I recently bought some expensive tickets for a show through a ticketmaster-type website. After the purchase, it said my e-tickets would be delivered to me in twenty minutes.
Three hours later, I still hadn't gotten the e-tickets. So I sent an email to customer service.
The next morning, I still hadn't gotten tickets or a response, so I called customer service. The rep I spoke to basically acted like I was being impatient. She was like, "Well, you bought your tickets at 7PM on a Friday night... what did you expect?"
"I expected the tickets in twenty minutes if that's what your site said would happen."
"Yes, but it was after business hours."
"Right, but the email didn't say I would get them the next business day. It said I'd get them in twenty minutes so it's obviously automated."
"Yes, but nobody is working on a Friday night."
"Your site says the tickets are supposed to arrive in twenty minutes. If that's not going to be the case, the site shouldn't say that."
We went back and forth like that a bit, and she was basically blaming me for being impatient. But the show was in a few days and it was clear something had gone wrong. Finally, she basically put in an email to.... someone.
"And when should I expect a reply?" I asked. "Like, at what point do I need to call again?"
"I don't know," she said, sounding very exasperated. "Look, you'll get your tickets before the show!"
I finally gave up on her. A few hours later, I got an email from customer service, saying my ticket purchase somehow hadn't been uploaded to the system, and they fixed it, and my tickets arrived five minutes later.
In any case, after my call with that woman, I got an email asking to rate my interaction with her. I essentially never fill these things out, but i was so steamed, I did fill it out, and mentioned how unhelpful she had been and that she blamed me for being impatient when there was actually a glitch in the system.
It just got me thinking about surveys in general. Sadly, I'm the sort of person who only fills them out when I have only an especially great or awful experience. That's the inherent flaw in things like Press-Ganey. Unless everyone is required to fill them out, how can you really get an accurate assessment of care?
How are they going to know if this rep gives poor customer service unless someone tells them? I am sure your not the only one who was the recipient of her attitude. You did the proper thing by notifying them of your very poor experience with the rep.
ReplyDeleteReal feedback like you gave is valuable. It's when somebody doesn't get their tickets because they entered their credit card information incorrectly and then calls to ask about it, is told that there's a way for them to fix it but instead they just complain to the customer service rep, and then gives customer service a bad review that doesn't do anything good for anybody.
ReplyDeleteJust another nightmare with customer service. It's the norm..:(
ReplyDeleteYou did the right thing giving feedback. I'm the same, I rarely give feedback unless it's something that's annoyed me to the point that I feel something has to be said.
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