I am not a fan of wasting my time to write a long review...but after years of shopping at this establishment, both the OKC branch and the Norman store, I feel like it is my duty to all my other shoppers out there. I have worked in the Customer Service industry, marketing to be precise and at a business that had 1,200 employees and 100s of thousands of patrons, and I have NEVER in my 11+ years of working encountered such terrible customer service.
A company is only as good as it's employees and this company is plagued with terribly rude workers...don't get me wrong I would probably be rude too if I got paid minimum wage+commission (had a friend who worked there so my facts are correct) on a pair of shoes. Don't get me wrong, there are some amazing employees there! But they are instantly overshadowed by the snotty kids that work there. It's an unfortunate thing when you go into a commission-driven environment and don't want any help (if that's what you call their service) just so you can prevent the worker from making any money off of you. On the same hand, it's also unfortunate that when you do have an energetic and kind helper, you feel like you need to make a huge deal about it because, let's face it, they probably never hear compliments. If you need further proof, read the reviews on Google....ouch! On the subject of those reviews, you'll see where someone has responded to certain reviews, and they are responded with the same snarky and disrespectful tone that just flows around that place like lava. They are almost all responded with the same type of message-providing the OKC Manager's info...I wouldn't suggest calling him. I'd rather have my face ripped off my a grizzly bear in heat...my mother and myself had to converse with him one shopping trip and we both had our jaws on the counter. He wouldn't even dignify us with a smile, let alone look us in the eyes. The situation (as the rude responder on the Google reviews kept needing specifics) was my sister had placed a North Face jacket on hold and we were picking it up that night. Here's the kicker, they managed to lose the coat in a matter of hours and had my mom and I standing in the store for an hour (no joke) while they "attempted" to find it...all the while still helping other patrons while we sat there and wait. Instead of being an appropriate manager, he acted like we were putting him out and that kept saying "there's nothing we will do" or "it's gone, that's all I can say.". Who says that?!? No apologies, no attempting to do the right thing, he wouldn't look himself-just kept ordering his employees around. Maybe that's why his employees are programmed to turn their noses up at any normal people that enter their locations, he teaches them how to. Hell, he responded to a review saying "I shouldn't dignify this review with a response"...need I say more?
So, next time you go shopping there just keep your eyes and ears open and remember...the employee that will most likely be rude will be making money off of treating you like dirt. But hey, maybe you'll get that one special employee who is only working there to help improve their customer service reviews...but judging by mine and other reviews, that's not likely! read more