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如果他不喜歡那裏的咖啡,為什麽要在意這個禁令呢?
-------------------------------------一個關於Tim Horton 禁止一個顧客到它店裏消費的評價。
我在多倫多一家時裝店工作的時候,一條街上G經常上門來談天。G是一家店的老板,本地人,作為老板,有時會在店裏賣貨,但是他似乎是坐不住的人,把進貨和售後服務都抓在自己手裏,經常在外麵走動,跟人說說笑笑。
他的手機辦得早,區號後麵第一號碼是9,跟我們那個區域的固定電話號碼剛好一樣,所以他把自己的手機作為售後服務電話,隨時掌握。
有天他買了咖啡到我這裏跟我一起喝,順便聊聊街坊新聞。剛好一個電話進來,他放下咖啡聽電話。
是個關於產品的谘詢電話,對方是個女人,似乎語氣有些急躁。G不緊不慢地解釋著,最後臉色嚴肅起來,我聽他說:“MS,please control your words!”
他重複了很多遍,對方的聲音依然很高,高得我都覺得過分。
他掐了電話。
於是他跟我說,很容易的事,她按照我說的做就沒事了,可是她說粗口!然後他跟我講了很多對付刁鑽野蠻的顧客的故事。
我頭一次聽說,很好奇地問:“不是說顧客是上帝,上帝總是正確的嗎?”
他反問:“你聽沒聽說過Customer Abuse這個詞?買與賣在人格上是平等的,如果對方說寫侮辱性的話,你有權把他們請出去,必要時可以叫警察。”
在國內,經常可以看到一些激動的顧客對著商店的售貨員或者主管經理大喊大叫,仿佛聲音越高,態度越惡劣氣勢越盛,越能引起對方的重視,給自己解決問題。
這一套,似乎在國內也特別有用。
但是在西方,你如果還用這一套方式,恐怕會給自己帶來巨大的麻煩。
就在文學城的某些論壇,就有網友說過自己的退貨經曆——在WINNERS與店方發生爭執,網友的聲音高了,態度也激動,被店經理叫保安請出了商店,甚至給了書麵的禁令——不歡迎她去所有的WINNERS店。
這位網友從來沒遇到過這種事,十分想不通。有些網友了解加國的法律,告訴她店方這麽做是合法的。
可見態度很重要,不管你有理還是沒理。態度表現了你的修養,學識,素質和精神狀態。商店隻是賣商品賺你的錢,並沒有把人格賣給你,你無權侮辱它雇員的人格。
聽了的許許多多事例,我才明白,在西方,我可以對粗魯,對無禮,對侮辱名正言順地說不,即使我是商家。
之所以發這麽一個感慨,是因為讀了一篇關於Tim Horton 的新聞。Tim Horton 是我最喜歡的咖啡店,物美價廉。
我最喜歡的是它的卡普奇諾。
下麵附上這條消息——
A coffee enthusiast has been banned for life after complaining three times to a Tim Hortons store owner about decaf coffee he says tasted burnt.
"One time, I got one so bad that I almost threw up in my kitchen sink," said paramedic Jimmy Craig, who frequented the Tim Hortons location in St. Andrews, N.B. "It was like burnt brown water, it was so bad."
Despite a few "burnt" coffees, he kept going back because the coffee wasn't always bad.
"The odd time I got a burnt coffee, they would go back and replace it and it would be fine," he said.
Craig said the coffee got better after his first complaint, but this year, he started getting burnt coffee again. He then took his complaint to the corporate office, and got a meeting with Edwin Dow, the St. Andrews store owner.
But apparently, three complaints and you're banned, said Craig. Instead of addressing the complaints, Craig said Dow served him with a letter banning him under the province's trespass act from ever entering the store in St. Andrews or nearby St. Stephen again.
"I feel like the victim of a bully," said Craig. "What kind of a businessman treats customers like that? It just baffles me."
Craig contacted a lawyer last week to see if the ban can be overturned.
Carl Dow, general manager of the store in nearby St. Stephen, refused to comment on the customer ban. He also said Edwin Dow, store owner, is unable to provide comment as he is out of town.
Edwin Dow was quoted in one media report saying staff went the extra mile to satisfy Craig, brewing fresh pots of decaf on request.
The social-networking website Twitter has been grinding out news of the ban, with "Tim Hortons" being one of the site's top trending topics.
"If he hates the coffee, why does he care about the ban?" writes one Twitter user.
胃口被吊起來了,等ing...
另外同學們,俺為了鍛煉方便,剪了短發了!
以前在家壇看到一個MM抱怨老公經常做這事(不是買衣服,是買別的東西,買了老退),真讓人受不了,嗬嗬。
國內是這樣,欺軟怕硬。
看看下麵的評論,好像同情這為顧客的不多,嗬嗬。
before and after 一定要貼!等。。。。。。
有人買了衣服鞋子不撕標簽,穿過一、兩次之後再去退,達到既滿足虛榮心又不傷荷包的目的。美國有個sitcom(忘了名字了)的女主角做過這樣的事,我還以為是誇張。巧的是我老公公司裏的一個美國長大的韓國mm也偶爾做這樣的事。看來商家ban這種顧客是有道理的。
據說在國內對人太客氣要受氣,人家當你好欺負。不知是真是假。
Of course, I want to see "before and After". Waiting.....
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Patron+makes+double+double+take+over+Hortons/2537021/story.html
我懷疑這是一種病。
偶這個星期還沒寫日記,主要是忙,另外彷徨要不要貼Before & After
上次流壇的MM,就被winners banned了,而且是所有的店。
Tim Horton是特許加盟,WINNERS的每個分店都是總部直接領導的。
As for the Tim Hortons' story, I agree with Erica. Banning a customer is a serious decision.
Tim Horton店方一直沒響應,不知道後麵的故事。
是加拿大最大的咖啡連鎖店,在早上上班前和中午吃飯時間店裏都排長龍。據說即使在一些小鎮,如果咖啡店開在路口,都能把交通給塞了。
他投訴的時候態度好不好不知道.不過一般來說,店方不大會沒有原因地給他一個禁令,畢竟這禁令要通過律師發出的。如果對店方不利,律師會提醒自己的當事人。
所以老中們要注意,去店裏投訴,如果你認為自己有理,可以堅持原則,但是要注意態度,不能激動,不能叫罵,不能吵鬧,否則吃虧的是自己,有理變沒理
You are right!!
On the other hand, if the customer complains three times nicely, I don't understand why he is banned. Personally if I know someone being banned unreasonably, I won't go to the same store. Business like that won't be worthy of my support.
西方民主教育其實除了課堂外,很多是從這種生活中的點滴案例裏讓人認識到和得到教育的.
民主和法製不是用來唬人和當遮羞布的,是實實在在的適用於所有的人的.
所以打開門做生意,一個律師,一個會計師是必須的.
瓜瓜好文!