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Cindy M

1 reviews | Active since Aug 2020

16 Oct 2021, 10:38

Pick 'n Pay Summerstrand - Rude Staff Member

Went to Pick 'n Pay Summerstrand and the woman who was supposed to be helping me (near the kiosk) was rude to me because I could not hear her past the mask she was wearing, a protective screen between us, plus a little bit of distance between us because she was seated. Instead of speaking louder she rolled her eyes and yelled at me with the worst attitude I have ever experienced while shopping anywhere. I have noted her name but will not mention her name here. Her attitude was so appalling the man interacting with her (while she was supposed to be assisting me) felt so bad for me he literally said something along the lines of: "We're all learning". Not only was she being unprofessional but she was also being blatantly disrespectful and would not have apologised had I not confronted her after finishing my shopping.

I see that most of the reviews on here about Pick 'n Pay Summerstrand are about rude staff and that isn't surprising at all - perhaps we may all be referring to the same person! However, this does not apply to all the staff at Pick 'n Pay Summerstrand but this rude staff member was rude enough to put me off that specific store as a whole. Kindness goes a long way and she had no idea if I had a hearing impairment/disability or not - she just went straight to aggressively yelling and rolling her eyes. How unfortunate!

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CM
Cindy M's update18 Oct 2021, 20:41
Reviewer Update
Thank you to the person at Pick 'n Pay who reached out to me about this experience and for taking my complaint seriously. I would like to reiterate that it is not every staff member that is rude. I received awesome assistance from a young man dealing with the TymeBank card machine there. He was organized, friendly and helpful. And another time I was looking for a hot water bottle and a lady staff member went out of her way to help me. Unfortunately the stellar service is not consistent, but thanks to the call from J (I apologize, I am not good with names - hence I kept the receipt) I have hope the store is heading in the direction. I will be shopping there again soon and will make it a point to also share the positive experiences and not just the negative ones.

Thank you!


CM
Cindy M's update18 Oct 2021, 21:34
Reviewer Update
I would also like for it to be recorded that I decided to share this one specific negative experience because this particular situation was so frustrating to me that I didn't wish for it to happen again. A big part of my hearing is lip reading and that is hard to do when we all have masks on. So I just wanted to have the staff member in question encouraged to be more patient with customers because she doesn't know what we go through.

Again, thank you for reaching out to me. Apology accepted.