(This would otherwise be a five -star rating, but for. . . please read on.)
I normally receive bright, friendly and helpful service from this business. Cesar and Edwin always greet me by name, they call to give me reminders, chat with me on site, and its all appreciated. Edwin called today to remind about payment and help me avoid additional fees. I told him I would be likely to get in there today and pay. So, I'm racing across town (too many obstacles in my path) and I can tell with traffic I'm going to be a minute or two on either side of 6:00 p.m.
So I call to ask them to possibly hold off closing for a minute or two, max. Unfortunately, Edwin had already left and the gal that answered basically said: that she wouldn't wait, and would lock up right at 6:sharp not an extra second later, much less an extra minute or two. In fact she said "cant you get here any faster" after I told her I was driving down Olympic relativity high above the speed limit already. (And, true to her word, she didn't wait. I pulled in to the lot about 90 seconds after 6:00pm and the office doors were locked and the gal was nowhere to be seen) She didn't answer the phone when I called again as I was turning left off Pico into the lot.
Wanting to access my other unit, leaving my car outside I entered the pedestrian gate and walked the 15-20 feet to where the first set of elevators are, and upon getting inside, the Gal is shutting the supply Storage locker right off the office (not visible from the lot in front of the office doors.) She saw me, knew who I was, and knew that I saw her. and then pretended as if I wasn't there. She hurriedly closed the supply locker and left as quickly as she could.
Nothing like an employee placing herself before a customer in a service industry job. With Edwin and Cesar (as supervisors) being the positive role models and shining examples of how to treat customers that they are, its not as if she didn't know or have a clue on how to deal with customers. Both Edwin and Cesar go out of their way to be courteous and helpful. As a result, it appears they are universally well-liked by all Public Storage's customers, myself included.
Hopefully, the gal, who's name I have intentionally omitted from this post, reads this and takes it to heart. I'm a firm believer that if you are going to call out poor service, and I do, you have to do even more to praise good and even better service when you receive that as well. ( I do that also) Its why in writing this review, I point out that this single event is the only one out of many interactions I've had with the people working at Public Storage in which I have been left disappointed with their service. read more