a chat. I've signed up for a trial somewhere else but now they're emailing me the details trying to salvage the sale. Sorry lads, you marketed too hard when you should've customer service'd more.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    demanding calls is an insane tactic to take with anyone younger than a boomer. And it instantly hinks on me when you're chasing contracts and such because I'm "What don't' you want in writing?"

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 day ago*

    *this post brought to you by a 10km round trip on foot dragging a trolley full of bulk cat food because pet circle completely omitted the physical LPO address from the Parcel Collect. Which I only use because ANC refuses to deliver to my address because they "can't find it" and Pet circle claim they cannot control their couriers. *

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 day ago

    I knew someone, a frenemy, who was in computer customer service.

    The contempt she had for her customers was appalling. She would talk about it.

    I used to wonder if she expressed her contempt to the customers and if the company she worked at knew

    she also could not bear anyone having any expertise in anything else either

    why even get into that job if you hate them

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